Accountant Team Lead

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

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About The Position

The Accountant will serve as Team Lead and will be responsible to manage and coordinate all financial transactions for the Centers and Institute reporting to the Vice Chancellor in the Service Center, including approval, monitoring, and projection of expenditures on all accounts. In this complex, multi fund task, it is imperative that the accountant have a thorough understanding of UNC accounting and HR systems, university policies and procedures, the mission and workings of the Office of the Vice Chancellor and it’s Research and Centers and Institutes who utilize the Research Service Center. The Accountant will ensure that policies, procedures, guidelines, rules and regulations of the university, department and granting agencies are followed consistently and aid in establishing and documenting departmental policies and procedures. Utilizing the software’s, Salary and Expenses Projections ( SEP ), Research Administration Service Request ( RASR ), and the web based file storage system that utilizes OneDrive, this position will also be the primary manager of effort certification statements for the supported units, will lead initiative to improve the workflow tools RASR and SEP . This position will also evaluate program, policy, and rule changes to determine their impact on existing systems and to assure compliance with University requirements. Working directly with the Director of the VCR Research Administration Service Center, the Accountant will be assigned special financial projects that require special effort, and/or independent analysis that are above and beyond current expectations and will serve the entire division.

Requirements

• Three or more years of extensive experience maintaining accounting records or separate accounts receivable/payable and payroll functions involving sponsored research, State, F&A, Trust and other fund types.
• Knowledge of and experience with analyzing data for accuracy, problem solving, and interpreting regulations.
• Excellent basic math and algebraic skills
• Extensive experience with the effort certification process and reviewing effort statements.
• Thorough understanding of how to interpret regulations and guidelines from a wide variety of funding agencies.
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Ability to function independently.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience with UNC -CH Systems: RAMSeS, Connect Carolina/PeopleSoft, Infoporte and Effort Certification.
• Knowledge of and experience with creating spreadsheets and developing formulas in Excel.
• Ability to work effectively and diplomatically with a wider range of people including University administrators, faculty, staff, and students.
• Superior analytical thinking and decision making skills.
• Ability to communicate obstacles and solutions clearly and concisely.
• Experience managing or providing work direction to peers and clients/customers.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate all financial transactions for the Centers and Institute reporting to the Vice Chancellor in the Service Center.
• Approve, monitor, and project expenditures on all accounts.
• Ensure that policies, procedures, guidelines, rules and regulations of the university, department and granting agencies are followed consistently.
• Aid in establishing and documenting departmental policies and procedures.
• Serve as the primary manager of effort certification statements for the supported units.
• Lead initiative to improve the workflow tools RASR and SEP.
• Evaluate program, policy, and rule changes to determine their impact on existing systems and to assure compliance with University requirements.
• Be assigned special financial projects that require special effort, and/or independent analysis that are above and beyond current expectations and will serve the entire division.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed