Sara Martin

• Responsible for all financial, academic, and non-academic administrative functions of the Biology Department
• Directly supervise and manage five administrative staff members and provided support to Principal Investigators who hired scientific staff
• Financial Management of all departmental and grant accounts
• Create, execute, and monitor all expenses for all unrestricted accounts and discretionary accounts including master’s tuition return, IDC return, departmental gift and discretionary accounts and summer term budget
• Prepare and submit quarterly reports and fiscal year closing to institutes general accounting group as well as to department chair and advise on spending forecasts and savings opportunities
• Oversee post-award financial operations for 100 grants and 40 Principal Investigators. Worked closely with central Post Award Financial Operations office, ensuring compliance and spending integrity
• Manage and forecast all instructional support budgets including graders, office assistants and undergraduate researchers
• Review and approve all expenses on accounts to including internal and facility service requisitions, purchase orders, shopping carts, Purchasing card purchases, travel reimbursements, cash credit vouchers and journal entries
• Manage all faculty actions responsibilities including new appointments, reappointments, and postdoc appointments
• Oversee all non-student visa processing for the department
• Create and complete annual academic planning exercise and prepare budget documents
• Oversee course scheduling and planning for faculty and instructor course assignments
• Assisted with hiring process and training of new employees.

Oversaw all financial, academic and operational functions of the department. Worked with faculty members on tenure and promotion cases.