Research Accountant III
Core
Lead expense management of research grants and contracts, serving as a resource to faculty and administrators for financial administration of sponsored research awards.
Role type
Senior Research Accountant (Sponsored Research)
Builds
Financial compliance and accurate reporting for university research awards
Domain
Higher Education / Research Administration
Deliverable
Dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Sponsored research accounting, federal/state research regulations, financial system setup, budget monitoring, deficit analysis, journal entries, salary redistribution, closeout procedures, data extraction, report preparation, policy development
Preferred skills
Higher education accounting, government accounting, Uniform Guidance, GASB
Technologies
Banner, Cognos, enterprise financial systems, spreadsheets, databases
Responsibilities
Create and amend research accounts in financial systems; monitor and reconcile award budgets and expenses; review deficit spending requests; approve salary redistributions and journal entries; resolve account discrepancies; prepare financial and non-financial reports for sponsors; perform award closeout actions; develop templates and ad-hoc reports; provide training on policies and procedures.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC