Accounting Manager

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Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: Account-tmanager-2025

Closing: 6/24/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Location: Norwalk, CA

Department: Account-tmanager-2025

Division: Business Services

The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices. In fact, the college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.

Cerritos College is ranked 14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment in the United States by the United States Department of Education. It serves communities in southeastern Los Angeles County, offering degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study. Enrollment averages 20,000 students. Visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Accounting Department ensures the integrity of Cerritos College's financial reporting and enables effective and efficient campus financial processes and controls.

Plans, supervises, assesses and evaluates the duties of accounting operations to insure accurate and timely processing and payment of invoices, issuance of bills, statements, and cash receipts for accounts receivable, full cycle accounting for student body accounts, and maintenance of general ledger accounts, including journal entries and account reconciliation and analysis. The position also provides complex administrative support to the Director, Fiscal Services.

The Manager, Accounting reports to the Director, Fiscal Services and is responsible for the efficient and effective operations of the accounting operations function. This position requires a demonstrated ability to maintain current accounting operations, up-to-date general ledger, and apply, interpret, and implement approved accounting controls.

• Plans, organizes, and supervises the work of accounting office staff including receipt and disbursement of funds, financial performance statements including general ledger, and other fiscal activities.
• Establishes standards and work assignments, assigns staff to specific accounting areas to balance workload and optimize use of available skills. Coordinates schedules and approves absences.
• Leads, supervises, trains and evaluates assigned personnel. Certifies payroll for assigned personnel. Applies the terms and provisions of applicable collective bargaining agreements; state and federal laws; and District Board Policies and Administrative Procedures in personnel matters.
• Provides leadership in the new and emerging technologies in support of fiscal services.
• Applies, interprets, and implements accounting controls governing financial transactions and activity. Ensures separation of activities, access to and accounting of transactions, and proper levels of documentation.
• Audits and approves accounts payable transactions and documents entered and prepared by accounting technicians to assure accuracy, completeness and compliance with contracts and district policies and procedures. Verifies and approves warrants.
• Maintains the general ledger by uploading, consolidating, and incorporating transactions interfaced from admissions and records, and financial aid. Reviews prepaid expenses, stale dated checks, and due to-and-from accounts, and year-end accruals. Reconciles and analyzes accounts and prepares journal entries.
• Participates in year-end closing of the general ledger for year-end financial reporting. Assists with the coordination of annual audit report with independent auditors. Coordinates documents, answers questions, and prepares requested reports for the annual audit.
• Oversees revolving petty cash funds and issuance of checks. Verifies that requests are valid, and contain appropriate approvals and signatures. Reconciles and reimburses petty cash by charging accounts and making deposits.
• Oversees change fund quarterly with departments.
• Review retention policy of financial documents for storage or destruction.
• Works with bank and online portal providing administrative support to ensure proper deposit and payment status of accounts.
• Oversees financial aid disbursements, transferring data to oversight agencies, production of reports, and compliance with federal requirements.
• Prepares a variety of reports for management, county, state, and federal agencies. Ensures compliance with accounting and legal requirements. Prepares and distributes sales tax and 1099 forms and reports.
• Reviews financial record-keeping procedures, techniques and methods. Recommends and implements new or improved procedures and techniques, assuring efficiency and compliance with Board policies, administrative…