Senior Contract Analyst

Hoxton Circle consulting has partnered with an education client to bring on a Lead Contract Analyst to the team via a contract/temp to permanent route. The role will have medical benefits and sick pay before converting to permanent and moving over to the client benefits and payroll. The contract/temp phase is slated for 2-4 months but can convert to permanent sooner depending on candidate performance.

Duties:

• Provides administrative support including, account establishment, expenditure approvals, financial detail and reporting requirement information.
• Monitors for allowability on contracts, internal controls and compliance management.
• Participate in award set-up meetings with the principal investigators and pre-award Sponsored Programs Office to gain a full understanding of the criteria and requirements necessary to manage each award.
• Assists Manager with the development and implementation of operational and administrative policies.
• Enter journal entries and budgets and coordinate monthly analysis of variances in indirect cost allocations.
• Setup and monitor Cost Share, including maintenance of cost share effort by semester.
• Facilitate office hours, trainings and workshops for the department and campus community.
• After evaluating a wide variety of financial and administrative issues formulate alternative solutions and make recommendations for changes.
• Ensure compliance with Federal regulations, policies, and other contractual requirements.
• Provide financial reports to Principal Investigators and other responsible parties as needed/requested.
• Monitor over/under-spending on projects and notify responsible parties of any issues.
• Assist with agency and accounting audits of grants and contracts and the preparation of the annual HERD survey.
• Supports developing, implementing, improving, and enforcing, policies, and department controls to increase accuracy and efficiency.
• Coordinate with various campus departments regarding documentation of sponsored projects and make sure departments are processing such documents appropriately.
• Assist and serve as the back-up manager as needed.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Working knowledge of governmental accounting methods and related laws, government regulations, cost principles and administrative requirements applicable to grants like, but not limited to, FAR, CFR, and other research compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply appropriate regulations to specific grants.
• Familiarity with F&A costs, assessing these costs, and verifying F&A cost rate calculations.
• Ability to make sound decisions and recommendations regarding grant budget activities.
• Equivalent to a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of contract and grant administration or work experience at an institution of higher education; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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