Senior Research Accountant

Anticipated Hiring Range $74,502 - $76,737

Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Flexible work arrangements may be available, including virtual/hybrid work locations.

The College of Sciences ( COS ) brings together the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences in a research-intensive environment that simultaneously values excellence in teaching and strong community engagement. The COS Research Office is the nucleus of research administration and support, providing a full suite of pre- and post-award services to enhance the research, teaching, administrative, and outreach functions of the College.

Key office responsibilities include proposal development and submission, portfolio management, effort reporting, and responding to departmental and faculty post-award and other research administration needs. While working in this unit, you will be expected to foster a supportive and welcoming environment. NC State promotes an integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development across North Carolina and across the world.

NC State’s land grant mission of teaching, research and service is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Applicants are encouraged to review the institution’s mission, vision and strategic plan, and consider how their background, interest and experience would enable them to support the university.

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As a Senior Research Accountant II in the Sciences Research Office, you will provide essential accounting and budgeting services to Principal Investigators (PIs), research associates, departmental staff, and graduate students. This role involves working independently to solve complex problems related to budgeting, purchasing, travel, and overall contract and grants management.

• Serve as a liaison between PIs, department administrators, COS Office of Research, and Contract and Grant Accounting by attending new project award meetings and project status meetings as needed.
• Audit and approve small purchase vouchers, interdepartmental transfers, travel reimbursements, HR actions, requisitions, purchase orders, and cost transfers.
• Perform regular review and audits for compliance and financial management on departmental expenditures, contract terms and agency requirements for assigned contracts and grants.
  • Daily budget expenditures review, compiling summaries of activities and providing recommendations for budget allocations and adjustments
  • Monthly analysis to determine post-award actions needed
  • Quarterly reconciliation of grant accounts and provide summary to PI’s for re-budgeting purposes.
• Conduct quality control (QC) reviews of departmental accounting technicians’ work.
• Interpret and apply Cost Accounting Standards, University Policies, and Agency General and Specific Terms and Conditions.
• Stay current on Federal regulations, policies, guidelines, and agency-specific terms and conditions.
• Use internal software such as RADAR ,…