Technical Operations Accountant

Job Summary

The Campus Controller's Office at CU Boulder welcomes applications for the Technical Operations Accountant position! The University of Colorado Boulder is a Tier One, nationally competitive research university with a $2.00B annual operating budget. The University is focused on cultivating its instruction and research, increasing its innovative impact at the national and international level through collaboration, transformation, and leadership. The Campus Controller's Office (CCO) provides critical support to the mission by ensuring fiscal responsibility, accurate financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures, and contract requirements.

This full-time position reports to the Director of Financial Reporting and Systems within the Campus Controller's Office and works closely with campus departmental finance and accounting staff as well as system offices. This position maintains the accounting structure, known as Chart fields, within the Finance System for the campus and ensures that all requests to create/modify Chart fields are fully researched and vetted to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with all applicable standards and guidelines.

This position also acts as the Boulder campus finance access security coordinator, ensuring appropriate provisioning of finance access to CU finance systems.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Campus Controller's Office maintains and supports the university's fiscal responsibility through accurate financial accounting and reporting and in compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures and contract requirements for sponsored projects. We provide oversight, assistance and training in financial stewardship for the campus.

• Maintain the accounting structure in the Finance System and evaluate each change to that structure to make sure it is in compliance with NACUBO (National Association of College and University Business Officers), GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board), and GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) standards and guidelines, as well as the accounting policies and practices of the University of Colorado. Ensuring that the accounting structure remains in compliance with accounting standards mentioned above ensures the integrity of accounting data for the Boulder Campus and ensures that data correctly maps to the university's financial statements.
  
  This includes the review and creation/modification of programs, projects, speed types, subclasses, orgs, account codes, and reorgs.
• Advise and mentor departments regarding the creation and maintenance of departmental Chart fields.
• Collaborate with system offices to maintain trees, such as account code and org trees, facilitate process improvements, and manage Chartfield attributes.

• Ensure appropriate access is provisioned accurately and timely to People Soft Finance and CU Marketplace. Access requests are reviewed for appropriateness and compliance with university policy and procedures. Review and act on reports (Terminated Employees and Recertification of Transferred Employees) provided by the Identity and Access Management team and provide timely feedback to IAM. Provide excellent customer service, going above and beyond to assist users with their access needs.
  
  Attend quarterly security coordinator meetings, and make suggestions to improve the provisioning process. Work to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the finance access process, including collaborating with system offices to troubleshoot access issues and facilitate process improvements.

• Document and update procedures handled by this position.
• Independently implement and improve work processes to eliminate duplication of effort and streamline business…