Director, Sponsored Project Accounting

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Other 🗓️ May 13th, 2026

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Director, Sponsored Project Accounting. The role involves overseeing fiscal management and cash handling for over $1 billion in sponsored expenditures across more than 8,000 projects. The Director leads a team of accounting professionals, provides accounting expertise to faculty and staff, manages audit and compliance interactions, and ensures high accuracy in post-award financial management.

Highlights

Supervise and mentor accounting managers and accountants supporting the UNC research community.
Manage fiscal administration, billing, collections, financial reporting, and award closeout functions for sponsored projects.
Provide guidance on sponsor policies, government regulations, and compliance for complex financial issues.
Interact with internal campus offices and external sponsors to facilitate sponsored program administration.
Ensure quality control through standard operating procedures and staff accountability.
Required to have advanced knowledge of accounting principles, federal regulations (including 2 CFR Part 200), and research administration policies.
Must possess strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively across organizational levels.
Minimum qualifications include a Master's degree with 2+ years supervisory experience and 7+ years relevant experience, or Bachelor's with 4+ years supervisory and 7+ years relevant experience.
Preferred qualifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and advanced business degrees.
Supports diverse clients including deans, department chairs, faculty, and external federal and non-federal sponsors.