Manager, Post Award Accounting
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and
making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center
in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
City of Hope’s mission is to “turn hope into reality.” Focused on eliminating cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses, City of Hope has established itself as a world-class
leader in transforming the future of health. Raising the philanthropic resources to fuel its leading-edge research, its exquisite and compassionate clinical care, and its advancement of biomedical education and training, is a vital component of the City of
Hope model of success. Each member of the Office of Philanthropy is a stakeholder in this work, with personal accountability for his/her role in building a successful future of delivering new cures, treatments, and education.
The Post Award Manager is a key resource in grant regulations and compliance matters. It not only has post award financial oversight for all grants and contacts, but also overall
PeopleSoft financial responsibility including internal and external reporting, audits, billing and cash collection as well as any other grant related financial data. Other responsibilities include the creation and closeout of grants within the PeopleSoft projects
module, monitoring budget and expense activity and assisting Research Departments in the fiscal management of their grants. It must work closely with Finance, Research Administration, Graduate School and other administrative offices for developing and implementing
grant policy and procedures that ensure compliance with federal/state or donor stipulations, as well as City of Hope policy.
The Post Award Accounting Manger must have the ability to hire, develop, and mentor the cross functional Grant teams within the organization. He/she needs to build an effective
team that delivers a highly productive team, optimal customer service which is also accountable for the highest quality of performance.
As a successful candidate, you will:
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Manage the day to day operations of the Project Accounting department through an effective team to ensure quality performance of award maintenance, account creation, budget and expense analysis,
accounting system updates, expenditure review and approval, including cost transfers, preparation and processing of journal entries, re-budgeting, financial reporting, cash management (including draw downs, projections, billings, receipts, accounting for interest
income and collection activities), reconciliation analysis, and proper accountability of all funds to funding agencies and external donors.
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Provide financial governance of extramurally funded grants, clinical trial agreements, discretionary funds, and donation funded grants, PI Projects, and royalties.
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Review and approves journal entries affecting grants and other research departments.
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Represent Corporate Grant Accounting in cross functional meetings as required.
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Develop, implement and maintain of all internal Sponsored Programs Accounting procedures and management information reporting, including reports designed to promote operational efficiency and
improved services to user department and post audit and accounting activities.
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Publish grants management information that supports compliance with agency, donor and City of Hope policy; improve processes and procedures for proper budgeting, accounting and reporting of
research activities in accordance with government regulations and other sponsor requirements, including donors and internal requirements.
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Oversee, reviews and interprets grant and contract agreements.
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Re-engineer processes, reporting and system automations to increase productivity so that the team can focus on delivering insights to the business, especially Research department.
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Participate in managing the UG audit program; meets with the auditors to explain/clarify City of Hope policies and procedures in carrying out their audit assignments; assists with resolving
issues with auditors and agency personnel.
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Represent Grant Accounting in Fringe Rate Proposal Working Group.
Qualifications
Your qualifications should include:
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Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance, and/or work experience equivalent.
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10 plus years of Accounting or Finance experience including a minimum of 6 years in Grant / Post Award related accounting. Demonstrated progressive responsibilities, including a minimum of
5 years managing professional staff.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
Application link: https://www.cityofhopejobs.org/job/manager-post-award-accounting-accounting-finance-us-ca-irwindale-10023812-47/
Yong Steres
Director, Research Accounting and Financial Analysis
Corporate Accounting
Phone
626-218-3181
