Accounting Specialist

Title: Accounting Specialist

Employee Classification: Accounting Specialist

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Research & Innovation

Sub Division-Department: UNT-Research & Innovation

Department: UNT-Grants & Contracts Admin-190100

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Commensurate with experience

FTE: 1.0

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

Grants and Contracts Administration (GCA) within the Division of Research & Innovation supports the University of North Texas, a tier 1 research university, in its endeavor to excel in its research mission. GCA aspires to be a model organization in the field of research administration, providing exceptional of externally funded sponsored projects and envision an environment that facilitates the University of North Texas' commitment to research and encourages continued efforts to attract additional research funding.

The Grant & Contract Accounting Specialist position within the Grants & Contracts Administration unit works on the GCA-Post Award Accounting team. Grants & Contracts Administration is a research administration unit within the Division of Research & Innovation. This position is responsible for claiming and reconciling sponsored funding agency deposits in the banking and accounting system at UNT, and ensuring all payments are applied correctly.

The Accounting Specialist works closely with the Controller's Office and the GCA Post-Award Accounting team to ensure that all payments are appropriately applied to outstanding invoices, and eliminating outage items on the accounting sub-ledger and general ledger. This position also assists the Grants & Contracts Accounting Analyst staff to help locate billing supporting document records, and as serves as a backup for the Accounting Analyst staff as needed to meet grant accounting task deadlines during peak times.

Associate degree and one year of experience in finance, business accounting or related field or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Working knowledge of accepted accounting practices, legal statutes, and policy and procedure affecting financial record keeping.
• Working knowledge of cost and audit accounting.
• Ability to work accurately with numerical detail consistently and to perform accounting operations legibly.
• Ability to analyze, consolidate, and present accounting data in clear concise form.
• Ability to coordinate and supervise the work of others.
• Ability to utilize job-related software to perform assigned duties and responsibilities.

Experience working in higher education and/or research administration.

• Claims and reconciles deposits from sponsors in the banking and accounting system to ensure that payments for invoices are processed and applied correctly (check and electronic)
• Reconciles sub-ledger grant accounts and general ledger accounts with controllers office to eliminate outage items on the sub-ledger and general ledger.
• Sends Payment Works software supplier setup invites to sponsors for purpose of sponsored project refunds, and tracks requests for banking information from sponsors to ensure that all sponsors receive banking information and it is logged for our records.
• Assist Grants & Contracts Accounting Analyst staff by working with departments to locate documentation for billing items when needed. Assist GCA Accounting Analysts with Journal entries and Accounts Receivable maintenance sheets to complete grant closeouts when needed.
• Serves as a back up to GCA unit administrative support staff to process document records retention through perceptive content for scanning and uploading grant and financial documents. Supervises undergraduate or graduate student workers when required for assisting with special projects.

Communicating with others to exchange information.
Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm

No

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

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