What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance & Grant Analyst position at Soni?
Renowned University is seeking a Finance & Grant Analyst for a 3 month assignment!
Job Responsibilities:
Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications.
Job Responsibilities:
- Labor transactions
- Submitting Salary distributions and Cost Transfers
- Research Enhancement calculations (1/9s versus 1/12s)
- Suspense and Pass-Thru Clearance
- Funding Plans and Hiring Trackers
- Update all funding plans and transfer all financial information to hiring tracker
- Input the correct combocode and chartstring for every individual
- Serve as a second check on projects listed to make sure projects have funds
- Confirm correct split of coverage for GRAs
- Manage the Affiliates and make sure they sign their funding plans
- CRF fees
- Create the annual Tracker and collect the chartstring from funding plans and portfolio managers
- Initiate all recovery transactions (ITFs)
- Reports (Quarterly, Monthly, Forecasting element)
- Assist the Grants team with updating the quarterly and monthly financial reports
- Assist the Grants team with any adhoc analysis (i.e. forecasting lab solvency)
- Create and streamline new processes and reports to make grant management easier
- DSS tracker
- Maintain on a semester basis to make sure no PIs overuse their DSS allowance
- TEL and Internet Stipend
- Update the tracker to collect the information for the upcoming fiscal year
- Assist the Grants/Finance team with collecting the attestations from PIs who will be collecting the stipend
- Subaward Invoice Tracker
- Download the list of all grants and filter based on which projects end within the next 90 days (idea for the
- future).
- Assists with the review and clearance of payroll suspense
- Identifies incorrect salary disbursements against salary budgets, researches errors, and implements the necessary corrections using the University's Labor Accounting and ARC systems.
- Initiate electronic salary transactions in ARC, including cost transfers, salary distributions and additional compensation.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly statistical and financial reports related to payroll.
- Perform a variety of financial activities, including salary distributions, cost transfers and Internal Transfer Journals (ITFs)
- Maintains accurate, complete and updated financial data on a timely, ad hoc basis, using multiple applications.
- Prepares and cleans up data for monthly and quarterly reports.
- Generate and maintain funding plans for XX faculty and, through close collaboration with the Payroll Team, ensure that the funding plans are implemented accurately and in a timely fashion.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 1-2 years of previously related experience.
- Demonstrated fiscal responsibility and comprehensive knowledge of accounting, financial reporting, and analysis.
- Knowledge of post-award grant processes, specifically with accounting, financial reporting, and budgeting.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (with a special emphasis on Excel) and the ability to use
- Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills, including meticulous attention
- Previous experience with Columbia University systems, including PAC, ARC, FinSys is preferred
Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications.
Salary : $28 - $31