Accounting Support Specialist CL

Put your eye for detail and financial know-how to work supporting Maine’s public universities.

The University of Maine System is seeking an Accounting Support Specialist to join its team. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys working with numbers, solving problems, keeping financial information organized and accurate, and providing excellent service to others.

Accounting Support Specialists play an important role in the receipt, disbursement, tracking, and review of financial information. Responsibilities may range from financial data entry and transaction processing to account reconciliation, budget monitoring, financial reporting, and other accounting support activities.

• Support accounts payable and accounts receivable, including reviewing accounts, processing invoices and financial forms, and preparing fiscal information.
• Process and reconcile financial transactions, deposits, cash and non-cash transactions.
• Communicate with vendors, customers, students, and university departments to answer questions and help resolve payment, billing, and account issues.
• Monitor budget activity and assist with general ledger reconciliation, journal entries, reporting, and budget preparation.
• Process payroll-related activities and maintain accurate financial documentation.
• Use computerized systems for financial data entry, research, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Depending on the career level, research discrepancies, audit accounts, generate financial reports, assist with account reconciliation and year-end accounting activities, and support increasingly complex financial matters.

We’re looking for someone who brings accuracy, organization, sound judgment, strong customer service, and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. The position requires skills in balancing and recording transactions, monitoring accounts, maintaining records, querying data, preparing reports, and communicating effectively with coworkers, students, supervisors, administration and potentially the public.

If you are detail-oriented, comfortable working with financial information, committed to accuracy, and enjoy helping others, this is an opportunity to put those strengths to work in support of the University community.

Starting Wage: $20.39 per hour

• High school diploma or GED and two years of accounting support experience.
• Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the education required for the assigned position.

The University of Maine at Farmington offers a highly competitive benefits package that includes holiday and sick time, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, a tuition waiver program for employees and eligible dependents, retirement plan options, and more. Visit our benefits website to learn more.

The University of Maine at Farmington employees are Mandatory Reporters with the exception of UMF’s licensed, clinical medical providers (including athletic trainers), and mental health providers and their clinical interns when working in their capacity as providers.

• Review of applications will begin on following the end of business on Friday, October 16, 2026
• We are not able to consider applicants who require Visa sponsorship.
• Incomplete recruitment materials will not be considered.
• If materials are received after the recruitment deadline, review will be at the discretion of the University.
• The successful applicant is subject to appropriate background screenings.

The University of Maine System (the System) is an equal opportunity institution committed to fostering a nondiscriminatory environment and complying with all…