Grant Accountant

Title:
Grant Accountant

Department:
Office of Research & Development

Reports To:
Exec Director for Research Management and Finance

Position Type:
Staff

Position Summary:
A 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.
- Other Job Duties: Work on special projects as requested and perform
other related duties as assigned.

Prerequisite Qualifications:
- At
least 2 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:
- More than 3 years of experience in post-award research
administration and/or grant accounting.
- Professional certification in research administration (e.g. CRA or CFRA).

Bargaining Unit:
PSA

Range/Band:
24

FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time