Sr. Accountant (Financial Research Compliance)
Johns Hopkins University
We are seeking a Sr. Accountant who is responsible for the preparation of recording, analysis, and reporting of financial data in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other university guidelines. The Sr. Accountant will utilize an advanced and complex understanding of the various accounting requirements for a nonprofit, higher education organization. The Sr. Accountant will be responsible for non-routine accounting transactions and serve as a project lead for accounting projects.
Financial Research Compliance is responsible to ensure that sponsored funding is used for authorized purposes in compliance with applicable grant and contract terms, Federal and State regulations and University policies and procedures. The department works to support these goals through management of Effort Reporting, approvals of cost transfers, Sub Recipient Monitoring, reviewing federal administrative salary and non-salary costs, serving as a resource to compliance related issues, and coordination of various audits.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Analyze the subrecipient data and determine the necessary documentation for compliance and audit requirements
- Verify subrecipient documentation for completeness and compliance with Federal Regulation requirements.
- Monitor and respond to requests from sponsors for updates on JHU’s Single Audit report.
- Review and approve non payroll and payroll cost transfers to ensure compliance with university policies, federal regulations and sponsor guidelines.
- Analyze and review administrative costs for allowability on federal awards and follow up with departments for supporting detail.
- Review salary cap adherence as it relates to the various funding agencies and work closely with departments with instruction on the salary cap calculation
- Respond to audit samples by gathering, reviewing and making determinations independently as to the adequacy of the supporting documentation, invoices, departmental subrecipient monitoring packages, certification for payment forms, and Single Audit or related audits.
Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications
- Proficiency with various software applications (e.g. spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical and graphic packages), to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
- Proficiency in advanced Excel functions, Word, PowerPoint, and various other applications.
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
- Accounting Software - Intermediate
- Analytical Skills - Intermediate
- Financial Analysis - Intermediate
- Financial Data Quality Assurance - Intermediate
- Financial Project Management - Intermediate
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Intermediate
- Research and Analytical Skills - Intermediate
- Regulatory Compliance - Intermediate
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field.
- Three years of progressively responsible related experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree and/or CPA certification.
- Public accounting experience.
- Advanced experience with SAP or other ERP system.
Classified Title: Sr. Accountant
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/JH at Keswick
Department name: Financial Research Compliance
Personnel area: University Administration