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Oregon Health & Science University

Accounting Specialist

🇺🇸 Portland, OR 🕑 Part-Time 💰 $28 - $37 per Hour 💻 Finance 🗓️ March 1st, 2026
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Oregon Health & Science University is hiring an Accounting Specialist to manage the SWOG site payment program during its transition period. The role involves coordinating distribution of grant funds to member sites, monitoring subaward amendments, and maintaining accurate payment records for SWOG clinical trial participation.

Highlights
  • Coordinate SWOG Study Activity Payments Program, distributing funds to approximately 100 member sites based on clinical trial activity.
  • Review payment reports, troubleshoot issues, process payments using Oracle, and communicate payment status to sites.
  • Monitor and facilitate remaining subaward amendments and new subawards needed for payments, ensuring funding ceilings are not exceeded.
  • Perform additional special projects as assigned during the limited duration appointment (6-8 months).
  • Required qualifications include an Associate’s degree in accounting/bookkeeping with two years of experience or four years of relevant experience.
  • Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Outlook, Access, Word, PowerPoint) and ability to type 40 wpm required.
  • Preferred experience includes knowledge of OHSU Purchasing in Oracle, post-award research administration, and working within university or hospital environments.
  • Strong communication, organizational, and customer service skills needed to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Part-time position (approximately 20 hours per week), union represented with pay range $27.67 - $37.42 per hour based on education and experience.
  • Department involved is the Knight Cancer Institute’s SWOG Cancer Research Network, part of the National Cancer Institutes clinical trials network.

Accounting Specialist Full Description

Department Overview:

SWOG Cancer Research Network receives Federal grant funding and is one of five cooperative groups that together comprise the National Cancer Institutes, National Clinical Trials Network. SWOG designs and conducts multidisciplinary clinical trials to improve the practice of medicine in preventing, detecting, treating, and enhancing the quality of life of people with cancer. SWOG’s leadership beyond the Group Chair’s Office (GCO) at OHSU includes nearly 80 Executive Officers, Committee Chairs, Vice Chairs, Translational Medicine sub-committee chairs and other related leadership positions. SWOG’s National institutional membership includes over 1,200 institutions.

Function/Duties of Position:

This will be a limited duration position, of approximately 6-8 months from the time of hire. 

 

During the SWOG transition out of OHSU, this position will coordinate the SWOG site payment program during the transition period. This program enables distribution of funds to SWOG membership sites based upon their patient accruals and specimen collections for SWOG protocols. This position will also help clean up and gather payment data needed for SWOG to maintain complete records of member site payments.

  • Coordinates the SWOG Study Activity Payments Program
    • Coordinates the distribution of grant funding to SWOG member sites for clinical trial participation activity (approx. 100 payee sites).
      Reviews site payment reports; Identifies and troubleshoots any issues with payment reports; processes payments against SWOG grants and contracts appropriately; Creates requisitions in Oracle, journal entries, and wire transfers; notifies sites of payments that are forthcoming. Works to resolve payment issues with sites; helps clean up and gather payment data needed for SWOG to maintain complete records of member site payments.
  • Facilitates and Monitors Remaining Member Site Amendments for Execution
    • This position will create requests and/or monitor for the execution of the remaining subaward amendments, and new subawards, needed to make payments via corresponding subawards. This task includes monitoring funding ceilings on subawards to verify that the total does not go over this amount, and creating an amendment request if it does. Template requests are provided.
  • Additional Tasks and Special Projects as assigned
    • This position will perform additional tasks and special projects as requested

Required Qualifications:

  • Completion of Associate’s degree in accounting/bookkeeping and two years of accounting technician/bookkeeping experience; OR
  • Four years of accounting technician/bookkeeping experience; OR
  • Equivalent combination of experience and training.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at one
  • Excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills: both written and
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team while being collaborative in resolving problems.
  • Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Access, Word, and PowerPoint) on Window OS.
  • Ability to accurately type 40wpm
  • Working knowledge of
  • Must have demonstrated excellent customer service skills both on the phone and in
  • Must possess energy and drive to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with OHSU Purchasing in Oracle, including OHSU training course required for iProcurement
  • Experience in a University or Hospital environment with an understanding of purchasing, contracting, payables, and accounting
  • Post-award Research Administration
  • Experience with OHSU purchasing, contracting, and payables.

Additional Details:

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Why apply to OHSU?: Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.

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