GRANT ACCOUNTANT | INTERVIEWS HAPPENING THIS WEEK!!

Title: Grant Accountant

Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Hybrid)

Pay: $35 - $38 an hour

A highly reputable organization is looking for a Grant Accountant to join their team! This role includes a large range of duties including but not limited to, indirect cost, effort reporting, NSF compliance knowledge, and much more!

Job Description:

• Preparing or approving entries in the general ledger.

• Providing timely and accurate regulatory reporting, miscellaneous schedules, and other filings throughout the fiscal year.

• Collaborating with team members to recommend improvements to departmental policies, procedures, and internal controls, and ensuring proper documentation.

• Providing Financial Aid with data for FAFSA, compiling data for NACUBO endowment survey, and compiling SEFA/SESA for annual audits on all grants.

• Reconciling FWS for government funding of the program and managing all grants, student loans, federal programs, and drawdown funds through the federal G5 online system.

• Collaborating with Financial Aid on annual FISAP reporting.

• Assisting in creating new grants in the general ledger.

• Attending meetings to support principal investigators in grant proposals, awards, and required reporting in compliance with regulatory agencies and company policy.

• Ensuring grants further the company’s purpose, including time and effort reports, payroll allocation reviews, expense reviews, and processing refunds as needed.

• Performing detailed analysis of grant transactions to ensure funds are being drawn or invoiced correctly.

• Preparing cost analysis of company expenses for indirect cost allocation for grants and leading audits of these costs.

• Assisting with new fund code requests for new endowments, grants, and annuities.

• Creating new reporting functionality to enhance timely reports for all interested parties.

• Participating in system testing.

• Reviewing and approving all expenses related to restricted funds and updating the budget for restricted funds accordingly.

• Preparing ad hoc reports as needed.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred

• Experience in grant accounting

• Experience with G5, Research.Gov, SAM.Gov, FSD.Gov, and other State and Federal reporting portals.

Benefits:

• Hybrid work from home flexibility

• Great benefits package

• Work life balance

• Clear career growth path

Interviews are happening this week! If interested, please send over your most recent resume to smauriello@ (smauriello@astoncarter.com) astoncarter.com along with your availability for a 10-minute phone screen to go over the position in more detail.

About Aston Carter:

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Aston Carter, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com (%20astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com) for other accommodation options.