Research Accountant

Position: Sponsored Research Accountant 2
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About Government Cost Compliance The Government Cost Compliance department (GCC) in the Office of Research ensures university-wide compliance with applicable federal cost principles and established university policies.

Job Overview The GCC department is seeking to fill a Sponsored Research Accountant 2 position. This position will be responsible for managing financial aspects of research grants and sponsored projects, ensuring compliance with institutional policies, sponsor regulations, and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). It will serve as the key liaison between Principal Investigators (PIs) and research administrators, providing guidance and oversight on post-award financial matters related to salary reallocations and effort certification.

The position involves day-to-day administration of grants, including managing salary transfer requests and ensuring effort certification compliance.

Essential Functions Review and approve salary cost transfer requests, verifying their accuracy and approve the associated personnel change requests.

Oversee labor verification processes by managing required employee training, issuing notifications for overdue labor verification statements, and researching and resolving issues related to verification schedules and system or process errors that prevent statements from being generated or distributed.

Administer grant awards (federal, state, local, private and internal grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements) from a myriad of funding agencies. Establish and maintain grant records and files ensuring their accuracy and completeness.

Close out grant accounts by reconciling account, sample unusual transactions for compliance, prepare final invoice and/or reports and ensure non-financial reports are submitted. Complete agency invoices and reports in accordance with awards terms and conditions by utilizing various systems. Pursue and report on collection of past due invoices.

Review award notices. Create and maintain grant accounts according to the agreements, adding and modifying budgets. Request set-up of awards in Student Financial Aid System. Review and approve salary and non-salary Cost Transfers (CTR) and Cost Reallocation requests. Resolve grant coding errors.

Manage a portfolio of moderately complex awards. Serve as the principal source of information on grant policies and procedures and financial policies. Assist Sponsored Research Services Accounting leadership as required, to include execution of special projects of moderate complexity. Recommend areas or approaches for process improvements and providing input to department discussions. Perform other assigned duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.

Required Education Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.

Six (6) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.

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