Grants Accountant

Title:
Grants 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 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

Salary Information:
In compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Law, the negotiated annual salary range for this position is $66,844.56-$124,923.48 (USD). NJIT considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses or other items.

To learn more about the comprehensive benefits NJIT offers for this position, please visit our benefits page: https://hr.njit.edu/health-benefits.

FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time