Senior Grant Accountant

Title :

Senior Grant Accountant

Department :

Office of Research & Development

Reports To :

Executive Director of Research Management

Position Type : Staff

Staff

Position Summary :

A Senior Grant Accountant position oversees thefinancial administration of grants and contracts from award setup through awardcloseout and ensures compliance with all Federal, State, University and sponsorpolicies, procedures, and guidelines.

This position works closely with thefinancial and administrative units throughout the university. In addition, thesenior grant accountant provides training to new hires in the Office ofResearch and routinely contributes by providing presentations and training tocurrent staff, both within the Office of Research and to other units as needed.

Essential Functions :

Approve all sponsored transactions in accordance with the award terms and conditions, uniform guidance, and institutional policy.

Transactions include the procurement of equipment, payroll expenses, and graduate student assistant nomination forms, sub-award budgeting, and travel expenses.

Approval includes verification of available budget and correct object codes.

• Provide training to Office of Research staff and other units on financial compliance issues related to sponsored research on a routine basis.
• Train new employees in post-award management on NJIT policies, procedures and systems.
• Prepare and submit interim and final financial reports for sponsors, including cost share reports. Preparation of sponsor financial reports includes analysis of budgets, expenditures, encumbrances, and receivables.
• Verify accuracy of award setup, modifications, and budget information in Banner, including funding source, rates, and billing information requirements.
• Resolve accounting issues including project over runs and accelerated spending.
• Track, manage, and validate cost share commitments are being met.
• Prepare awards for closeout in accordance with the sponsor terms and conditions.
• Provide training and guidance on compliance related matters to the research community.
• Provide support for various audit activities involving sponsored awards.

Additional Functions :

Other Job Duties :

Work on special projects as requested and perform other related duties as assigned.

Prerequisite Qualifications :

• Aminimum of 3 years of experience in post-award research administration and / orgrant accounting.
• A bachelor's degree in business, research administration, orrelated field.
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative skills.
• Experience ina college or university, or other not-for-profit institution performing similarjob functions.
• Ability to interact professionally with all levels ofuniversity personnel as well as external constituencies.
• Excellentinterpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Wordand Excel (i.e. pivot tables, v-lookups, etc.) or similar programs.
• Demonstrated success in a position managing concurrent, high-volume number ofrequests while providing superior customer service.
• Extensive knowledge ofUniform Guidance, effort reporting, cost sharing, and overhead rates.
• Dedicated, high-integrity professional and team player.
• Atthe university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may beexempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of theuniversity, an equivalent combination of education and experience specificallypreparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications :

• A master's degree in business, research administrationor related field.
• Professional certification in research administration (e.g.CRA or CFRA).

Bargaining Unit : Range / Band :

Range / Band : FLSA :

FLSA : Exempt

Exempt

Full-Time

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