Accountant

Posting Information Department Globl Hlth and Infect Disease-427801 Career Area Accounting/Finance/Auditing Posting Open Date 11/29/2023 Application Deadline Open Until Filled No Position Type Permanent Staff (EHRA NF) Working Title Accountant Appointment Type EHRA Non-Faculty Position Number 00062328 Vacancy ID NF0007593 Full Time/Part Time Full-Time Permanent FTE 1 Hours per week 40 Position Location North Carolina, US Hiring Range $63,000 - $70,000 Proposed Start Date 12/18/2023 Position Information Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care.
Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve.
We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability.
We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine.
We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding.
Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve.
We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education.
We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources.
We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research.
We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary The primary purpose of the Accountant position is to work independently maintaining and monitoring a variety of complex international contracts and grants accounts.
Duties include all post-award issues, reconciliation of expenditures, interpreting allowable expenses, monitoring and approving account transaction, and reporting.
Additional requirements include: ability to monitor account balances, provide routine monthly status reports, and when necessary, provide immediate reports to upper management if problems are identified; determine compliance with pertinent guidelines, rules, regulations, and laws; establish and maintain effective working relationships with representatives of related on-campus unties, departmental staff, and the general public; communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
Position is currently responsible for assisting to develop IGHID (Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases) international accounting procedures on how to process cash advances, reconcile them and how to carefully review receipts to ensure that the charges are allowable, allocable and reasonable.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Mid-career with Masters and 1-2 yrs experience; or Bachelors and 2-4 yrs experience Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience Knowledge-Professional: Thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and their application to cost, governmental accounting, and nongovernmental accounting.
Knowledge of program specifics.
Thorough knowledge of applicable information technology to perform accounting duties.
May require ability to develop and implement system changes Financial Program Monitoring & Management: Ability to compile, monitor, examine, and audit moderately complex financial statements/reports/accounts or budget codes for accuracy, integrity, and conformance to accounting and program guidelines.
Ability to develop, evaluate, and implement changes to accounting systems and processes.
Ability to identify substantive issues and thoroughly and accurately research and analyze them.
May require the ability to design data collection, reporting tools, and financial models.
Ability to prepare, disseminate, and interpret financial reports.
Ability to serve as technical advisor on fiscal management and reporting issues.
Ability to identify changing requirements and problems regarding management needs, fiscal procedures, account structures or reports, and accounting systems.
Ability to recognize and respond to unusual activity.
May require the ability to make corrections related to unusual activities.
Ability to evaluate systems of control and recommend improvements/changes.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Ability to prepare written and/or technical products which convey concise, comprehensive, and accurate findings and conform to guidelines.
Ability to provide appropriate documentation to support conclusions.
Ability to review and edit the work of others.
Ability to convey and/or consult on issues of a moderately complex nature in a clear, concise, and organized manner.
Ability to establish effective working relationships that foster organizational success.
Ability to modify delivery, language, or content to suit the characteristics and needs of the audience.
Decision Making and Problem-Solving: Ability to use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions and/or reaching conclusions.
Ability to take action consistent with available facts, constraints, and anticipated consequences.
Supervision: Ability to recruit, select, counsel, discipline, establish performance standards, and evaluate performance of employees to retain a diverse workforce.
Ability to administer and ensure compliance with human resources policies and procedures.
Ability to monitor and assess work, provide feedback, and provide technical supervision.
Ability to develop knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees and plan for and support employees in Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience Preference for candidate to have strong interpersonal skills and customer service experience.
Preference for candidate to possess excellent attention to detail, have strong organizational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
Experience in accounting, reconciliation, and advanced accounting knowledge.
Experience with international and domestic grant funding.
Prefer a candidate possess experience with UNC financial systems including lnfoPorte, Connect Carolina and RAMSeS.
Strong computer skills (including all Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel), familiarity with Adobe PDF documents.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements Campus Security Authority Responsibilities Not Applicable.