SPONSORED PROGRAM ACCOUNTANT

Job Details

SPONSORED PROGRAM ACCOUNTANT

Posting Number: SRGV8976
Number of Vacancies: 1
Location: McAllen, Texas
Department: Grants and Contracts
FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job:
Responsible for the fiscal management of externally funded sponsored projects, including project/account set up and closeout, maintaining and reconciling funds, and ensuring expenditures are allowable and appropriate.

Description of Duties:

• Performs compliance reviews and fund approvals of expenditure requests for assigned sponsored projects to determine allowability, allocability and appropriateness.
• Provides policy and procedure interpretation to University departments and prepares reports to federal and sponsoring agencies.
• Ensures budget adjustments are within sponsor guidelines.
• Prepares financial reports in timely and accurate manner.
• Requires understanding of effort reporting and cost sharing regulations.
• Prepares invoices and financial reports timely and submits to sponsors after examining expenditures for adherence to awards and institutional requirements.
• Advises sponsored program managers, investigators and staff in matters of compliance, procedures, project account status, termination dates, and fund balances.
• Interprets and administers rules, regulations, policies, and procedures by the University and external funding agencies.
• Provides guidance to sponsored program managers and staff regarding OMB Circulars A-21 and A-110.
• Conducts project account reconciliations, monitors Facilities and Administrative Cost (indirect cost recovery) calculations, and reviews and approves cost transfers.
• May assist Director with special projects and tasks involving financial reporting of sponsored project activities.
• Prepares, requests and posts federal funds drawdowns.
• Monitors and collects accounts receivables for sponsored projects.
• Prepares and maintains accounting records, ledgers and reports for assigned sponsored projects and reconciles account reports utilizing the University's accounting system.
• Prepares accounting journal entries to make adjustments and/or corrections to project accounts.
• May conduct training sessions in discipline area.
• Assists in providing schedules and reports to management
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or related field from an accredited university.

Required Experience: Two (2) years of governmental or fund accounting experience.

Preferred Experience: Experience in sponsored programs accounting, including preparing budgets. Working knowledge of contract and grant administration.

Other: Knowledge of accounting and budgeting principles, practices and procedures. Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Knowledge of grants management, to include regulations (OMB Circulars A-21. A-110, and A-133) pertaining to contracts and grants administration. Excellent customer service skills. Knowledge of database and spreadsheet software and computer skills.