Emory University
Senior Sponsored Research Financial Analyst
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Atlanta, GA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Finance
🗓️ November 2nd, 2025
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- Manage post-award grant and contract processing for principal investigators and research support staff.
- Reconcile accounts and resolve financial issues within academic departments or schools.
- Advise and interpret funding awards, monitor accounting and procurement expenditures.
- Support accounts payable and receivable processes related to research funding.
- Provide policy and procedure interpretation and prepare federal and sponsor reports.
- Review contracts, invoices, and maintain grant and contract files.
- Use financial systems to develop reports and queries; collaborate with division business managers.
- Ensure compliance with contract regulations, reporting requirements, and close out contracts.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance with 5 years of professional accounting or financial analysis experience, preferably in research or sponsored programs accounting.
- Position reports to Research Grants & Contracts department within Emory University.
Senior Sponsored Research Financial Analyst Full Description
Discover Your Career at Emory University:
Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.
Description:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- This is a central job, reporting to Research Grants & Contracts (RGC). Responsible for post award processing of grants and contracts.
- Provide account management, reconciliation, and resolution for principal investigators and research support personnel within a department or school.
- Advise and interpret research funding awards, approve and/or monitor accounting and procurement expenditures consistent with regulatory and University practices, and provide direct support with accounts payable/receivable processes.
- Routinely provides policy and procedure interpretation to academic departments and assists in the preparation of reports to federal and sponsoring agencies.
- Other duties may include reviewing contracts, maintaining grant and contract files, reviewing invoices, monitoring accounts receivable and deliverable reports, developing queries and reports on the financial system, working with the division business managers to resolve contractual issues, communicating with sponsors, ensuring compliance with contract regulations and reporting requirements, and closing out contracts.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting or Finance and 5 years professional accounting or financial analysis experience, preferably in research/sponsored programs accounting, or an equivalent combination of experience, education and training.
NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University location as needed and at times, on short notice. Â Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.
Additional Details:
Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).
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