Charged with oversight of externally sponsored programs, SPARC provides cradle-to-grave sponsored program administration and support to ensure faculty have the resources and structure necessary to successfully and legally conduct their programs including: a) support in identifying funding sources, b) assistance with proposal development, c) monitoring/oversight of the responsible management of sponsored projects and d) ensuring university compliance with contract/grant fiscal and regulatory requirements, e) protecting the university from unrecovered revenue, disallowed costs, and non-compliance with state and federal policies pertaining to stewardship of external funding. Qualifying experience must be in accounting, financial analysis, audit, sponsored-program financial administration, grants accounting, research administration, or another complex regulated financial environment and must include independent analysis of complex financial data, preparation of management or regulatory reports, reconciliation of financial activity, and identification of trends, anomalies, and financial or compliance risks.