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Accountant

Staff

EP - EHRA 12 mo leave earning

UNC Greensboro, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is 1 of only 57 doctoral institutions recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for both higher research activity and community engagement. Founded in 1891 and one of the original three UNC System institutions, UNC Greensboro is one of the most diverse universities in the state with 20,000+ students, and 3,000+ faculty and staff members representing 90+ nationalities. With 17 Division I athletic teams, 85 undergraduate degrees in over 125 areas of study, as well as 74 master’s and 32 doctoral programs, UNC Greensboro is consistently recognized nationally among the top universities for academic excellence and value, with noted strengths in health and wellness, visual and performing arts, nursing, education, and more. For additional information, please visit uncg.edu and follow UNCG on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The Office of Contracts and Grants is a division of Financial Services and is the administrative responsibility of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance. This unit is responsible for coordinating the administration and financial management of all contracts and grant funds awarded to the University. This unit interacts during pre-award and post-award administration of contracts and grants with any faculty member who is seeking extramural research support (pre-award) or who has had research funded (post-award). These faculty members range from junior faculty to senior administrators (Deans and Vice Chancellors). The unit provides assistance to the entire research community on campus (faculty, Research Deans, department, and school administrators) and external sponsors in the administration and management of externally sponsored funds.

The Cost Compliance and Reporting Specialist is responsible for overseeing fiscal compliance of externally funded awards through exception reporting derived from the Banner enterprise systems.

This position is required to apply in-depth knowledge of research accounting principles (e.g. OMB Circulars Aw21 and A-110) to maintain compliance with federal and state regulations. Current annual expenditures for contracts and grants exceed $36 million per year from federal, state, local, foundation, and private sources, and awarded dollars exceeded $47 million in FY2020. This position requires an in-depth understanding of compliance issues and understanding of application of federal and state regulations and specific guidelines from sponsors for allowable spending of restricted funds. The position requires a knowledge of accounting, budgeting, cost accounting, and/or other fiscal functions. The work includes account report preparation and reconciliation, examination of a variety of accounting documents to verify conformance to pertinent policies, procedures, and accounting standards; and preparation of reports and statements requiring interpretation and analysis of accounting records. The position will assist in fiscal reviews/audits by sponsors. The position will oversee time and effort reporting and monitoring of subcontractors.

Grant Management: Participates in the establishment and maintenance of comprehensive fiscal process, procedures, and controls for fulfillment of, and compliance with, grant requirements; audits expenditures of grant funds for fiscal adherence to program budget and reviews a variety of financial documents for completeness, accuracy, conformance with uniform accounting requirements, and with sponsor regulations. Prepares financial reports, and reviews high audit risk expenses and other fiscal records in accordance with federal, state, and university regulations. Provide Guidance and Information: Evaluate and interpret award document to determine sponsor policies regarding cost allowability; budget revisions and carryforward, financial reporting schedule, unique reporting requirements and provide guidance t? faculty researchers and department administrators as necessary.

The Specialist will be responsible for financial reporting to the State Auditor’s office, the Office of the State Controller, UNC-General Administration, and external sponsors and internal reporting to management. The position mitigates fiscal risk to the campus through training on allowable spending and accurate reporting and communicates with faculty and staff in a tactful manner to reduce lack of compliance. The position will compile internal reports to ensure fiscal compliance.

The Specialist serves as a trainer for other research administration personnel at the unit level throughout campus. This position serves as a mentor, trainer, and adviser to the research campus community and campus departmental administrative staff. The position will develop training materials appropriate for the particular audience in collaboration with other research administration offices.

Bachelor’s degree with 12 credit hours of accounting coursework; or Associate’s degree in accounting; or Associate’s degree in business or related discipline with 12 credit hours of accounting coursework; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. all degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Applicants must complete and submit an electronic application for employment to be considered. The application must be completed in full detail for your qualifications to be considered.
Applicants are required to upload the following documents with their electronic application:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• List of References

• Name
• Company Name
• Type of reference (Professional, Supervisor, Colleague, Academic or Personal). One (1) of those references will need to be a current or previous supervisor.
• Email Address
• Contact Phone Number

$56,362- $58,555

Contract and Grant Accounting - 56205

04/19/2022

04/26/2022

Yes

1.000

Permanent

12

Exempt

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Oversee Cost Compliance by applying data mining techniques

I. Develop reports from enterprise mining techniques and management systems to ensure compliance with funding agency requirements/restrictions as well as federal and state guidelines and campus policies.
2. Provide appropriate services to facilitate the research at UNCG in a rapidly changing environment with multiple tasks and tight deadlines.
3. Review and interpretation of financial compliance and regulatory regulations at the federal, state, and university levels.
4. Monitor subrecipients on an annual basis and review their fiscal audit reports as needed.
5. Keep abreast of regulations through agency federal circulars, published agency information, professional organizations (National Council of Research Administrators) & attendance at professional meetings.
6. Update CGA staff on revised sponsors’ regulations and campus policy changes.
7. Serve as key point of contact with sponsors for on-campus fiscal reviews/audits.
8. Review pcard transactions systematically across campus for C&G funds.

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Grant Management

I. Evaluate and interpret complex legal award documents to determine sponsor policies regarding cost allowability; budget revisions and carryforward, financial reporting schedule, and unique reporting requirements.
2. Prepare award notification memo and forward to Principal Investigator with appropriate comments regarding guidelines and prior approval requirements.
3. Review high audit risk expenditures including payroll, equipment, and contractual services against grant funds for allowability in accordance with specific agency restrictions.
4. Identify areas of non-compliance and recommend remedial action.
5. Review payroll forms for allowability.
6. Evaluate cost transfer requests for allowability and prepare journal entries to post-transfer charges in accounting system.
7. Responsible for proper record retention of all financial documentation relating to the administration of the contract/grant fund and assisting auditors with review of financial records and also to answer any questions.
8. 90 days prior to grant end date, conducts thorough review of cost, revenue, and expenditure positions by preparing reconciliation adequate for post-audit review.
9. Review pre-award proposal budgets and make recommendations with regard to budget format, narrative, matching funds, and general compliance with sponsor, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
10. Provides faculty researcher and management on use and status of funds, both actual and projected, along with analysis and recommendations relative to activity costs and available budget.

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Fiscal Reporting

1. Prepare ad hoc reports on an as-needed basis using Banner data as source; regularly prepare reports to review fiscal compliance of grant funds.
2. Work with a C&G and IT team to redesign time and effort quarterly reporting system resulting from the implementation of Banner-HR.
3. Oversee preparation of reports for external sponsors, Offices of the State Auditor and State Controller, and federal and state agencies.
4. Prepare internal reports for management as requested.
5. Work with IT staff to design special reports prepared from Banner data to review fiscal compliance on a consistent basis.

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Training

1. Coach, counsel, and train campus staff in best practices in fiscal management for contract and grant funds.
2. Serve as an alternate trainer for campus staff in post-award fiscal management as a backup for Associate Director.
3. Develop training materials in collaboration with other campus research infrastructure offices.
4. Coordinate training activities for the newly formed Research Administrators network on campus and SPARTAN workshops for research administrators.
5. Provide customer service and outreach to UNCG research community.
6. Serve as liaison with subject matter experts to identify training needs and work with C&G Associate Director and other research administration offices to support training for the campus community.

Hand Movement-Repetitive Motions, Finger Dexterity, Reading, Writing, Eye-hand coordination, Vision-Color Distinction, Vision-Preparing/Analyzing figures, Vision-Visual inspection, Hearing, Talking, Sitting, Lifting-0-30 lbs., Reaching

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