Title: Senior Grant Accountant

Employee Classification: Senior Grant Accountant

Campus: University of North Texas - Health Science Center

Division: HSC-Div of Rsrch & Innovation

SubDivision-Department: HSC-Div of Rsrch & Innovation

Department: HSC-Research Financial Services-390060

Job Location: Fort Worth

Salary: Commensurate With Experience

FTE: 1.000000

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

About Us - Values Overview:

Department Summary

The Research Financial Services office is dedicated to delivering outstanding customer service through compliance, transparency, and accountability in managing the University’s research funds. We uphold the highest standards of integrity while providing clear guidance and efficient financial management. By fostering collaboration and continuously improving our processes, we support the University’s research mission, empower innovation, and build trust with all stakeholders.

Position Overview

This position must have a thorough knowledge of accepted accounting practices, legal statutes, policy and procedures affecting financial record keeping, a thorough knowledge of cost and audit accounting, ability to work accurately with numerical detail consistently and to perform accounting operations legibly and the ability to analyze, consolidate, and present accounting data in clear concise form.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and four (4) years of accounting, professional business administration, grant and contract administration, or research administration experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of contract and grant procedures and ability to apply the accounting practices.
• Strong knowledge of principles, concepts, and theories of accounting.
• Thorough understanding of key attributes in PeopleSoft or similar Accounting System and its impact on reporting, billing, and recovering costs.
• Knowledge of research administration processes particularly post award research administration.
• Experienced with OMB Uniform Guidance, Cost Accounting Standard (CAS).
• Strong working knowledge of Excel.
• Ability to independently diagnose and solve problems using sound judgment and decision making abilities.
• Ability to independently analyze accounting transactions and reconcile financial information.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Work collaboratively with different process partners.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Able to build positive working relationships with departments, various process partners in the university, and within the organization up/down/side levels.
• Act and behave in constructive manner.
• Be positive.
• Set good example for other staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, public administration, higher education, or other related field and at least three years of professional business administration, grant and contract administration, or research work experience, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Required License/Registration/Certifications

• N/A

Job Duties:

• Responsible for accurate billing, accounts receivable management and financial reporting for highly complex awards to minimize financial risk to the University, ensuring compliance to avoid fines and penalties. 
• Responsible for highly complex award administration including accurate processing of cost transfers journals with a high degree of accuracy to minimize liability to the University, new award review for quality checks, assists with audits, utilizes multiple sponsor and internal electronic systems and websites, data entry, and electronic files. 
• Develops and delivers complex campus wide training on a wide array of research administration topics to ensure compliance with federal/state policy changes. Actively participate in testing of new systems and process improvement and provide feedback. -
• Remains current on issues in field of research administration to serve as a campus expert and mitigate risk campus wide, including high-risk audit areas of research administration. 
• Develops and implements various financial reporting tools to ensure compliance with changes and accurate reporting to sponsoring agencies with varying levels of legal and financial risk, including development of internal controls. 
• Work with Principal Investigator and Departmental Administrators on proper closeout of projects including account analysis, and directing department on processing transactions required to close out sponsored project account timely. 

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM

Driving University Vehicle:

No

Security Sensitive:

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions:

N/A

Benefits:

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EEO Statement:

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit -- and takes actions to prevent -- discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence) and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, facilities and employment practices. The University of North Texas System immediately investigates complaints of discrimination and takes remedial action when appropriate. The University of North Texas System also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist or participate in an investigative proceeding or hearing.