Accountant Team Lead

Position Summary
The Accountant will serve as Team Lead and will be responsible to manage and coordinate all financial transactions for the Centers and Institute reporting to the Vice Chancellor in the Service Center including approval monitoring and projection of expenditures on all this complex multi fund task it is imperative that the accountant have a thorough understanding of UNC accounting and HR systems university policies and procedures the mission and workings of the Office of the Vice Chancellor and its Research and Centers and Institutes who utilize the Research Service Center. The Accountant will ensure that policies procedures guidelines rules and regulations of the university department and granting agencies are followed consistently and aid in establishing and documenting departmental policies and procedures. Utilizing the softwares Salary and Expenses Projections ( SEP ) Research Administration Service Request ( RASR ) and the web based file storage system that utilizes OneDrive this position will also be the primary manager of effort certification statements for the supported units will lead initiative to improve the workflow tools RASR and SEP . This position will also evaluate program policy and rule changes to determine their impact on existing systems and to assure compliance with University requirements. Working directly with the Director of the VCR Research Administration Service Center the Accountant will be assigned special financial projects that require special effort and/or independent analysis that are above and beyond current expectations and will serve the entire division.

Required Qualifications Competencies And Experience
Selected candidate must demonstrate the following: * Three or more years of extensive experience maintaining accounting records or separate accounts receivable/payable and payroll functions involving sponsored research State F&A Trust and other fund types. * Knowledge of and experience with analyzing data for accuracy problem solving and interpreting regulations. * Excellent basic math and algebraic skills * Extensive experience with the effort certification process and reviewing effort statements. * Thorough understanding of how to interpret regulations and guidelines from a wide variety of funding agencies. * Excellent interpersonal customer service and communication skills. * Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Word Excel PowerPoint and Access. * Strong organizational and prioritization skills. * Ability to function independently.

Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
* Extensive experience with UNC -CH Systems: RAMSeS Connect Carolina/PeopleSoft Infoporte and Effort Certification. * Knowledge of and experience with creating spreadsheets and developing formulas in Excel. * Ability to work effectively and diplomatically with a wider range of people including University administrators faculty staff and students. * Superior analytical thinking and decision making skills. * Ability to communicate obstacles and solutions clearly and concisely. * Experience managing or providing work direction to peers and clients/customers.