Not 100% remote but flexible/hyrbrid schedule will be allowed for the right candidate
The Financial Analyst Coordinator (FAC) serves as one of several financial professionals within the post-award unit in the Office of Research Administration. The FAC works directly with the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Administration in support of post-award activities with delegated authority to act on behalf of the AVC. This authority includes but is not limited to signature authority, approving Kronos for post-award team members, approving journal entries, approving letter of credit draws, approving monthly KPI reports that get sent to UNC System Office, and approving actions within eTRACS. The FAC works closely with campus faculty, project directors, and administrative staff in monitoring expenditures and project activities in conformance with sponsor, university, and auditor requirements. The FAC manages an assigned portfolio of sponsored projects and is the primary contact for questions from campus faculty and staff related to that portfolio. The FAC also serves as a liaison to other institutional offices, sponsors, and auditors, as needed, related to project terms and conditions, expenditures, business procedures, cash management, regulatory requirements, reporting procedures and other sponsored projects activities.
The FAC serves as the award setup team lead, supervising award setup personnel. The FAC oversees the award intake and award set-up/modification process for all sponsored projects at the University. The FAC works with the award setup team to prioritize the university research portfolio and subsequently to setup and modify all sponsored projects within Banner. The FAC reviews all incoming funding notices, amendments, and modifications for: funding mechanism, cost allowability, compliance needs, financial reporting and invoice requirements, property disposition, interdisciplinary needs, and budgetary constraints. The FAC manages the data input process which includes data collection, system interface, validation of system functionality, and quality assurance needed. The FAC works with a wide range of sponsors and sponsored projects terms and conditions and resolves any pending information directly with the sponsor. The FAC ensures the full functionality of the awards in respects to the revenue recognition, financial reporting, and invoicing. As the award setup team lead the FAC coordinates award setup efforts for large and/or cross-disciplinary awards, communicating with various stakeholders and ensuring accurate and timely award setup. The FAC must be familiar with general federal regulations such as 2 CFR 200, as well as sponsor-specific policy guidelines (such as NIH, NSF, AHA, NASA, etc.) as well as UNC, State of North Carolina, and ECU business practices, policies, and generally accepted accounting principles. The FAC must be familiar with specific sponsor requirements and apply them to specific projects and situations.
The FAC applies expert knowledge of current federal, state, and local government programs and guidelines to make recommendations to top management and to create and update SOPs and policies and procedures for ORA post-award administration. The FAC is also required to act in the role of liaison with ORA pre-award services, ORA post-award administration, ORA billing management, Compliance Monitoring & Strategic Initiatives, sponsors, other central offices such as Finance and Administration, ITCS, and procurement to ensure all SOPs and policies and procedures related to post-award services are accurate and communicated within the division.
The FAC uses expert knowledge to provide training to other post-award administration team members, hub and departmental administration, and other university sections in areas including, but not limited to, summer salary calculations and EPAFs, grant buyout process and EPAFs, award setup processes, etc.
The FAC works independently with minimal supervision from the AVC. The FAC works cooperatively in a team environment, assuring that all necessary post-award administrative activities including, but not limited to, award setup, invoicing, account reconciliations (including oversight for allowable costs, rebudgeting restrictions, fund balances or other sponsor requirements), subcontract monitoring, cash management and all reporting tasks are completed by sponsor and office deadlines. The FAC must have good, independent judgement skills and creative thinking capabilities. The FAC must be able to resolve issues, suggest alternative solutions and complete tasks within the regulatory and university environment. The FAC must be able to work accurately with a high volume of detailed financial transactional data while assuring timely completion of tasks and comprehensive oversight of conformance with general system and sponsor deadlines and other regulatory or reporting requirements.
As needed, the FAC will provide backup assistance for other positions within the office including, but not limited to, quarterly financial reporting, institutional year end reports, and other cross-training needs
Direct Link: http://ecu.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/52231
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Becky Welch
AVC Research Admin & Finance
East Carolina University (ECU)
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