Accountant, Financial Reporting

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The Office of Financial Aid

Performs accounting and/or auditing duties and assists higher level accountants with general accounting work to ensure the accurate recording and reporting of a unit's financial transactions. Mayspecialize in a specific field of accounting such as payroll, cash management, accounts payables/receivables, data control, and/orrelated fields.

• Develops, organizes, prepares and updates moderately complex financial statements, journals, accounts, ledgers and reports for various financial needs within an automated financial system toensure accurate recording and reporting of financial transactions.
• Analyzes financial reports, data and records, identifiesdiscrepancies, investigates and recommends solutions asneeded.
• Develops and maintains automated financial systems,recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
• Audits reconciliations, journal entries, schedules, reports,and prepares working papers.
• Provides budget information and projections based on existing data and established policies and procedures.

An equivalent combination of related experience and education may be considered for this role.

Substitutions of the required experience or education will be assessed on a 1:1 substitution basis.

Analyzes and reconciles assigned accounts.

Bachelor's (Required)

Relevant experience| 3 Years| Required

$56,763.20 - $85,134.40

Interview Requirements:
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