Staff Accountant

POSITION SUMMARY

The Staff Accountant should be a self-starting professional who is comfortable using analytics. The Staff Accountant will be responsible for preparing and reviewing financial documents, statements, and reports. The staff accountant will support the Business Office, to ensure that the general ledger and other financial data is accurate and up to date. The staff accountant will also assist the campus community, to include students, when engaged through the appropriate channel, to help answer questions/concerns related to financial accounts.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the preparation of financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly close schedule;
• Responsible for accounting, analysis and reporting for payroll;
• Prepare monthly general ledger account reconciliations;
• Assist with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances;
• Assist with financial and tax audits;
• Assist with preparing University reporting requirements;
• Reviews and recommends modifications to accounting systems and procedures;
• Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations to various ledgers, registers, journals and logs following established accounting procedures, makes or directs the correcting entries;
• Serves as backup with monthly reconciliation of investment accounts;
• Reviews the quarterly fixed asset schedules and journal entries into the general and fixed asset subsidiary ledgers;
• Manage the Payroll email
• Other projects as assigned