Senior Accountant

- Reviews and approves all grant expenditures: purchase requisitions, travel expense reports, check requests, cost transfers, and labor requests. Ensures compliance and verifies adequate funds are available. 

- Responsible for the closeout of a grant and submits final financial reports. Distributes 30, 60 and 90-day closing notifications.  Assists PI with the process of final spending.

- Creates invoicing and draw downs on a monthly basis.

- Tracks and projects account balances and end dates by maintaining the PI Grant Summary spreadsheets for each PI. Provides balances as needed and notifies PIs when their grant is ending. Includes initiation and/or approval of budget adjustments and payroll adjustments.   

- Annual reporting: Research Salary Supplement (RSS), A-133 Reporting, NSF Survey, GRUP Survey and World Ranking Report for Executive review and external submission; Monthly reporting: Backlog Report   

- Updates procedures pertaining to their position. Backup for other Senior Accountant by establishing new accounts, preparing invoices, and processing payments.

- Analyzes accounting data to identify problems and then assists department administrators and Principal Investigators (PI) to resolve issues.

- Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual reports required in the invoicing terms of the agreement.     

- Skill requirements include: Excellent computer skills in the use of MS Office with emphasis on Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and MS Word documents.  Experience with Workday Financial Management Software is preferred.

- Abilities: Ability to be precise, thorough, reliable, work independently, adapt to frequent changes in rapidly evolving research projects, and possess the abilities to reason, think logically and analyze situations to propose and implement resolutions for problems or concerns.

- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills necessary. Outstanding oral and written communication skills required with demonstrated proficiency in making presentations to both internal and external audiences.

- Ability to read and interpret documents including contracts, compliance requirement documents, federal laws and guidelines, solicitations, non-disclosure documents, teaming agreements, requests for proposals, and policies and procedures manuals.

- Ability to assist with preparing budgets, reconciliations, financial reports, and project closeouts as required.

- Must have exceptionally strong communication skills and ability to effectively and clearly answer inquiries from team members, external partners.

- Experience working in a fast paced and multi-tasking environment

Equal Opportunity

Florida Institute of Technology does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics in its activities and programs. In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Florida Tech does not discriminate on the basis of sex.  Inquiries concerning the application of the Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment policy may be directed to the Equal Opportunity Director and Investigator at 150 West University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901, or email equalopp@fit.edu, or +1 321-674-7153; or to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Please notify us at least five days in advance if a reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed by calling the Office of Human Resources at 321-674-8100.

Annual Security & Fire Safety Report

The federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) requires colleges and universities, both public and private, participating in federal student aid programs to disclose campus safety information, and imposes certain basic requirements for handling incidents of sexual violence and emergency situations.

Florida Tech’s 2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Florida Tech; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.

The numbers provided include crime statistics that were reported to local law enforcement agencies, campus security and other Campus Security Authorities.

The report also includes institutional policy statements regarding campus safety and security measures; descriptions of prevention and awareness programs; related university procedures and important guidance; and other essential safety information.

You can obtain a printed copy of this report at the Department of Security Welcome Center located at 3126 Panther Place, during normal business hours, or by accessing the following website 2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.

Official Transcripts

Official transcripts of all collegiate work must be sent directly from the attended institution to the Office of Human Resources prior to the first day of employment. All international degrees must have a course-by-course official evaluation and translation sent to the Human Resources Office directly from an evaluation company affiliated with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. (NACES).

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