Senior Accountant

Contemporary Staffing Solutions is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our client for a hybrid opportunity in Camden, NJ! The Senior Accountant will be responsible for various financial tasks related to grant accounting and post-award management, ensuring adherence to grant requirements and agency policies. This Direct-Hire opportunity offers $75,000-$90,000/year!

Responsibilities:

• Review application, Notice of Award, Contracts, and Agreements for award terms and conditions, and apply any restrictions or budgetary controls.
• Gather all internal documentation to ensure compliance prior to account setup.
• Ensure personnel are appropriately allocated to the project, in conjunction with the PI, and according to the terms of the award.
• Monitor payroll transactions to ensure salary costs and cost share expenses are appropriately applied according to sponsor guidelines and institutional policy.
• Monitor committed effort versus awarded effort and compliance with sponsor salary limitations, when applicable.
• Ensure accounts payable expenditures meet compliance with grant requirements and agency policies.
• Review financial transactions to ensure adherence to GAAP, FASB, Uniform Guidance.
• Coordinate the removal and/or transfer of unallowable costs.
• Provide monthly invoices and status reports to PIs that include spending projections.
• Timely and accurate submission of all required financial and subrecipient reports (e.g., FFATA, FFR, RPPR).
• Participate in the subrecipient monitoring process: review and approve subaward invoices, communicate any spending concerns with the Research Office, and ensure timely receipt of final subaward invoice.
• Confirm remaining balance for progress reports; provide final balance for carryover requests; ensure timely closeout of grants and contracts in accordance with sponsor requirements.
• Monitor receivables and follow up on unpaid invoices.
• Support annual agency financial audit.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• High level of proficiency in Excel.
• Detail-oriented, efficient, organized, and deadline-focused.
• 2-3 years’ experience in Federal (NIH/NSF/DOD) grant accounting/post-award management.
• Knowledge of NIH/NSF/DOD grant, cooperative agreement, and contract requirements and regulations along with federal requirements such as Uniform Guidance.

Contemporary Staffing Solutions (CSS) has been a leading provider of contract, temporary, temporary-hire & direct hire solutions. We began as a staffing agency and evolved to a national provider of workforce management solutions with a niche recruitment focus in Accounting & Finance, Call Center & Office, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, & Information Technology. To learn more about CSS, visit our website: www.ContemporaryStaffing.com.