What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grant Accountant position at University of North Texas Health Science Center?
Title: Grant Accountant
Employee Classification: 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
The Grant Accountant assumes responsibility for all sponsored project (grants) accounting, ensuring compliance with funding sources administrative guidelines and requirements, timely and accurate submission of financial reports, time receipt of revenue and orderly closure of sponsored projects. The Grant Accountant will also serve as an audit liaison.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and three (3) years related experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- High level math/accounting skills, strong reading comprehension skills, ability to interpret guidelines and instructions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and customer service
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Knowledge of regulations related to sponsored projects from private, state and federal sponsors
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in business administration preferably in accounting or finance.
- Prior experience in accounting, auditing, public administration, higher education, or other related fields.
- Three years of professional business administration, grant and contract administration, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Required License/Registration/Certifications
- N/A
Job Duties:
- Review and interpret award documents to determine financial invoicing and/or reporting requirements, adherence to sponsor regulations, polices to ensure appropriate billing requirements, accurate invoicing, allowable expenditures, payment provisions and financial reporting requirements.
- Thorough knowledge of accounting practices, legal statute, 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.
- Responsible for accurate billing, accounts receivable management and financial reporting for projects to minimize financial risk to the University, ensuring compliance to avoid fines and penalties as well as project analysis, including forecasts of anticipated surplus/deficits of project budgets.
- Project administration including accurate expenditure approvals, processing of cost transfers journals and budget journals, new award review for quality checks, assists with audits, utilizes multiple sponsor and internal electronic systems and websites, data entry, electronic files and fully participates in new implementations of systems and business process change.
- Responsible for timely and accurate grant closeout functions required by Grants and Contracts Office and sponsors requirements including reconciliations, financial status reports, final invoices, purchase order liquidations, budgets reductions, and final reporting.
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:
For information regarding our Benefits, click here.
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.
The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.
