Financial Accountant II

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Financial Accountant II

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Job Title

Financial Accountant II

Job Grade

AB21

Division

Business and Finance

College/Dept

B&F

Department

Controller's Office

Requisition Number

FTE (full-time equivalency)

100.00

Work Schedule

M-F; 8-5pm

Does the position provide the opportunity to work Remotely/Telecommuting?

Yes – partial remote/telecommute opportunity

Appointment Term

12- 12/12 months

Is this position essential personnel according to the inclement weather policy?

No

Pay Information

65,

Pay Schedule

Annually

FLSA Designation

Exempt

Position Summary

This position will participate as a key team member in a wide variety of improvement projects and analysis with the goal of increasing both operational efficiencies and internal controls. This position will perform a wide variety of tasks and non-routine responsibilities including analysis of financial data; reviewing, documenting, and improving processes, procedures and systems; extracting, organizing and analyzing financial data from various databases.

This position will also perform various accounting duties including account reconciliations, capital asset verifications, assisting departments with journal entries and other accounting duties as assigned. Serve as primary contact for financial security in SAP, assist with the annual year end audits, Service Center reviews, and assist with Facilities and Administrative Rate proposal.

Job Duties

Responsibility Area:

Financial Analysis and Reporting

Duties:

1. Prepare routine and special analytical studies and reports.
2. Extract data from native Enterprise Systems ( SAP and Peoplesoft) or a data warehouse or other sources using EXCEL and other data extraction tools.
3. Monitor and analyze budget and expenditure data, including variance analysis, reconciliations and projections.
4. Assist Business & Finance managers with presentation and analysis of department financial operations.

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