Accountant I - Systems Biology

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the world’s leading cancer centers, dedicated to cancer patient care, research, education, and prevention. Within the Department of Systems Biology, the Accountant I plays an integral role in supporting the financial operations that enable scientific research and administrative success. The department relies on accurate financial management, reporting, and account administration to support research programs and sponsored activities.

The Accountant I will assist in providing financial and business reports and analysis for the Department of Systems Biology. The Accountant I assists with budgeting, fund management, internal controls, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and personnel-related financial activities. Through these efforts, the Accountant I directly contributes to the department’s ability to achieve its scientific and administrative goals at UT MD Anderson.

The ideal candidate for this position will be proficient in Microsoft Excel, with the experience and knowledge of utilizing formulas and other reporting functions. Experience with PeopleSoft FSCM and PeopleSoft OBIEE is also preferred.

Hourly Salary\: Minimum $25.48 - Midpoint $31.73 - Maximum $37.98
Work Location\: This is a hybrid position that may require onsite training. After successful completion of the training period, position may have onsite expectations of at least 3 days a week, but will need to be flexible depending on business need.

Why Us?
As an Accountant I at UT MD Anderson, you will help support groundbreaking research initiatives by ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and effective stewardship of departmental resources. This role offers the opportunity to develop expertise in research finance, sponsored project administration, financial analysis, and institutional financial systems while contributing to a mission-driven environment focused on advancing cancer research and discovery.

• Employer-paid medical coverage starting day one for employees working 30+ hours/week, plus optional group dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Accruals for PTO and Extended Illness Bank, plus paid holidays, wellness, childcare, and other leave options.
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service and access to extensive wellness, fitness, and employee resource groups.
• Defined-benefit pension through the Teachers Retirement System, voluntary retirement plans, and employer-paid life and reduced salary protection programs.
  Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Financial Management (45%)

• Assist in the maintenance of forecasting, analysis, and financial status of internal and external sponsored, philanthropic and divisional research affiliated accounts
• Reconciles personnel and non-personnel operating expenses
• Reconciles revenue and quarterly interest
• Ensures timely and accurate posting of expenses and income
• Responsible for timely reconciliation of all financials
• Completes STAT sampling for all department accounts
• Monitors balances and track expenses for faculty PRS allotments. Auditing transactions for accuracy and conformance with institutional procedures and PRS expenditure guidelines
• Maintain an internal financial database to track sources of funds for all departmental grants and contracts, philanthropic donations, institutional accounts, and correlate with institutional databases to verify accuracy

Report Preparation (20%)

• Reviews and assist in analyzing data from institutional reports to identify trends and/or problems an formulate a solution to address
• Creates monthly reports ensuring all information is in balance with institutional systems
• Assist with preparing reports to aid in the annual departmental budget process
• Use OBIEE to run monthly reports and analyze data for departmental accounts
• Run requested ad-hoc reports as needed for the department
• Assist in preparing and analyzing annual Institutional Core reports for Research Finance
• Run overdraft reports monthly and report findings to Grant Program Manager and Department Administrator
• Use the Personnel Trending Report to identify changes in the distribution of salary and make any necessary corrections
• Run the GL report and Free Balance Reports as needed for reconciliation of accounts
• Prepare financial reports and participate in post award meetings with faculty. Assists in creation of financial projections for faculty and attends monthly meetings to discuss faculty funding with Grant Program Manager and Department Administrator

Account Maintenance (35%)

• Request the setup of new FG30s and 80s as necessary
• Responsible for cost transfers, close-out requests, release of encumbrances and journal entry requests
• Prepare Remapping requests as needed
• Maintains log of all departmental accounts and the status of funding
• Assist with monitoring, auditing and initiating the reallocation of funds and transfers as necessary
• Maintain appropriate salary allocations on departmental accounts
• Initiate ePAFs for changes in source of funds for personnel
• Update Chartstring Attribute Tool (CAT) to ensure primary signature authority, delegate signers, and fund receivers for all fund groups are complete and accurate
• Initiate IDTs for payment of internal research related invoices
• Initiates Non-Salary Cost Transfer (NSCT) for approval as necessary
• Responsible for the clearing of deficits, close out and deactivate accounts when a project has ended
• Ensures suspense accounts are reviewed and corrections are made in a timely manner
• Serves as the primary reconciler on all departmental accounts
• Work closely with Grants and Contracts and Research Finance to provide the appropriate information for invoicing and follow up with other MDACC departments on invoices and payments received and posted
• Makes deposits as needed into departmental accounts
• Assist with providing documentation for grant/account audits and asset transfers between accounts as requested
• Reconciles ProCard activity and makes appropriate transfers
• Handles billing and reconciliations for CCSG, CPRIT, departmental and institutional cores
• Assists in managing iLabs, approving members, requesting non-grant funding be setup, giving authorization to members and upkeep of personnel assigned to PI lab
• Assist in managing Cayuse for reconciling animal maintenance expenses

Other duties and special projects as assigned