UTS - Temporary Post Award Specialist at NC State

UTS
- Temporary Post Award Specialist at NC State

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Position Information

Posting Number - PG195975TM

Position Number - 48AJ35

Position Type
- Temporary

Essential

Job Duties
- As a Post Award Specialist, you will serve as a vital partner to our visionary researchers. You will independently manage a varied portfolio of sponsored programs, taking the lead on the day to day financial actions that keep groundbreaking projects moving forward. You are not just managing accounts, you are the strategic guide who ensures our innovators can focus on their discoveries while you navigate the administrative landscape.

The Impact You Will Have

Expert Portfolio Management

You will take full ownership of your assigned portfolios, providing timely follow up and proactive financial management. By interpreting complex requirements and policies, you will become a trusted advisor to your partners, offering clarity on funding increments, reporting deadlines, and fiscal health.

Strategic Compliance and Stewardship

You will act as the guardian of project integrity. By monitoring accounts with a keen eye, you will ensure every action aligns with Federal Cost Accounting Standards as well as state and university guidelines. Your expertise ensures that our funding is handled with the highest level of precision.

Independent Decision Making

From the initial pre award phase to the final project extension, you will have the authority to make critical decisions. You will independently authorize actions and determine the allowability of expenditures, ensuring that every project remains on a steady and compliant path throughout its entire lifecycle.

Your Professional Journey

In this role, your ability to provide expert support on compliance and fiscal issues will be the key to our collective success. You will join a collaborative environment that values independent thinking and professional excellence, where your work directly contributes to the advancement of knowledge and innovation.

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Is Time Limited
- Yes

If Yes, Appointment Length - 6 months

Wolfpack

Perks and Benefits
- As a Pack member, you belong here, and can enjoy exclusive perks designed to enhance your personal and professional well-being.

What we offer:

Health Insurance for Temporary Employees

Enhance your career with LEAD courses

Attend non-revenue generating sporting events for free.

Attain work-life balance with our Childcare discounts, Wellness & Recreation Membership, and Wellness Programs that aim to build a thriving wolfpack community.

Disclaimer:
Perks and Benefit eligibility is based on Part-Time or Full-Time Employment status. Eligibility and Employer Sponsored Plans can be found within each of the links offered.

Department Information

Job City & State
- Raleigh, NC

Department

System Information

Classification Title
- Temporary-Clerical

Working Title - UTS
- Temporary Post Award Specialist at NC State

Requirements and Preferences

Work Schedule - 40 Hours Per Week, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday
- Friday, Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote)

Other Work/Responsibilities - N/A

Minimum Experience/Education
- High School Diploma

Department Required Skills
- Extensive financial knowledge with experience working in a large complex organization. Must be highly skilled and experienced in People Soft Financials or similar product, Word and Excel. Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and practices including knowledge of budgetary planning, developing and control; understanding of audit requirements and a thorough knowledge of government accounting methods and procedures, financial practices, federal circulars, governmental accounting standards board (GASB), fund accounting, budgeting, and state and university policies and regulations.

Ability to interpret and apply complete Federal and State fiscal…