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Position Number: 5904615
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Business and Financial Management

Closeout Accountant

Requisition Number: 61116
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: University Staff
Schedule: Full Time
Posting Close Date: 15-Jan-2025
Date Posted:

Job Summary

The Campus Controller's office at CU Boulder welcomes applications for the position of Closeout Accountant! The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is a Tier One, nationally competitive research university with a $2.00B annual operating budget. The University is focused on cultivating its instruction and research, increasing its innovative impact at the national and international level through collaboration, transformation, and leadership. The Campus Controller's Office (CCO) provides critical support to the mission by ensuring fiscal responsibility, accurate financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures, and contract requirements. Research Financial Services (RFS) within the CCO ensures proper management and financial oversight for sponsored projects. RFS prepares financial reports and invoices, manages all revenue cycle activities for the research enterprise, coordinates financial closeouts, and works directly with the Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG) to coordinate information for post award activities. RFS works closely with campus partners to manage all aspects of the financial post award lifecycle including award setup, invoicing, revenue management, compliance monitoring, and closeout.
The duties and responsibilities of this closeout accountant position include the post award financial administration and accounting of grants and contracts awarded to the University of Colorado Boulder by Federal and Non-Federal sources.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Campus Controller's Office maintains and supports the university's fiscal responsibility through accurate financial accounting and reporting and in compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures and contract requirements for sponsored projects. We provide oversight, assistance and training in financial stewardship for the campus.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Administer fiscal operations of sponsored grants and contracts. (Strategic Priority: Process Excellence)

Analyze approved budgets and award/contract documents issued by funding agencies for all applicable fiscal, post-award, billing, payment, closeout reporting requirements, and terms and conditions for a specific award portfolio.
Interpret and analyze University accounting data for compliance according to the approved budget and all applicable policies and guidelines (i.e. University, Federal, State, funding agency). Communicate lapses in compliance to campus partners and CCO leadership as applicable. Coordinate the resolution of post-award issues in collaboration with campus partners, funding agency and CCO leadership.
Establish, maintain, and reconcile grant/contract records to ensure compliance with specific grant provisions or restrictions. This may include cost sharing, fixed assets, budgetary restrictions, etc.
Facilitate award closeout procedures including performing final reviews of awards/contracts/project expenditures, payments and accounts receivable. Process closing entries in the University's accounting system as necessary.
Provide insight to the Research Financial Services grant accounting team to resolve questions related to outstanding deliverables and other closeout activities.
Review and prepare project accounts for closure, resolve cash deficits and accounts receivable issues, resolve outstanding encumbrance or payables issues, process refunds or fund transfers if necessary, and prepare correcting entries.
Review, analyze, and approve interdepartmental invoice journal entries and cost transfers impacting sponsored projects.
Provide back-up assistance as needed to the grant accountant function (i.e. invoicing, financial reporting).

Prepare and submit closeout reports for grants and contracts. (Strategic Priority: Process Excellence)

Facilitate, prepare, and submit final post-award closeout reports, as applicable, in collaboration with CCO Property Control Team, OCG and campus partners.
Effectively manage all applicable financial, post-award, and closeout deliverables for the assigned awards and/or contracts by establishing and maintaining PeopleSoft milestones.
Determine when a refund of receipts payment is due to the funding agency and perform necessary actions to initiate a payment when appropriate.

Maintain extensive sponsored program knowledge and provide training, instruction, and guidance to campus partners (Strategic Priority: University Satisfaction)

Develop and maintain an extensive working knowledge of University, State, Federal, and funding agency policies and procedures. Develop a strong rapport with funding agency personnel.
Develop and maintain an extensive working knowledge of University and UC System operations (e.g. Accounting, Purchasing, Property Control, etc.) and the inter-relationships between these operations and extramural support operations.
Maintain an extensive working knowledge of Uniform Guidance (UG), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Provide training, instruction, and guidance to closeout interns regarding sponsored programs policies and procedures; interpreting University, Federal, State, and funding agency policies and procedures for the assigned awards and/or contracts; and interpreting extramural University accounting data.
Prepare materials and present knowledge in meetings and formal training sessions to campus partners.

Training (Strategic Priority: People Development)

Attend meetings as CCO representative at the University, Regional and/or National levels.
Seek opportunities for professional development and training for self.

Special Projects (Strategic Priority: Infrastructure Enhancement)

Develop/prepare reports or surveys requested by CCO leadership.
Assist in the origination, development and implementation of improved procedures and systems for grants and contracts management.

What You Should Know

Hybrid work environment offered!

What We Can Offer

The salary range for this position is $57,100 - $58,240 annually.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

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What We Require

A bachelor's degree.
At least one (1) year of professional job-related accounting experience.
Equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.

What You Will Need

Analytical thinking along with the ability to question the logic of information is essential.
The ability to recognize unusual situations, question them and provide alternative solutions is also necessary.
The ability to prioritize, work independently and understand and apply policies and procedures.
The successful candidate will pay attention to detail, use sound judgment, be a problem solver, work independently, meet deadlines and enjoy a variety of challenging work.
This position requires excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to collaborate with varying levels of authority and reliability.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

A current resume.
A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.

We may request references at a later time.

Please apply by January 15, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Closeout-Accountant/61116