Manager, Grants and Capital Assets Accounting

Manager, Grants and Capital Assets Accounting

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Responsibilities

DESCRIPTION:

The Manager, Grants and Capital Assets Accounting, is responsible for managing and maintaining the college’s fixed assets, general accounting operations of fund budgets, liabilities, and financial transactions. Develops and oversees internal controls, budgets, fiscal policies and procedures, and financial reporting for the college’s fixed assets and liabilities. Supervises staff.

Essential Functions

• Reviews, monitors, and reports on assigned funds, budget variances, and projects to ensure fiscal oversight, comprehensive fund management, and compliance with college-wide goals.
• Monitors, evaluates, and prepares budget amendments and reports as required by state, federal, and Board of Trustee requirements.
• Assists with the coordination and development of the college’s annual budget for specific funds or fund groups.
• Establishes and maintains internal controls in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), Florida Statutes, and federal laws, rules, and regulations in financial transactions, grants, and contracts.
• Supervises staff, including hiring, coaching, mentoring, training, development, scheduling and performance evaluation.
• Performs financial system maintenance as well as approving, auditing, and recording revenues and expenditures made against the various funds.
• Manages and responds to financial and programmatic audit requests and findings.
• Provides fiscal oversight or recording and tracking institution’s capital assets and prepares the Capital Assets section of the College’s Annual Financial Report, including the detailed schedule of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation.
• Oversees analysis and recommendations for disposal of fixed assets based on schedule and depreciation.
• Assists in the year end close by performing applicable adjustments, accruals, reclassifications, reconciliations, and audit schedules.
• Recommends to management any updates to accounting policies related to fixed assets and assigned funds.
• Prepares, reviews, and approves journal entries.
• Reviews and approves requisitions, purchase orders, and bills for college’s restricted funds and capital assets.
• Provides departmental and college-wide fiscal training.
• Performs other duties as may be required or assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally or nationally accredited institution in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field.
• Four years of professional experience in accounting.
• One year of experience supervising staff or leading project teams.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with fund accounting in a public, nonprofit, or higher education environment.
• Experience with capital asset tracking and financial audits.
• Experience with an enterprise financial system, such as Oracle People Soft, Banner, or Workday ERP.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of accounting, finance, and automated records systems, including the ability to apply GAAP, GASB, and Florida Statutes.
• Ability to understand and manage budgets, financial reports, grants, contracts, capital assets, and short- and long-term liabilities.
• Ability to become skilled with Oracle People Soft Financials or other enterprise financial systems.
• Strong analytical, process orientation, and critical thinking skills and attention to detail, including the ability to deal with ambiguity, and resolve complex problems.
• Ability to effectively plan work activities, schedules, priorities, utilization of resources, and manage projects.
• Ability to lead and motivate others to achieve objectives.
• Ability to treat confidential information with sensitivity.
• Ability to successfully develop and manage relationships at all levels of the organization and influence a variety of stakeholders.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and the ability to become proficient in videoconferencing applications, including Teams/Zoom.
• Demonstrated ability to…