26-0086-002 — Fellowship Payments and Finance Specialist — ERDC (Contingent)

Summary

Axyde Analytics is building a proposed team for the anticipated U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center Fellowship Program Administration and Research Support requirement. The Fellowship Payments and Finance Specialist will support accurate, timely fellowship payments and task-order financial administration, including reconciliations, invoice support, financial reporting, approval controls, and coordination with accounting and payment providers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain approved stipend/payment schedules, appointment dates, funding allocations and change controls
• Reconcile participant payments, travel reimbursements and supporting records; investigate exceptions and prevent duplicate or unsupported payments
• Prepare invoice support, task-order expenditure reports, forecasts and documentation for management review
• Establish approval trails, segregation of duties and secure handling of payment information
• Coordinate with accounting, payroll or payment providers and qualified advisers on the applicable participant classification and reporting requirements

Skills

• Hands-on finance, accounting or payment operations experience in a fellowship, university, research, grant-funded or government program
• Experience with recurring participant payments, reconciliations, documented approvals and audit-ready financial records
• Strong spreadsheet and accounting-system skills and careful handling of confidential information
• Ability to distinguish fellowship stipend administration from ordinary employee payroll and escalate classification questions appropriately
• Multi-award or task-order accounting, fellowship stipends, travel reimbursements and federal contractor invoice support

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Hands-on finance, accounting or payment operations experience in a fellowship, university, research, grant-funded or government program
• Experience with recurring participant payments, reconciliations, documented approvals and audit-ready financial records
• Strong spreadsheet and accounting-system skills and careful handling of confidential information
• Ability to distinguish fellowship stipend administration from ordinary employee payroll and escalate classification questions appropriately

Nice to Haves

• Multi-award or task-order accounting, fellowship stipends, travel reimbursements and federal contractor invoice support

Benefits

• Remote administrative work is proposed, with travel and onsite support at ERDC facilities as required.