Senior Grant Accountant

Title:
Senior Grant Accountant

Department:
Office of Research & Development

Reports To:
Executive Director of Research Management

Position Type:
Staff

Position Summary:
A Senior Grant Accountant position oversees the
financial administration of grants and contracts from award setup through award
closeout and ensures compliance with all Federal, State, University and sponsor
policies, procedures, and guidelines. This position works closely with the
financial and administrative units throughout the university. In addition, the
senior grant accountant provides training to new hires in the Office of
Research and routinely contributes by providing presentations and training to
current 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:
- A
minimum of 3 years of experience in post-award research administration and/or
grant accounting.
- A bachelor's degree in business, research administration, or
related field.
- Excellent qualitative and quantitative skills.
- Experience in
a college or university, or other not-for-profit institution performing similar
job functions.
- Ability to interact professionally with all levels of
university personnel as well as external constituencies.
- Excellent
interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Word
and Excel (i.e. pivot tables, v-lookups, etc.) or similar programs.
- Demonstrated success in a position managing concurrent, high-volume number of
requests while providing superior customer service.
- Extensive knowledge of
Uniform Guidance, effort reporting, cost sharing, and overhead rates.
- Dedicated, high-integrity professional and team player.
- At
the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be
exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically
preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications:
- A master's degree in business, research administration
or related field.
- Professional certification in research administration (e.g.
CRA or CFRA).

Bargaining Unit:
PSA

Range/Band:
26

FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time