Director of Grants Accounting Full Time

Pre award responsibilities:
1.) Setting up grant awards/scholarships/club accounts in the web based financial system (BANNER).
2.) Administering/monitoring the University chart of accounts (FOPOAL) system.
3.) Providing annual list of federal/local awards reports to Administrative and Finance component for legislative budget hearings.
4.) Collaborating and consulting with pre award staff to ensure compliance related to sponsored projects. Develops, assists and provides training support in conjunction with the Office for Sponsored Programs.

Grant responsibilities:
1.) Manages the process for delivering the technical and financial reports for private and government sponsors.
2.) Collecting information and documentation from various sources for delivery to auditors.
3.) Ensure that related post-award processes are coordinated appropriately by members of the grants & contracts team, including award setup, review, account setup verification, and ensuring that staff is setup appropriately.
4.) Work with export control officer and assist in documenting the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) sam.gov website to update University annual EPLS list.
5.) Maintaining and administering all electronic payment systems for all agencies (Payment Management System (PMS), G-5-Education, ASAP-(most other agencies), tracking local invoicing and private billing.
6.) Gathering and submitting fiscal data required for the University’s audits; conducting sub-recipient monitoring when required; training new staff on Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) and its application.
7.) Posting cash entries; checking bank statements for proper recording of cash payments.

Post award responsibilities:
1.) Monitoring and reviewing posting of budget/adjusting journal entries.
2.) Reviewing accuracy of reports to the various federal agencies/invoices and reports for local agencies and private grants when required.
3.) Researching issues as they arise and recommend solutions.
4.) Representing the grants and contracts area to external departments of the University.
5.) Reviewing proposal budgets.
6.) Creating quarterly federal, local, private budget to actual reports for inclusion in Finance report to the Finance & Budget Committee.
7.) Promoting teamwork by communicating with support staff; liaise with department heads, administrative staff and the University on grant/accounting related matters.
8.) Working with IT staff in updating processes in the web-based financial system (BANNER) such as time and effort and grant billing account function.

Other duties as assigned.