Senior Accountant

TITLE: Senior Accountant

DEPARTMENT: Finance and Administration

REPORTS TO: Controller

CLASSIFICATION: Staff-12 months

EFFECTIVE DATE: TBD

STANDARD

WORK HOURS:

37.5 hours per week

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-Time

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

The purpose of the Senior Accountant is to manage and oversee the financial operations and accounting functions of the institution. This position plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records, preparing financial reports, and complying with relevant accounting standards. The role is essential in maintaining fiscal responsibility, transparency, and adherence to regulatory requirements within the university's financial framework.

Under general supervision, performs standard accounting functions such as ledger maintenance, cost analysis, reconciliation, posting, and inventory control. Analyzes financial and operating data and prepares management reports and financial statements.

• Analyzes and reviews budgets and expenditures for local, state, federal, and private funding, contracts, and grants ensuring compliance with fiscal accountability and reporting and funding requirements.
• Monitors and reviews accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness; prepares and reviews budget, revenue, expense, and payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting transactions.
• Analyzes revenue and expenditure trends, recommends appropriate budget levels, and ensures expenditure control.
• Advises and interprets policies to faculty, staff, and outside persons such as vendors and funding source representatives, explains billings and reports, and resolves related problems.
• Develops accounting applications; oversees the input and handling of financial data and reports for the institution's finance and human resources systems.
• May participate in auditing projects, as appropriate to individual operating needs.
• May coordinate the preparation of regularly scheduled and special billings and financial statements for local, state, federal, and private funding sources.
• May prepare accounting entries for pro-ration of indirect costs, letters of credit, salary reallocations, loan transactions, financial aid disbursements, refunds, and repayments.
• May develop, negotiate, and defend a unit's operating budget and consult with management of the unit on the fiscal aspects of program planning, salary recommendations, and other administrative actions.
• This position may provide training, guidance, and task oversight to lower-level accounting staff and/or student employees.

• Ability to analyze budgetary expenditures for compliance with funding agencies' budget, policies and procedures.
• Spreadsheet software skills to quantify and illustrate routine financial reports, comparisons, impacts, and/or projections.
• Account balancing and reconciling skills.
• Knowledge of computerized information systems used in financial and/or accounting applications.
• Ability to effectively communicate accounting information, policies, and/or procedures in a manner easily understood by the customer.
• Ability to serve on committees which develop accounting policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of university and/or public auditing policies, standards, and procedures.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control procedures.
• Ability to train and provide guidance to assigned staff.
• Knowledge of current changes and/or developments in applicable federal, state, local laws, and university policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of University accounting procedures involving procurement, travel, and/or employment.
• Knowledge of standard and/or fund accounting principles, methods and applications.
• Knowledge of federal and state financial regulations.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and/or projections.

This position may provide training, guidance, and task oversight to lower-level accounting staff and/or student employees.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned in support of departmental and institutional goals.

• Bachelor's…