Senior Post Award Grant Accountant

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Sponsored Programs, the Senior Post Award Grant Accountant provides direct professional support and guidance in the administration of grants, contracts, and other sponsored funds to faculty and staff. This position will implement strategic directions as provided by the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Provost's Office regarding financial research administration, faculty affairs, external relations with agencies, policy, and other business operations. 

Secondarily, this position will liaise with the Office of the Controller on matters of financial reporting, including ensuring compliance with federal award programs and issues related to the annual audit performed in accordance with the Provisions of OMB Uniform Guidance. This position provides high-level client satisfaction through strong relationship management skills and demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in a rapidly evolving unit. 

The role may be considered for a remote work arrangement.

Position Responsibilities:

• Advise, guide, and assist faculty and administrators in the management of sponsored awards.
• The Senior Post Award Grant Accountant is the primary source of expertise to ensure that awards are managed following sponsor requirements, regulatory compliance requirements, University, Federal, and State policies and regulations governing financial sponsored research.
• Prepare and route prior approval requests, progress/financial status reports, and ensure documentation is submitted correctly and in a timely manner to the sponsor.
• Provide post-award transactional support for faculty portfolios, including commitment management, projections, cost transfers, and other related financial grant management tasks through award close-out.
• Maintain current knowledge of University and Federal policies, and other grant and contract-related regulations.
• Assist faculty and staff in the fiscal management of sponsored projects, interpret award documents, provide appropriate documentation to set up grant/project accounts, and ensure that financial compliance obligations are met.
• Partner with the pre-award/contracts/award team on complete grant lifecycle management, including crafting projections, identifying risks and delays to spending, requesting budget revisions, amendments, NCEs, and other award modifications.
• Provide Principal Investigators with regular account reports for all sponsored projects and hold meetings on a quarterly basis.
• Cultivate and maintain strong customer service and working partnerships and effective communications with faculty, Principal Investigators, sponsors, and other key stakeholders.
• Provide direction, training, and assistance to Principal Investigators and department staff in award management, including, but not limited to, budgeting and financial statements, interpretation of sponsor terms and policies, use of internal financial systems and University policies and procedures. 
• Review terms and conditions on award documents as appropriate.
• Collaborate with the Pre-award team to negotiate award terms, as necessary, and to facilitate agreements, including subcontracts.
• Responsible for preparing effort reports and facilitating the effort certification process.
• Hold regular and quarterly meetings with the Office of the Controller and Finance on sponsored awards.
• Maintain institutional reporting on expenditures, spending activity, and forecasting for sponsored awards.
• Play a key role in the development and continuous improvement of the financial grant management process.
• Review and analyze client interactions and current methods.
• Make recommendations for and participate in the implementation of policy changes as appropriate.
• Analyze and understand complex information from multiple sources, including funding opportunity announcements, funding interest matches, Federal regulations, and sponsor requirements, to manage awards effectively.
• Keep abreast of laws, regulations, external and internal policies and procedures governing the administration of grants and contracts.
• Ensure that key personnel are compliant with regulatory, University, and other training mandates.
• Responsible for issuing outgoing sub-award agreements and subrecipient risk assessment and monitoring.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Office of Sponsored Programs and Controller’s Office.

Experience & Educational Background:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of related experience, or ten years of experience in a business organization or governmental agency performing financial grants and contracts administration and compliance management.
• Thorough knowledge of Federal laws and regulations about financial grant and contract administration.
• Sufficient skills in the information technology area to demonstrate acquisition and use of web-based and other computer-assisted systems and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in business, accounting, or an appropriate field.
• Direct experience with the grant and contract post-award financial administration process in an institution of higher education.
• Thorough experience using financial grant management systems (specifically Banner).
• In-depth knowledge of OMB Circular A-21 & A-110 (Uniform Guidance).
• Working knowledge of database administration and other related software.
• Knowledge of current trends in research administration and financial compliance.

Salary Range:

$100,000 - $135,000

About Us: 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  

Yeshiva University is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities to all employees and candidates without regard to race, color, age, sex, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.