About this position
Description:
- Journal Entries & General Ledger: Posting daily journal entries and maintaining up-to-date, accurate general ledger records.
- Accounts Payable/Receivable & Purchasing: Reviewing check requests, invoices, and purchase orders for compliance with budget and policy, as well as managing student account inquiries.
- Reconciliations: Reconciling bank statements, credit card accounts, and internal accounts, such as student loan receivables, to ensure accuracy.
- Month-End/Year-End Close: Assisting with the closing processes, which may include preparing schedules and performing accruals.
- Financial Reporting & Audit Support: Gathering data for department-level reporting, assisting with annual financial audits, and preparing documents for, or assisting with, tax form reporting (e.g., 1098-T).
- Support Services: Assisting with payroll processing, monitoring fixed assets, and providing general administrative support to other Business Office staff.
- Other duties as defined within the Business Office in support of the overall financial operations of the College.
- Knowledge of Principles of Accounting and automated accounting systems.
- Strong written and oral communications and relational skills.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Good public relations and customer service.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Demonstrates a strong sense of curiosity and seeks to understand problems, processes, and perspectives at a deeper level.
- Proactively asks questions to uncover root causes, opportunities, and new ideas.
- Learns quickly when facing new situations and can adapt knowledge to unfamiliar challenges.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and rapidly acquiring new skills, tools, or methods.