Job no: 508280
Position type: Staff Full Time
Campus: UMass President's Office
Campus Location: South St Shrewsbury
Department: University Controller
Categories: Sponsored Programs, Grants and Contracts, Grants and Research
Advertised: May 12 2021 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Manager, Financial Data and Analysis, this position acts as a point of contact for grant compliance and grant business procedures for the UMass campuses, and is responsible for the accounting and reporting for grants for the President’s Office.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as grants module steward for PeopleSoft grants module core team.
• Design and create business processes, job aids, and control documents as needed for campus grants community.
• Act as a point of contact for campuses on grant business procedures within the PeopleSoft Grant Suite. This includes testing, data validation/clean-up, reconciliation, issue support, and all aspects related to these modules.
• Perform subrecipient monitoring risk assessments and document for campus grants offices to reference.
• Coordinate annual Uniform Guidance audit process, working with campus grants core team and external auditors.
• Assist in the preparation/review of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and related footnotes.
• Create and submit the University’s data collection form in the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
• Provide campus support on ECRT system and business functions.
• Set up, monitor and close out grants in the PeopleSoft grants module for UMass President’s office, as applicable.
• Assist in the preparation of the University quarterly financial reporting package and assist with preparation of annual University financial statements. Prepare related work papers, footnote disclosures and fluctuation analyses.
• Assist in identifying efficient and effective processing opportunities using technology to enhance reporting and reduce manual applications/spreadsheet utilization and improve controls.

Other Functions:

• Keep abreast of Uniform Guidance regulations and changes enacted by the Office of Management & Budget impacting Uniform Guidance compliance.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education, Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, or similar field, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of UG requirements and related reporting requirements.
• 3-5 years working experience in accounting, grants management or equivalent field.
• Advanced proficiency in business applications, such as Microsoft Office; advanced Excel skills.

Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education, Experience):

• Knowledge of billing, accounts receivable and cash management business processes.
• Knowledge of research administration.

Working Conditions:

• Typical office environment.
• Requires occasional in-state travel to the President's Office in Boston, the campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester.
• May require occasional hours on nights and weekends.

Additional Details:

Salary range $58,500 to $68,500.