Missions

We are recruiting a Financial and Administrative Manager for the Cell-ID research program. We are looking for a dynamic and motivated candidate to join the coordination team, supervised by the program's scientific coordinator, Geneviève Almouzni. The position is located at the Institute Curie in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Cell-ID is a 6-year program funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR).

Activités

Working closely with the Project Managers and the Scientific Coordinator, your main role will be to :
- Ensure contractual and financial follow-up of the project
- Ensure proper application of administrative rules and specific procedures from the ANR and the project partners (CNRS, Institute Curie, INSERM).
- Take part in drawing up the budget, monitoring its distribution and execution
- Assist and advise the scientific team on the use of the grant
- Monitor deadlines of the contract: coordinate the preparation and carry out activity reports and financial reports.
- Carry out transactions, liquidation, payment and settlement operations in cooperation with dedicated accounting departments
- File and archive accounting documents
- Attend meetings with various participants involved.

You will also be called upon to contribute to the organization of events, especially on the financial side (processing orders/missions):
• national seminars, organizing with the Manager
• courses, with the Training Manager and outreach activities for the general public, with the Communication Manager.

Compétences

You have significant administrative and financial experience, particularly in accounting, ideally obtained in a public institution.
You are keenly aware of research funding procedures and research contract management, as well as with financial, budgetary and accounting regulations.

You are a team player, curious and proactive, and you know how to work with different partners.

Your command of spoken and written English (Level C1) will enable you to work in an international environment.

Résultats attendus et contrôles

In collaboration with the Project Coordination Manager, the Projects Managers and the Supervisory Bodies involved in the project :
Production of follow up dashboards for a precise monitoring of the global project budget (50M€: recruitments, missions/events, functioning), production of all required financial reports (quarter or punctual).
Participation to the surveys/audits/annual evaluations of the ANR regarding the organization, the production and the projects resources.
Administrative support for the implementation of national/international collaborations (grant requests, agreements setup)
Participation to the organization of all meetings planned during the whole project :
regular communication with the managers of all coordination centers (PC), for an efficient follow up/spending of the resources
annual/ad hoc meetings with the SAB
scientific events based on the communication plan (conferences, workshops)

Evaluation by the Scientific Coordinator Geneviève Almouzni, together with CNRS Biologie.
Evaluation of the project by the external SAB during the project on a regular basis (after 1 year, 3.5 years, 6 years).
Regular reporting to the ANR
The final project report will illustrate the use of the funds in line with the proposed objectives and will explain when amendments have been made. This assessment validated by the steering committee will help to conclude the programme and will be presented during closing meeting with all the development prospects.

Contexte de travail

Cell-ID is steered by CNRS, in association with key partner institutions in France. It is rooted in a broad international context. The project involves more than 30 laboratories and several technology platforms across the country. The budget is 50 million euros.

The program coordination team currently employs a Project Coordination Manager and 4 Projects Managers (Training Innovation, Data Med, General Communication, Scientific Communication)
The scientific project is multidisciplinary (3 work-packages) and aims to characterize, in normal and pathological conditions, genome function and its three-dimensional organization in the context of the nucleus at molecular and cellular levels in neural tissue lineages. Cell-ID also includes an educational component (1 work-package) (interdisciplinary training program for students) and communication with the public and patients.
For further details on the program, please follow the links below: https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/pepr/identites-destins-cellulaires-cell-id
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/node/7926
This position includes teleworking options according to current CNRS rules, 44 days of vacation, 75% reimbursement of public transport and partial reimbursement of health insurance costs (15 euros/month).

This position is in a sector subject to the protection of scientific and technical potential (PPST) and therefore requires, in accordance with French regulations, your admission to be authorized by the competent MESRI authority.

Le poste se situe dans un secteur relevant de la protection du potentiel scientifique et technique (PPST), et nécessite donc, conformément à la réglementation, que votre arrivée soit autorisée par l'autorité compétente du MESR.