Accountant III

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Job No: 538246

Work Type: Full Time

Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)

Categories: Business/Accounting/Finance, Office/Administrative/Fiscal Support

Department:  - FA-PAYROLL AND TAX SRVCS ADMIN

Classification

Title:

Accountant III

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and four years of experience.

• This position is expected to develop and demonstrate a deep understanding of Workday payroll processes, encompassing payroll transactions, payroll accounting and costing, fringe benefit allocations, and payroll commitments and obligations. The role involves coordinating efforts across payroll and costing teams during implementation and testing phases to ensure accuracy and efficiency. It also requires close collaboration with implementation partners to translate institutional needs into effective Workday configurations that support payroll processing, fringe benefit allocations, and payroll commitments and obligations.
• This position is responsible for the configuration, execution, and validation of Workday payroll transactions and processes. The scope of work includes managing on- and off-cycle payments, retroactive payments, reversals, payroll calculations, accounting generation, and fringe benefit allocations to ensure accurate system setup. The role requires reviewing and validating business process workflows, reports, and security roles associated with payroll system configuration. It also involves developing and executing comprehensive test scenarios for payroll transactions, payroll accounting, cost allocations, and import/export files, as well as analyzing discrepancies and coordinating defect resolution.
• Following system configuration, the position will provide support for bi-annual upgrades and configuration changes through testing and validation. Additionally, responsibilities include assessing data quality, facilitating pre-conversion cleanup, and validating payroll costing data conversion from myUFL Peoplesoft to Workday structures.
• This position will maintain end-user documentation related to payroll costing functions. Ensure timely execution of payroll and costing validations per project plan and prepare and communicate status reports. The position will also assist the Associate Director and Workday payroll team with developing end-user training and job aids related to the payroll processes.
• This position is responsible for assisting departments with the review and errors of payroll cost distributions to ensure accurate compensation and allocation to appropriate cost centers. Distributions are currently entered and maintained in myUFL. This responsibility will transition to the Workday system when the ERP changes from Oracle/Peoplesoft.
• This position will assist in the reconciliation of payroll processing and vendor payments. It will also assist management in identifying and resolving issues discovered in the reconciliation and other payroll related processes.

• Ability to work and maintain effective working relationships with others; to understand, interpret, and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures; to analyze and solve problems, interpret and recommend solutions or changes; to effectively communicate in writing and orally; to work with limited supervision; to be reliable, and to work both in a team and independently, proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Understanding payroll best practices and accounting principles in a university environment. Exceptional ability to analyze complex issues, identify gaps, and develop well-defined solutions, strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience implementing and configuring large-scale ERP systems.

Salary: $75,000 - $85,000

Special Instructions:
In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume. Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

Health Assessment

Required:

No

Applications Close: 15 January 2026

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The University of Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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