About the Job
Position Overview:
This position will provide accounting support and help with pre-award budgeting for grant proposal preparation/submission to one or more departments in the ALRT Center (Departments include: Anesthesia, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Radiology and Radiation Oncology). The position will be responsible for a number of faculty and departmental sponsored and non-sponsored accounts. Job duties include: creating reports, reconciling and forecasting financials using the acceptable tools and working with PIs (Principal Investigators) and identifying financial opportunities or resolve funding issues. The position requires in-depth knowledge of accounting principles for research and departmental accounts and University policy, procedures and guidelines.
Job Responsibilities:
Financial Management and Accounting
• Review and approve financial expenditures to ensure compliance with policies and procedures as both a departmental and certified approver.
• Review, monitor, and reconcile financial activity to ensure appropriate fund usage.
• Analyze fiscal data for anomalies; investigate anomalies and recommend solutions.
• Provide comprehensive, global financial reports, projections and budgets for projects, faculty, divisions or departments.
• Identify risks and opportunities within the reporting area being analyzed.
• Develop and present fiscal trending and projections data that inform faculty, PI(s), staff, etc.
• Maintain integrity of accounting systems and the Chart of Accounts
• Identify and develop new processes to improve business practices and procedures.
• Work with ALRT Finance Team to identify and communicate changes regarding University, College, and departmental financial policy and procedure.
• Ensure accurate and appropriate costing of personnel expenditures through payroll reconciliation and auditing; identify and process corrections.
• Establish annual budgets within Dean’s Office guidelines and meet deadlines for entering into the University budgeting system
• Ensure deadlines are met for budgeting, fiscal year-end close-out, effort certification, etc.
• Represent the ALRT Center on various committees
• Other duties as needed to manage accounting functions in the ALRT Center.
All required qualifications must be documented on application materials.
Required Qualifications
• BA/BS plus at least 4 years of experience or a combination of related education and work experience to equal eight years.
• Experience to include financial analysis, creating and maintaining finance reports, and budgeting
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational and customer service orientation skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Proficiency/experience with Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables, vlookup, etc.) and Word
• Experience analyzing and reconciling data in multiple systems
Preferred Qualifications
• Certified approved or certified approved eligible
• Ability to establish solid relationships with business partners – Excellent team work skills
• Familiarity with University systems such as PeopleSoft HRMS, EFS, UM Reports, ECRT and EGMS.
• Ability to proactively identify and resolve complex problems
• Ability to organize and direct multiple projects and interrelated financial activities with major operational or funding impact
• Ability to anticipate business needs of the PI and/or Center, develop and analyze alternatives, and make recommendations to faculty and unit leaders regarding budgets and financial impact
• Ability to take initiative, positive attitude, self-starter and willingness to learn and to take on challenges
• Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects with fixed deadlines and ability to re-prioritize tasks as needed
• Strong technical, problem solving and process improvement skills
• Analytical skills, ability to gather, organize and present data in a meaningful way
