Grant Accountant

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab•Chicago, IL

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Grant Accountant will perform a variety of professional tasks related to federal grant accounting such as providing financial management for federal awards, posting journal entries, preparing various reports and reconciliations, while ensuring financial compliance with federal regulations. The Grant Accountant will consistently demonstrate support of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab statement of Vision, Mission and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute. The Grant Accountant will demonstrate Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Core Attributes: Communication, Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving, Customer Service and Core Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, & Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.

Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field is required
A minimum of 2 years of related work experience.
Experience working with and managing federal awards and contracts.
Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of business tools and technology.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines while managing multiple priorities.
Advanced written and oral communication skills; responding to customer requests in a timely manner.
Strong interpersonal skills needed to interpret and explain financial information to employees and management.
Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external clientele.
Ability to work collaboratively to leverage expertise in other functions resulting in improved outcomes and efficiencies.
Ability to identify and implement opportunities for continuous quality improvement.

Nice To Haves

CPA or Master's Degree in Accounting preferred.
Experience working with GAAP in a Not-for-Profit environment is preferred.
Working knowledge of Great Plains, Excel, MS Word, Power Point and Access is preferred.

Responsibilities

Update and maintain the Project Tracking System database for federal awards.
Prepare quarterly and annual Financial Statements for federal awards.
Submit annual Program Income reports for NSF.
Reconcile and analyze grant costs, ensuring institutional and federal guidelines are followed.
Perform monthly draws for federal award reimbursement.
Review subcontract documents and prepare invoices to prime contractor on a monthly basis.
Reconcile/analyze accounts receivables and assigned balance sheet accounts on a quarterly basis and inquire with grantor about past due balances.
Prepare annual tax letters to Switzer awardees.
Identify, calculate and determine excess interest earned on awards receiving funds in advance.
Assist with month-end/year-end activities which include: grant revenue recognition, subcontractor accruals, sub-recipient monitoring, and grant revenue and expense analysis.
Provide financial reporting support to Research Administration as requested.
Provide backup support for accounting/reporting of non-federal grant awards and clinical trials.
Prepare monthly FFATA reporting of Subawards
Perform all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.