Accountant II

Department: General Accounting Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Performs professional accounting work responsible for a major business area, such as student billing system, Federal Title IV programs, and so forth.

• Maintains the accounting of a major business area, including table maintenance, submission, reconciliation of data feed, account reviews and corrections.
• Ensures that all system-related transactions are made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and federal, state, university and NACUBO guidelines.
• Prepares journal entries to correct FRS records; conducts monthly reconciliations; prepares cash receipts for cash received through Electronic Funds Transfer; review transfers to state or federal agencies; may calculate and record the reserve for bad debt.
• Assists college/department business administrators with questions relating to the accounting activity.
• Conducts contract compliance review to ensure adherence to terms and conditions of agreements.
• Prepares recurring financial reports for state and/or federal agencies and may prepare Profit and Loss Statements.
• Advises manager on accounting issues and may coordinate office activities in the manager's absence.
• May review departmental accounting practices to ensure compliance with guidelines; conduct review of department cash handling practices; conduct review of cash incident reports; follow-up on cash deposit discrepancies; and make recommendations.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.

MQ: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job‑related 4‑year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in‑depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed.

Requires a minimum of one (1) year of directly job‑related experience.

All positions at the University of Houston‑System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.