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Financial Assistant/Associate

Cambridge, MA 02138

Posted: 03/20/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Administrative Job Number: 614673 Country: United States Is job remote?: No

Job Description


Financial Assistant/Associate
3-month contract
Location: Cambridge, MA


Pay Range: $30-47.60/hr

Must Haves:
  • Associates degree in accounting or 3 to 5 years of experience required.
  • Good written and oral communication skills.
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency with spreadsheet software required.
Preferred: 
  • College degree
Job Description:
Understands funding opportunity announcements. Prepares grant proposal and develops complex budgets and budget justifications and other related proposal requirements for faculty grant submissions. Interprets University sponsored and general policy guidelines. Forecasts expenses and provides ad hoc financial reports to Department and faculty. Reconciles faculty and lab research needs with overall financial picture and making recommendation on spending rates. Reviews effort statements and payments over certain dollar thresholds.
  • Works with multiple sources of funding which may include donor or research restricted funds.
  • Performs or coordinates several areas of financial accounting, recordkeeping, processing or administration.
  • May conduct one or more of the following duties.
  • Prepare budget for department, unit or school working with core or sponsored research funds usually utilizing information and assumptions provided by others.
  • Review or reconcile accounts, transactions, or balances.
  • Provide research and basic data analysis for use in financial planning and decision making.
  • Prepare complex financial reports that may require selection, preparation, and interpretation of data using a complex data query tool and spreadsheet application.
  • Generate entries to accounting and record keeping systems, and establish procedures for tracking and reporting.
  • Process or assist with payments of vendor invoices, and individual reimbursements.
  • Research accounting discrepancies.
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