Senior Accountant - Grants Manager

Ranked #46 in U.S. News & World Report's list of Best Public Colleges and Universities, Rutgers University-Camden is a diverse, research-intensive campus of approximately 6,100 students at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels and 1,100 faculty and staff members. Located in Camden, N.J., directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, the university is uniquely situated to serve the local community while achieving global reach. A U.S. Department of Education-designated Minority Serving Institution, the university thrives due to a supportive culture that helps students achieve their goals and fosters collaboration among employees. Rutgers-Camden is recognized as a national model for civically engaged urban universities and was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for a Community Engagement classification. Washington Monthly magazine has ranked Rutgers University-Camden among its "Best Bang for the Buck" universities and best national research universities. Recently, Rutgers-Camden earned Carnegie classification as an R2 research university due to a high volume of internationally recognized research, creative output, and scholarly activity.

Rutgers University-Camden is seeking a Senior Accountant-Grants Manager in the Office of Research. The Senior Accountant-Grants Manager performs faculty facing Pre- and Post-Award administration support activities for the academic unit's/units' faculty and staff. This position provides central point-of-contact support to faculty, staff, and leadership in sponsored research, contractual, and program budget submission. It is the responsibility of the Senior Accountant-Grants Manager to manage grantee requirements; provide independent analysis of financial data, maintain award record, facilitate collaborative meetings with program personnel, monitor, and report on spending plans as well as ensure compliance with organizational, sponsor, and federal regulations.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

* Coordinates pre-award functions including review of funding agency requirements, timely development, and preparation of budgets (internal, sponsor, and cost-sharing, e.g.), pre-award spending, project requests and other materials necessary for complete internal review such as subaward set-up. Requests advance accounts and initiate pre-award spending as appropriate. Completes chart of accounts for spending and completes award onboarding administrative actions such as project request forms, subaward project forms, Marketplace approval forms, etc.

* Reviews contract language to ensure the mission, operation and compliance of the sponsored award.

* Ensures that the awards' budgets and other data elements in Oracle accurately reflect the terms of the award and the complete endorsement form or other association forms.

* Oversees Post-Award account management activities including approval of project expenditures, fringe benefit postings, facilities and administration, scholarship, etc.

* Prepares and maintains project forecasts and prepares the University quarterly forecasts and annual budgets.

* Provides timely information and updates to faculty/staff regarding university policies, sponsored agency information and procedures, and general topics of interest to the research community related to award management.

* Acts as liaison with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to ensure a timely no-cost extension, carryover, or modification requests.

* Acts as the Camden campus liaison with the Office of Research Financial Services to ensure timely invoicing, revenue recognition, cash receipts, award close out, etc.

* Provides regular and al hoc data/reports to senior leadership to inform strategic planning, performance, and productivity.

Consistent with the current application of Rutgers Policy 60.3.22, this position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement.

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.

Requires a Bachelor's degree preferably in accounting; or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP) as well as accounting practices, policies, applied basis of accounting and contract compliance. Also requires a minimum of five years relevant experience in a grant or accounting function.

* Requires good interpersonal and communication skills for customer service contact.

* High functioning computer literacy to include proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Worl, Access and Outlook).

* Must be skilled in understanding database structure and can manipulate Data imports and exports for financial reporting and analysis.

* Knowledge of research accounting principles (2 CFR Part 200 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements)

* At least two (2) years administrative experience in research administration and/or grants and contracts administration.

A substantial amount of time will be dedicated to monitoring grant expenditures for compliance and take/recommended corrective actions as needed. Beyond financial management the Senior Accountant-Grants Manager must understand the legal requirements and sponsor interfaces that regulate sponsored projects such as Federal Management Requirements, Institutional Committees, Federal Disclosure Requirements, Institutional and Sponsor Publication Requirements, HIPAA Health regulations, and International Traffic in Arms Regulation ( ITAR)/Export Administration Regulations ( EAR). Compliance and General Management Practices are paramount to being successful in this position.

* Strong preference will be given to candidates with knowledge of Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle Hyperion Planning software, Tableau and advanced command of excel functions.

Routine office environment and software (though some proprietary and University-licensed specialized software utilized).

Prolonged computer utilization and long periods in sedentary positioning.

We are currently recruiting for two positions.