What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grants Accounting Assistant position at Davidson College?
Job Description
Reporting to the Assistant Director / Post-Award Manager in the Office of Sponsored Programs, the grant accountant is responsible for executing financial transactions associated with all internally and externally funded grants and contracts. This position plays an integral role in post-award administration in providing the primary accounting functions for grant funds to ensure proper award setup, expenditure review and approval, timely invoicing for expenses incurred, compliance with sponsor regulations, and assisting with financial reporting.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Assist with research / grant administration from award set-up through close-out.
- Process / Execute accounting transactions for all grant-funded accounts, including federal and other external awards, institutional initiative grants, internal faculty and student grants, and internal special funds.
- Monitor transactions for allowability and ensure compliance with agency and institutional policies and guidelines.
- Process and approve invoices and reimbursements.
- Approve P-card transactions.
- Prepare journal entries as needed
- Process grant-funded student payments.
- Process faculty supplemental pay and summer salary
- Maintain proper records and documentation for auditors
Minimum Qualifications :
Information about how to submit the application documents can be found at https : / / employment.davidson.edu .
About Us
Davidson is a highly selective, nationally ranked, residential, four-year liberal arts college located in Davidson, North Carolina, close to the city of Charlotte. Davidson is strongly committed to achieving excellence and cultural diversity (https : / / www.davidson.edu / about / commitment-diversity-and-inclusion), and welcomes applications from women, members of minority groups, and others who would bring additional dimensions to the college's mission.
At Davidson College, we believe the college grows stronger by recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty and staff committed to building an inclusive community. In order to achieve and sustain educational excellence, we seek to hire talented faculty and staff across the intersections of diverse races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, socio-economic backgrounds, political perspectives, abilities, cultures, and national origins.
