General Accountant - Oakland, CA,

Position Summary

The Accountant 5 role involves a range of accounting functions, including analyzing, monitoring, preparing, and reconciling financial information to reflect the organization’s financial condition. This position provides critical financial and statistical data to support operations and decision-making. Responsibilities include preparing financial reports to meet both internal and external reporting requirements, and may extend to developing, implementing, and overseeing accounting systems, policies, and procedures.

This position is a contract appointment that is 100% fixed and ends two years from date of hire with the possibility of extension if funding permits.

The home department for this position is Financial Services. While this position normally is based in Oakland, CA the position is eligible for hybrid flexible work arrangements, for applicants living in the State of California, at this time. Please note that hybrid flexible work arrangements are subject to change by the University.

$98,600/year to $141,500/year

This job is open until filled. The first application review date will be 11/19/25.

• 40% Financial Reporting
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  Provides records of assets, liabilities, and other financial transactions, balancing books periodically, and preparing profit and loss, income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.
• 40% Advanced Analysis
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  Performs the most complex and advanced analysis techniques to understand past performance and determine present and future performance and resource allocations.
• 40% General Ledger Management
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  Leads the preparation, maintenance, and reconciliation of journal entries and general ledger accounts.
• 40% Report Interpretation
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  Interprets complex reports and records for administrators and managers.
• 20% Internal Controls Expertise
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  Expert knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.
• 20% Financial Systems Leadership
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  Leads the development, implementation, and maintenance of one or more comprehensive and complex general accounting systems.
• 10% Tax Coordination
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  Coordinates the collection of information for complex and unique Unrelated Business Income Taxes (UBIT), prepares summary schedules, and answers questions from departments.
• 10% Additional Duties
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  Performs other tasks as assigned by management or leadership.
• 10% Team Leadership
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  Provides guidance to others in the department and may serve in a "lead" capacity on project assignments.
• 10% Team Collaboration
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  Ability to function as a team member.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related area.
• Expert knowledge of finance policies, practices, and financial information systems. Experience must include working independently on large and complex projects that built or enhanced production systems.
• Expert knowledge of financial systems such as Oracle and People Soft.
• Thorough experience with financial & accounting system transformations or implementations.
• Expert Excel skills including an in-depth ability to use multiple spreadsheet and database software tools or other professional database management system tools to gather information for specialized, complex financial analysis, fiscal management, and financial reports.
• Expert ability to effectively present complex finance related information both verbally and in writing in a clear and concise manner.
• Expert interpersonal skills at all levels within the organization, advanced service orientation and critical thinking skills, and attention to detail. In depth ability to use organizational skills to multi-task in a high-volume environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to function as a member of a team.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.
• In-depth knowledge of legal business concepts, accounting principles, and financial reporting.

• Professional certification CPA and master's degree in related area.
• UC or higher education experience.
• Public accounting experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in accounting or a related field.
• Expert knowledge…