Accountant

Job Title

Accountant

Atlanta, Georgia

Regular

Full-Time

294868

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Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

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• Students are our top priority.
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Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Technical Design & Strategy unit within Campus Services is a newly established department focused on improving the human-centered design, reliability, and operational effectiveness of Campus Services' technology and financial ecosystems. This unit supports areas such as credentialing, access control, housing, dining, and auxiliary operations by modernizing platforms, enhancing integrations, and strengthening data-informed decision making. The team partners closely with operational units to streamline processes, elevate the user experience, and ensure that financial, technical, and strategic initiatives are executed with accuracy, transparency, and consistency.

This position supports the financial operations of the Technical Design & Strategy department by managing accounting processes, preparing financial data, and ensuring accuracy across all unit transactions and reporting.

Verify and post a variety of financial transactions in accordance with accounting principles and Institute policy. Compile and analyze financial data, often complex in structure, and generate related schedules and reports. May provide guidance and work direction to other accounting personnel. This position will interact on a consistent basis with co workers and other campus financial personnel. This position typically will advise and counsel other accounting personnel.

This position will supervise: NA

• Compile and verify the accuracy and validity of complex accounting transactions, often requiring in-depth analysis and resolution.
• Prepare reconciliations of a variety financial data.
• Post and or review posting of transactions to appropriate accounts.
• Prepare and review financial schedules and reports.
• Maintain financial records.
• Prepare budget revisions, as needed.
• May provide explanations and/or work direction to other accountants and clerical personnel regarding more complex assignments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Educational Requirements:
  
  Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Required Experience:
  
  Three years of job related experience.
• Skills:
  
  Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities This job requires application of advanced accounting principles and practices as they relate to recording and reporting financial transactions and related data within university business units. Analytical and problem solving skills are needed as is advanced use of business and…