Grants Accounting Specialist II

Position Title

Grants Accounting Specialist II

FD-SPA Post Award Accounting

Athens Area

02/13/2026

03/16/2026

Commensurate with Experience

Employee (Full Time)

This position involves the accurate and timely completion of invoicing or awarding pursuant with our external sponsors’ contracts, grants, and agreements. The position must interpret award documents, establish, and maintain documents/files pertaining to post-award administration. This position will effectively work and communicate with personnel within the University, as well as federal, state, local, and other non‑profit sponsors. The workload for this position includes our more complicated sponsors.

This position has consistent demonstration of independently managing work queue, honoring deadlines and performance metric expectations, resolving common issues, and consistently demonstrating SPA Customer Service Standards. This position will manage a more complex desk comprised of our mid-level sponsors with the guidance of a mentor. Awarders will process a medium load of the least complex letter of credits. Invoicers will process sub award payments requests.

This position will seek assistance with more complicated sponsors, invoice/award issues, etc. This position does not serve as a resource, guide, mentor or train others.

• Read, interpret, and check award documents; ensure proper setup of awards and chart strings in the Financial Management System; identify invoicing and financial reporting requirements; notate in the Grants Portal.
• Manage and maintain various letters of credit with Federal agencies; calculate and reconcile amounts to be drawn; report expenditures incurred for sponsored projects per federal guidelines; prepare related FFR / SF-425 reports; reconcile amounts to the financial statements.
• Review and approve fiscal compliance items, including UGAMart Requisition s, Expense Reports, Payment Requests, Combo Code Requests, and Journals for charges on sponsored projects; process residual balance requests.
• Respond to external agency and UGA departmental questions, inactivate closed projects, assist and prepare information for audits, and perform other duties as assigned.
• Liaise with departmental contacts based on agency assignments; respond to contact’s questions; research, explain, or correct budget issues as necessary.

Associate’s degree or equivalent and 5 years of related experience.

Prior experience interpreting legal documents; ability to create and utilize complicated spreadsheets; strong written and verbal communication skills; high level of analytical skills; ability to utilize data tables/queries to assist with meeting deadlines.

Sitting for long periods of time.

• No driving responsibility.
• Position of Trust:
  Yes.
• Has access to financial resources:
  Yes.
• No P-Card required.
• Security access:
  Yes.
• Credit background check required for positions with financial responsibilities.
• Background investigation required for employment; includes a criminal background check, verification of credentials and employment history, and a satisfactory credit check if applicable.

Recruitment Contact Name:
Brad Langford

Email: langford

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or other protected status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb).