at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 49892
Department: Acctg Svcs Res & Spon Prog
Salary/Grade: EXS/6
Job Summary:
The Office of Accounting Services for Research and Sponsored Programs (ASRSP) helps university researchers with financial reporting, invoicing, collecting revenue, coordinating audits, and processing transactions related to their sponsored projects.
Reporting to the Assistant Director ASRSP, the Assistant Grant and Contract Financial Administrator will:
- Conduct annual expense review under the supervision of the Assistant Director of Special Projects
- Assist in resolving cost allowability issues with the department administrators when conducting annual expense review.
- Maintain the expense review inventory and worksheets and communicate with the GCFAs regularly.
- Expand the annual review population as scheduled.
- Assist Grant and Contract Financial Administrator (GCFA) in award closeout and invoicing as needed.
- Assist in transaction review as needed.
Specific Responsibilities:
Analysis, Statements & Reporting:
- Provides support for audit as needed,
- Maintains, and updates financial models and analysis.
Transactions:
- Provides review and oversight of all types of financial transactions some of which may be complex in regard to size or duration of account.
- Reviews; ensures approval based on alternatives regarding practice & policy; analyzes and classifies transactions in accordance with established chart or coding of accounts; creates new accounts; prepares, processes, reconciles & provides receipts (as
