Financial Analyst & Operations Coordinator

Job Details

Job Location:

Waleska, GA 30183

Reinhardt University is currently accepting applications for a Financial Analyst & Operations Coordinator for the Business Office.

Manages, performs, or reviews accounting for various Business Office functional areas. Exhibits excellent analytic skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles. Actively participates in month end closing and the annual audit. Prepares activity reporting for areas of cash and security of assets, investment, endowment and common fund reconciliations. Prepares compliance reporting for external sources. Exhibits independent, customer-friendly, timely interaction with university students and staff.

Excellent general ledger knowledge and research skills. Strong attention to detail. Serves as operations coordinator for Business Office when implementation of new software or systems is required.

• 4-year degree (or 2-years with experience)
• Three to five years of experience in areas to include: cash, investment and endowment management, general ledger reconciliations, payroll processing and customer service. Experience in higher education accounting highly desired.

• Initiate or approve wire and ACH transfers, as needed.
• Review investment statements and record endowment and temporary investment activities, which includes record activity for gain and loss, market value, and cost basis.
• Analyze and reconcile endowment funds and the common fund, investigate variances. Value stock and investment gifts for proper recording in the general ledger.
• Prepare rolling 12-month average schedule for the University spend policy to release scholarship funds. Draw funds quarterly based on the approved funding amount.
• Utilize Fundriver system to calculate rolling 12-month average, maintain investment accounts, and produce reports and disclosures.
• Reconcile funding and draw or return cash from federal scholarship and grant funds deposited for the University through the Department of Education (G5), record activity in the general ledger.
• Prepare detailed investment report for the Trustee Investment Committee.
• Manages, reviews posting at the bank for student and parent education loans, record activity in the general ledger and apply the payments to the student accounts.
• Review donations forwarded from Advancement. Records valuation adjustments for stock donations recording the donation in the general ledger. Perform the advancement donation reconciliation.
• Works with Raiser’s Edge advancement software to reconcile donations recorded by Advancement to deposits recorded by Business Office.
• Conduct annual compliance reporting for 1098T: generate, audit, resolve issues, print and mail 1098T forms, submit electronic file to the IRS.
• Maintain data and skills using Jenzabar and other software programs.
• Trained and certified in Jenzabar general ledger module to perform training and submit and manage Jenzabar help desk tickets.
• Prepare work papers for annual audit, work closely with auditors in completion of fieldwork.
• Completes special projects as requested.
• Maintain and distribute weekly Budget to Actual Jet Reports for all departments and monthly Jet Reports for restricted departments.
• Maintain and update Jet Reports to be used for annual budget analysis.
• Produce Daily Cash Balance reporting for all bank accounts for Controller and CFO.
• Reconcile bank accounts and ensure transfers are completed in a timely manner to balance funds at end of each month.
• Assist Controller in completing month and year end close in Jenzabar.
• Perform daily bank account duties, which includes performing fraud check review and release process, reject fraudulent checks for payment, and record daily cash activity in the general ledger for the operating and restricted cash accounts.
• Review and record in the general ledger Reinhardt student payroll and federal work study programs.
• Coordinate and assist with software and systems upgrades and implementation.

• Conduct daily phone and in-office communication with students and parents. Must be able to deal with problems…