Staff Accountant-Grants

Responsibilities

• Monitors and audits financial records and transactions for restricted grant funds.
• Receives and maintains approved budgets for restricted grant awards.
• Prepares journal entries and posts transactions to general ledger.
• Prepares reimbursement requests and prepares interim reports.
• Reviews and audits financial transactions posted to restricted grant revenue and expenditure accounts.
• Determines amount of applicable indirect costs.
• Prepares journal entries to charge indirect costs and correct errors.
• Posts transactions to the general ledger after approval by the Director of Accounting and Budgeting.
• Prepares reimbursement requests and interim reports for expenditures as required by Grant Agencies.
• Occasional monitoring and training of student employees as departmental activities may require on a project-by-project basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other business-related field and accounting experience.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Proficient in working with accounting systems and office systems such as Microsoft Office.
• Ability to pay attention to detail and accuracy.
• Knowledge of bookkeeping and recordkeeping.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.