Accountant I - Leukemia

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. It was named the nation's No. 1 hospital for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report's 2022-2023 rankings. It is one of the nation's original three comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.
KEY FUNCTIONS
Invoicing and Payments

• Collaborates with study managers, data managers and principal investigators in identifying payment milestones associated with clinical trial projects, identifies non-patient care research funded services, and develops budgets for private industry. Performs monthly audits of active contracts to monitor payment activity. Works with Leukemia data coordinators and research nurses to collect appropriate backup and prepares invoices. Forwards invoices to Grants and Contracts to obtain Lawson number and proceeds to forward invoices to Sponsors.
• Systematically reviews projects for the submission of internal payment milestone invoices, or invoice-able charges which are not formally budgeted.
• Monitors Services with other departments such as Pathology, Radiology, CTRC as well as internal collaborators such as the Leukemia Clinical Research Services (LCRS) as it relates to the original study budget.

Reconciliation and Account Management

• Perform reconciliation to ensure that salary adjustments have accurately posted to the General Ledger.
• Performs monthly reconciliation and reporting of departmental funds according to institutional and departmental policies.
• Assists with financial reporting for philanthropic and grant funds as necessary for progress reports.
• Assures that institutional processing departments are notified of any discrepancies and necessary adjustments are made. Follows up on all discrepancies and adjustments to ensure that corrections are posted to the appropriate company center.
• Prepare a monthly statement of operations and analysis of expenditures.
• Interacts with all levels of personnel within the department, other institutional departments, as well as outside companies to resolve problems/errors or questions regarding basic accounting reconciliation items.
• Represent department in a professional and appropriate manner within institution, as well as externally
• Assist with any departmental needs as required, to include special financial and research reports
• Oversee organization and maintenance of departmental files relating to fiscal and budgetary responsibilities and reports
• Other duties as required.

Communication and Education

• Ensure that documents meet the needs of the audience.

• Educate department staff about institutional procedures, guidelines and policies related to the finances of the department and institution.

• Develops and maintains professional working relationships.

• Assures that faculty are provided assistance in the expenditure of funds available to them through the dissemination of information and guidelines of the various awarding agencies. Provides ongoing information concerning changes in federal policy, institutional, and divisional initiatives to relevant department staff and grant investigators.

• Assures that monthly financial reports are provided to the faculty to include account balances and salary projections for their respective funds.

EDUCATION
Required: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or related.
EXPERIENCE
Required: One year of experience required with degree in Business Administration or related field. With a degree in Accounting, no experience is required. May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one basis.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 165484
• Employment Status: Full-Time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Work Week: Days
• Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 51,000
• Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 64,000
• Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 77,000
• FLSA: non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay
• Fund Type: Hard
• Work Location: Hybrid Onsite/Remote
• Pivotal Position: No
• Referral Bonus Available?: No
• Relocation Assistance Available?: No
• Science Jobs: No

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