Title: Grant Accounting Specialist

Salary Range: $44,000 - $54,000

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Owensboro Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Owensboro Community College

Department: Business Affairs

Benefits

Owensboro Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Grant Accounting Specialist is a temporary position to work with a federal grant which will fund the creation of the Commonwealth West Healthcare Workforce Innovation Center. This was funded in FY 2022 with a $38,000,000 grant. This position will monitor the budget, process the reimbursements in accordance with KCTCS business processes, purchase equipment, and prepare reports. This position will report to the Vice President of Business Affairs.

Job Duties:

• Monitor the Commonwealth West Healthcare Workforce Innovation Center grant (federal pass-thru. Grant will be audited based on Uniform Guidance. Prepare and initialize budget transfers on the grant.
• Must learn the KCTCS Business Procedures and processes and learn PeopleSoft Financials and understand PeopleSoft HR financial reporting.
• Work with Vice President of Business Affairs who is the Principal Investigator on the grant to help fulfill the requirements of the grant and Kentucky General Assembly. Work with CWHWIC and OCTC/KCTCS staff as Innovation Center moves from initial start-up to operational center.
• Review and process reimbursements from grant partners on a monthly basis including verification of all backup documentation. Process purchase requisitions required for the grant including verification of all backup documents.
• Furnish financial reports to include purchases made, personnel expenditures, and reimbursement processed and pending. Process quarterly reports based on criteria supplied by KCTCS.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or finance or related field, and two (2) years of relevant work experience or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree preferred

Additional Skills Requested:

Knowledge of grant processing and financial reporting, high analytical skills needed, quick study on learning PeopleSoft Financials, knowledge of appropriate backup documentation for audit review.