Accounting Technician

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position. All candidates must be eligible to work and live in the U.S

This position is responsible for preparing and processing one of the University payrolls as assigned by the Payroll Director and working with the rest of the payroll team to ensure that all University employees are paid on a timely and accurate basis. This position also has the responsibility of providing customer services to employees and campus departments as well as keeping the University in compliance with federal and state payroll laws and regulations.

Graduation from High School and one year of experience in accounting work; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Payroll Processing

Customer Service

Other Responsibilities

The employee in this position is assigned at the full performance level for performing technical accounting duties involving the maintenance and reporting of fund accounting data. The employee must meet the minimum educational and experience qualifications and possess thorough knowledge of Payroll accounting principles, fund accounting, federal/state tax laws, ACA knowledge, and Ad hoc reporting. Must be able to review and process moderately complex pay authorizations and other documents for payments, preparing routine reports, and cleaning and posting payroll data to a payroll system, checking data for appropriateness and accuracy, resolving the discrepancies/errors and performing the routine reconciliation of payroll data. Must have the ability to learn and use the ERP system, timekeeping system and Microsoft Office.

Two-year degree in business administration or accounting and one year relevant experience; or Four year degree in Business Administration or Accounting and relevant experience. Thorough knowledge of Payroll accounting principles, fund accounting, and tax laws, and Affordable Care Act.

Financial Program Monitoring & Management: Manage a variety of transactions which may require considerable financial program knowledge; monitor and manage financial accounts for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with accounting standards and regulations and/or program laws and regulations. Supervise various financial functions of considerable complexity. Manage reporting of complex financial area or program(s), including preparation and analysis of financial statements and reports.

Knowledge-Technical: Apply thorough knowledge of a government accounting methods, procedures and accounting practices. May have basic knowledge of the principles of a specialized accounting field or program. Apply the knowledge of a broad range of technology, financial systems and packages. Develop formula for complex spreadsheets; set up automated procedures and resolve operational issues of software/hardware.

Leading Work Teams: Train, assign, supervise and review the work of others. Perform/supervise several administrative functions, or supervise various financial functions of considerable complexity.

Problem Solving: Resolve programmatic and financial problems of considerable complexity requiring research, analysis and implementation of change. Develop and implement procedure changes.

Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Extensive overtime including evenings and weekends is often required due to the heavy workload in the Payroll Department.

The position is involved in transporting computer reports, payroll processes, time sheets, and forms when performing records retention duties.

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