Accountant III

Auburn University • Auburn, AL

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About The Position

The Accountant III serves as the accounting liaison between assigned personnel and Central Business and Finance areas, with a focus on Contracts and Grants Accounting. The role handles journal entries, reporting, budget analysis, and audits and reconciliations for assigned School of Fisheries accounts. This person is the primary contracts and grants contact for a group of SFAAS Principal Investigators (PIs).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or a degree plus a CPA and four years of experience in accounting services.
• Experience substitutions are allowed: when a candidate has the required education but lacks the required experience, relevant additional education may normally be applied toward the experience requirement at a rate of one year of education per year of required experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze awards, subcontracts, and Fisheries accounts, including compliance with CFR200, budgets, and payrolls.
• Meet with PIs at the beginning of awards to discuss budgets and expenditures.
• Monitor assigned PIs’ award balances weekly to identify potential expenditure issues and budget deficits.
• Reconcile assigned accounts monthly.
• Review monthly account balance sheets issued by the Financial Assistant, with the PI if necessary, to help prevent overspending and payroll errors.
• Track and fund SFAAS financial commitments and reimbursements within the school and campus, including cost shares, fellowships, and projects for accounts held by assigned PIs.
• Identify reimbursements needed from the COA for assigned accounts and submit requests.
• Release Effort Certification to assigned PIs and validate it when received.
• Investigate effort certification issues and prepare Salary Wage Transfers when needed; determine the causes and review correct procedures with PIs to help prevent future issues.
• Reconcile assigned accounts to identify, prepare, and process Journal Vouchers, including DEC, Budget Transfers, BLT, and IDCR.
• Examine and approve staff EPAFs, PO/PSC/Collection Reports, Purchase Card batch submissions, travel reimbursements, and invoices.

Benefits

• Generous benefits
• Educational opportunities
• A culture of support and work/life balance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level