Associate Grants & Contract Analyst

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 68,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center seeks an Associate Grants & Contracts Analyst to join their team. This role involves post-award financial management, compliance monitoring, and collaborating with various stakeholders on sponsored projects, all in a remote capacity within Texas. Candidates should possess analytical abilities and effective communication skills alongside a Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting.

Benefits

Remote work

Medical/Dental/Prescription/Vision benefits

Teacher's Retirement System

Pension Plan

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Accounting degree preferred.
• 3 years of accounting experience preferred.
• Grants/research administration experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with accounting principles and sponsor requirements.
• Perform account financial reconciliation and prepare financial reports.
• Manage cash payments and collection duties.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Time management skills

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Accounting degree

Tools

Peoplesoft

Oracle

Job description

Benefits

• Remote work
  Medical/Dental/Prescription/Vision
  Teacher's Retirement System, Pension Plan

Summary

The Associate Grants & Contracts Analyst serves as a member of a team of professionals in the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) Grants & Contracts Office (G&C), responsible for carrying out day-to-day post-award / financial administrative / data and agreement tasks for sponsored projects. Within Financial Management / Award Management / Data and Agreement, the Associate Grants & Contracts Analyst is responsible for ensuring financial and non-financial compliance with Federal and sponsor regulations and Institutional policies.

The Associate Grants & Contracts Analyst member collaborates with pre-award and departmental staff in the financial management of the MDACC's grants and contracts to ensure excellent customer service to researchers, administrators, and sponsors and effective stewardship of sponsor funds.

Key Functions

· Perform a variety of analytical activities to ensure compliance with various accounting principles, sponsor requirements, federal and state guidelines, and institutional policies

· Perform ongoing operational tasks, which may include:

o Award Management: Performing account financial reconciliation for assigned departments constituencies, monitoring of sponsored award spending for allowability and compliance with federal and sponsor regulations, managing payroll and sponsored project effort, preparation of required financial and accounting reports to sponsors, sponsored project financial and non-financial closeout according to Institutional policy and good accounting practices and institutional audit engagement and response

o Financial Management: Generating monthly standard invoices, monitoring and researching cash payments, processing monthly Letter Of Credit Draws and related reporting, monitoring cash balances, and other collection and cash management duties

o Data and Agreement Management: Performing the account set-up process, ensuring that all relevant data is captured in post-award systems and files, reviewing subrecipient entities to assess risk and executing subaward agreements and preparing operational reports and metrics for internal and external audiences

· Work with Principal Investigators, Division and Department Administration and Sponsors to provide excellent customer service and resolve issues related to sponsored programs management

· Keep up-to-date on sponsor requirements, institutional policies, and state and federal regulations

· Other duties as assigned

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree.

Required Experience:

May substitute required experience with additional years of education on a one to one year basis.

Preferred Experience:

Accounting degree with 3 years of accounting experience, strong analytical skills, grants/research administration experience, strong communication skills, time management skills, strong excel skills, Peoplesoft/Oracle experience.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 175219
• Employment Status: Full-Time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Work Week: Days
• Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 68,500
• Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 85,500
• Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 102,500
• FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
• Fund Type: Hard
• Work Location: Remote (within Texas only)
• Pivotal Position: No
• Referral Bonus Available?: No
• Relocation Assistance Available?: No
• Science Jobs: No

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