Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Posting Number: S14310P

Working Title: Senior Accountant

Department: VPR-Owens Institute Behavioral Research

Posting Type: External

Retirement Plan: TRS

Employment Type: Employee

Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Additional Schedule Information: Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm

Advertised Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Posting Date: 10/30/2025

Open Until Filled: Yes

Proposed Starting Date: 01/05/2026

Location of Vacancy: Athens Area

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Classification

Title:

Accounting Technician II

FLSA: Non-Exempt

FTE: 1

Minimum Qualifications: Associate’s degree or equivalent and 2 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of UGA policies and procedures. Experience with UGA financial systems, payroll system, and associated reporting tools. Proficiency in applying University policies and procedures in sponsored programs administration, restricted accounting, and budgets.

Under the direction of the Post Award Operations Manager and the Assistant Director, the Senior Accountant will be responsible for coordinating various accounting functions at the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research. The individual in this position will be responsible for performing grant-related post-award functions, including: serving as payroll coordinator for all positions managed by OI , initiating payment and purchase requests, and monitoring sub-award & consulting agreements.

The Senior Accountant will serve as departmental p-card cardholder and petty cash coordinator for externally and internally funded projects. The position will improve institute functioning and provide overall post-award research administration support.

• Knowledge of accounting practices and ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Able to communicate clearly and professionally, possess strong organizational skills, and handle several tasks simultaneously.
• Possess a broad range of experience and knowledge of UGA systems to include One Source Financial management Systems, UGAMart, OneUSG Connect, UGAJobs, Works through Bank of America (P-card), Wells Fargo (Pulling bank statements).
• Proficiency in typing, computer skills, filing and record keeping. Competency in MS Word and Excel and Adobe.

Work at a computer for long periods of time.

• 30% Serve as payroll coordinator for positions managed by OI , assist with position postings, review profiles in OneUSG Connect for non‑exempt staff and supervisors, ensure time sheets are correct and signed off timely, train new employees on the OneUSG Connect system, review payroll reports for accuracy, monitor temporary employees for potential ACA violations, run system reports to terminate inactive employees.
• 20% Serve as petty cash coordinator for research participant incentive funds, responsible for ensuring regular fund replenishment, initiating fund replenishment, assisting custodians with fund reconciliations.
• ??% Process expenditures: submit/review/approve purchase orders, payment requests, travel reimbursements, GL Journals, monitor encumbrance balances monthly, post expenditures in OI ’s database, assist with monthly account reconciliations.
• 15% Serve as a departmental p‑card cardholder, initiating all p‑card purchases for the department.
• Sub‑awards & Consulting Agreements: initiate, monitor and log all research account consulting agreements and sub‑award invoice payment authorizations; review sub‑award invoices against the approved budget to ensure expenses are consistent with work performed.

Recruitment Contact Name: Jenny Claire Carey

Recruitment Contact Email: jccarey

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