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Finance & Grant Analyst

Soni
York, NY Contractor
POSTED ON 12/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/21/2026
Renowned University is seeking a Finance & Grant Analyst for a 3 month assignment!

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.


Requirements:

  • 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


Google Docs/Sheets, as well as quickly learn new software programs as required.

  • Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills, including meticulous attention


to detail and the ability to work efficiently and effectively with a diverse team

  • Previous experience with Columbia University systems, including PAC, ARC, FinSys is preferred


Compensation: $28-$31/ Hour

Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications.

Salary : $28 - $31

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