Accountant - Penn State University Park

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

We are searching for an Accountant to join the Post Award team in our Accounting Department at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University.  ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). This position will be primarily responsible for the closeout of awards. 

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Analyze program costs and ensure compliance with the contract terms and conditions and university policies

• Perform journal entries as necessary

• Confirm proper invoicing and posting of income

• Prepare rate verifications for financial closeout documentation, and verify all final contractual documentation has been provided to the sponsor

• Act as a liaison with key stakeholders to include ARL Contracts, ARL Accounting, Research Accounting, ARL Property, and ARL Technical Offices in order to perform the assigned tasking

• Prepare special invoices and provide financial backup as necessary for a subset of agreements

• Additional duties such as status tracking and …