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Cost Accountant IV
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Position Number: 1545759
Location: Albany, NY
Position Type: Business and Financial Management

Cost Accountant IV
The Research Foundation for SUNY

Category: Administrative and Professional
Locations: Albany, NY
Posted: Jul 17, 2019
Closes: Open Until Filled
Type: Full-time

About The Research Foundation for SUNY:
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF) is the largest comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.

Our mission is to provide talent, services, and technology that empower SUNY to research, innovate, and transfer discoveries that transform the world's knowledge economy.

Our vision is to make SUNY the best place for faculty, students and staff to research, innovate, and solve the world's most pressing problems.

The RF serves SUNY by providing essential administrative services that enable SUNY faculty to focus their efforts on the education of students and the performance of life-changing research across a wide range of disciplines including medicine, engineering, physical sciences, energy, computer science, and social sciences.We work with the academic and business leadership of SUNY campuses to support research and discovery through the administration of sponsored projects and technology transfer and management of intellectual property for public benefit and economic growth.

The RF is committed to diversity, inclusion and a working environment that enhances productivity, creates personal and professional opportunities, unleashes everyone's full potential and fuels innovation. We hold the organization and each other to the highest standards of integrity, accountability and ethical behavior.

Visit www.rfsuny.org and connect with the us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Learn about SUNY at www.suny.edu.

ADDITIONAL CENTRAL OFFICE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
As a learning organization, the RF encourages all employees to continue to grow and develop professionally. At the RF Central Office, employees are offered many opportunities for learning and development, including Professional Development Planning, a 12-month Mentoring Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Job Rotation, DiSC Profile Behavioral Assessment, Employee Engagement Teams, Job Skills Training, and an Employee Wellbeing Team.

Job Description:

FUNCTION & SCOPE:
Reporting to the Campus Financial Services Manager, responsible for performing key cost accounting duties including Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rate calculations, fringe benefit rate calculations, service center reviews and property reporting and monitoring. Also responsible for completing financial accounting functions including financial reporting and IRS 990 reporting.

DUTIES:

Responsible for the preparation and coordination of assigned long form and short form F&A proposals including federal reviews of the proposals. Includes assisting with cost analysis relating to SUNY and Research Foundation central offices and identifying the administrative portion applicable to the campuses.

Responsible for data retrieval, compilation, analysis and integrity relating to the F&A proposals and CRIS database.

Responsible for developing an organized work plan for assigned long form and short form proposals to assist campuses to maximize F&A recoveries or limit risks, particularly for areas that are subject to government scrutiny.

Coordinate the development and implementation of F&A space surveys with campus management and staff. Assist in developing training materials and conducting space surveys and providing space survey training to various campus staff.

Ensure supporting reconciliations, workpapers and schedules are completed for F&A proposals to document that data is complete and accurate.

Work with RF analysts and IT to ensure business systems provide the data necessary to perform functions. This includes CRIS, RAMI (Real Asset Management International), SUNY, Oracle, RF report and other information sources.

Coordinate and communicate effectively with management and staff at the campus, central office, SUNY and the Construction Fund.

Complete other cost accounting duties as needed including service center reviews, property monitoring, fringe benefit rates, central office assessment and other cost calculations and studies.

Assist in keeping policies, procedures and guidance are up to date related to cost accounting, service centers and fixed assets.

Assist in the review and maintenance of Disclosure Statements (DS-2's) and assist campuses with CAS related issues.

Financial Reporting

Assist as needed in interim and year end reporting, account reconciliations and other financial accounting, reporting and tax tasks and analysis. Also includes SUNY supplemental reports, IPEDs and IRS 990 preparation.

Support strategic initiatives and other duties as assigned by the Campus Financial Manager, CFO or Senior Director of Cost Accounting and Procurement.

Requirements:

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Requires knowledge of accounting principles and practices, government regulations and procedures, OMB 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance).

Requires ability to work independently and have strong organizational, decision making and problem solving and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Must be skilled in PC and related software, data retrieval compilation and analysis and other spreadsheet database applications.

Also requires ability to be a team player, flexible and display ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree plus three to five years progressively more responsible experience years in accounting. CPA or Master's degree preferred.

Additional Information:
As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, criminal record, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, status with respect to receiving public assistance, domestic violence victim status, a disabled, special, recently separated, active duty wartime, campaign badge, Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York operates under a contract with The State University of New York and receives no directly appropriated state funding.

Application Instructions:
For more information or to apply, please visit: https://rfsuny.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=113167

Applicants interested in applying MUST submit the following documents:

1. Resume/Cv
2. Cover Letter

After submitting your resume/CV, the subsequent pages enable you to upload additional documents including a cover letter.