Senior Accountant - CSU Pueblo

Job Description

Colorado State University System invites applications for a Senior Accountant to join a growing financial leadership team committed to strengthening CSU Pueblo’s university's financial stewardship,compliance, and long-term sustainability. The position is a CSUsystem role that will be assigned to support the CSU Pueblocampus. The Senior Accountant will play a key role in enhancing the CSUPueblo’s financial operations, supporting significant accounting and audit initiatives, strengthening internal controls, and helping build the financial infrastructure necessary to support CSUPueblo's continued growth and success.

The position works closely with the CSU Pueblo Controller, Vice President for Finance and Administration, and CSU System leadership to improve business processes, implement best practices, and ensure accurate and transparent financial reporting. This position offers an exceptional opportunity for an experiencedaccounting professional to expand their leadership responsibilities, gain broad exposure to higher education finance,and contribute to institution-wide initiatives with visibleimpact.

• Strengthen accounting operations and financial reporting.
• Support implementation of audit recommendations and complianceinitiatives.
• Improve business processes and internal controls.
• Enhance financial transparency and decision support foruniversity leadership.
• Develop scalable and sustainable accounting practices that support the university's long-term success.

The position provides opportunities to work across virtually everyarea of university finance, including financial reporting, accounts receivable, compliance, audits, training, internal controls, and process improvement.

• Coordinate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closeactivities.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, reconciliations,and supporting documentation.
• Analyze and resolve complex accounting issues and accountvariances.
• Assist in the preparation of audited financial statements,footnotes, schedules, state reporting exhibits, and auditworkpapers.
• Support implementation of accounting standards and reporting requirements.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on accounting policies,financial controls, and compliance requirements.
• Interpret and apply University, State, Federal, and applicableaccounting standards.
• Provide guidance to departments on complex financial transactions and reporting requirements.
• Recommend improvements to accounting policies and business processes.

• Support external audits and audit-related initiatives.
• Evaluate and strengthen internal controls and financial processes.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement,standardization, and automation.
• Coordinate corrective actions and implementation of financialbest practices.

• Collaborate with departments across the university to improve financial management and reporting.
• Deliver training and develop guidance materials related to accounting practices and financial systems.
• Assist leadership in evaluating financial risks and identifying solutions to complex operational challenges.

• Provide supervision, coaching, and mentoring for assignedaccounting staff.
• Support workload planning, coverage strategies, and professional development efforts.
• Serve as a trusted resource and leader within the financeorganization.

• Provide direct supervision and support for assigned accounting personnel (e.g., OFM/Athletics Accountant, General Accountant, A/Rteam), including performance reviews and coverage planning.

• The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work inthe U.S. by the proposed start date.
• Pre-employment Criminal Background Check.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Five or more years of progressively responsible professionalaccounting experience.
• Experience performing complex reconciliations, financial analysis, or financial reporting responsibilities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Higher education accounting
• Governmental accounting
• Not-for-profit accounting
• Public sector finance
• External audit experience
• Financial statement preparation
• GASB reporting
• Federal and state compliance reporting
• Internal controls and audit coordination
• ERP systems such as Kuali Financial System (KFS), Banner, orsimilar enterprise systems
• Process improvement, automation, business intelligence, or reporting tools.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CMA, CGFM, or relatedcredentials are highly valued.

The ideal candidate is an accounting professional who wants toexpand their impact beyond day-to-day close activities. They are motivated by institutional impact, continuous…