Competition Number: J Position Title: Research AnalystPosition Number (Final): Vacancy Type: Existing PositionEmployee Group: Support Staff
- USW Local 2010Job Category: Audit, Finance, and ProcurementDepartment or Area: Dean's Office
- A&SLocation;: Kingston, Ontario, CanadaSalary: $62,142.00
- $75,772.00/YearGrade: 07Hours per Week: 35Job Type: Permanent (Continuing)Shift: 7 Monday
- FridayNumber Of Positions: 1Date Posted: August 14, 2026Closing Date: August 30, 2026COVID 19 On-Campus RequirementsPrior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status and provide proof that they were fully vaccinated or had an approved accommodation to engage in in-person University activities. These requirements were suspended effective May 1, 2022, but the University may reinstate them at any point.
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Job SummaryReporting to the Manager, Research Grants, the Research Analyst provides dedicated, centralized financial administrative support to faculty members with management of their research projects in the Faculty of Arts and Science ("Faculty"). The Research Analyst acts as the first point of contact and provides post-award administrative support and guidance for research projects to help ensure compliance with the University's financial policies and procedures and granting agency requirements.
This position coordinates day-to-day financial and accounting activities related to research projects. This position prepares and processes all financial transactions in support of research activities including account reconciliations and analyses, journal entries, and ad-hoc reports. This position coordinates research project over-spending procedure.



This position also provides guidance to researchers and authorized delegates on research project financial administration.

Job Description
What you will do•Reviews expense documentation, processes, and procedures to ensure eligibility and compliance with external grantor policies and spending guidelines.•Provides guidance to researchers and authorized delegates on research project financial administration.•Oversees the research project over-spending procedure and deals with securing temporary overdrafts and adjusting project budgets.•Gathers and analyzes data for all current and old project deficits; communicates any current deficits to researchers, and takes necessary action based on the circumstances.•Prepares the monthly deficit analysis report.•Oversees overdraft procedure to ensure research project deficits are dealt with in a timely manner.•Prepares and processes all financial transactions in support of research activities including account reconciliations and analyses, journal entries, and ad-hoc reports.•Ensures that expenditures are suitable, supported by receipts, and authorized by the applicable signing authority.•Ensures that revenue is maximized by issuing prompt billing to granting agencies, following up on overdue payments, and ensuring that projects do not go into overdraft.•Provides guidance and expert advice on research finances by assisting PIs and their delegates through answering questions, resolving problems, and interpreting grantor rules and policies.•Prepares draft audit in correspondence with special project audits including how the department will mitigate the risk of any project financial errors.•Identifies and recommends areas of opportunity for process efficiencies, enhanced reporting, and strengthened internal controls related to research accounting.•Provides supp

📌 Research Analyst (Kingston)
🏢 Queen's University
📍 Kingston