Staff Accountant

Oral Roberts University is a non‑profit organization whose staff and faculty actually make a difference in the lives of its students. We pride ourselves on our culture and the values we uphold. Our team is passionate about what we do, and we want you to make us even better!

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ALL POSITIONS UNTIL FILLED.

- FULL TIME

Prepare, process, record, reconcile, analyze and report financial data to include journal entries and reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and bank reconciliations.

• Performs bank reconciliations of 12 bank accounts.
  
  • Analysis of bank data and general ledger entries to ensure the general ledger cash accounts are accurately reported
  
  • Researching unreconciled items
  
  • Identifying correcting entries needed and facilitating those corrections to the GL and/or bank, as necessary
• Coordinates with Student Accounts, General Accounting, Contribution Accounting, Payroll & Treasury to:
  
  • identify deposits
  
  • resolve reconciliation issues
  
  • improve coding descriptions
  
  • improve efficiency
• Researches cleared checks when stale dated checks are reported in banking positive pay activity to ensure a check isn’t paid twice.
• Monitors outstanding checks & requests the entry be made to move them to the stale dated account. When a stale dated check is cashed or cancelled request the entry to move from the stale dated account to the active account.
• Prepare and enter monthly journal entries to record interest earned net of monthly bank expenses.
• Prepares work papers and schedules to support the annual financial report as required by auditors in connection with fiscal year‑end audit, provides bank statements & reconciliations for the audit.
• Other duties as assigned to include but not limited to:
  
  • electronically distributing daily bank activity to appropriate personnel
  
  • identify automated Eagle card feeds to the general ledger and batch deposit totals for the daily bank activity
  
  • prepares the monthly sales tax reconciliations
  
  • deposit coding

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Business Administration with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in accounting coursework.
• Prefer CPA candidate.
• One to three years of experience is preferred but will consider recent graduate.
• Must be computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Word and intermediate Excel abilities.
• Experience with computerized financial systems preferred.
• Requires good communication, organizational, interpersonal, mathematical, bookkeeping, statistical analysis, and proofreading skills.
• Must be detail oriented and have the ability to work under stress while dealing with deadlines and time pressures.
• Must maintain a high level of confidentiality of information.
• Maintains compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

• Please upload a copy of your transcripts from all colleges and universities listed on your resume and application.

Oral Roberts University promotes equal employment opportunities for all individuals regardless of differences in race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.