University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz

Department: Finance Office – Financial Services

Job Title: Lead Asset Accountant

Position #: 00770194 – Requisition #: 39616

Job Summary:

This Lead Asset Accountant position exists to assist the Business Analysis & Reporting unit specifically with capital asset and financed purchases accounting. This position will serve as a work lead by providing expert level guidance and direction to other team members and will supervise a Finance and Accounting professional and a student worker.

The Business Analysis & Reporting unit within Financial Services is responsible for cost accounting, pooled interest earnings (PIE), long-term assets and liabilities, space functionalization, and State reporting.

This exciting opportunity gives you the chance to:

• Participate in professional development opportunities to grow your career.
• Build relationships with other departmental staff, focused on understanding needs along with opportunities for improving processes.
• Partner with other financial staff in developing key financial performance tools and share them with departmental stakeholders.
• Participate in a complex organization involving sponsored research, instruction, clinical functions.
• Become part of a department where inclusiveness and culture are valued.

We are looking for someone with…

• positive energy, motivation, vision, and a desire for continuous learning,
• a strategic mind-set and forward-thinking,
• a belief that strong relationships are key to success,
• a can-do attitude,
• a focus on providing solutions based on the requirements and necessary outcomes of those whom we serve.

Key Responsibilities

Capital Assets and Government Property – 85%

• Manage and perform the collection and data maintenance of capital assets including land, improvements, buildings, equipment, capital software, capital gift-in-kind, library materials, and collections in the PeopleSoft Asset Management system (PSAM).     
• Ensure capital assets are recorded in the general ledger and depreciated according to GAAP.
• Oversee the capital asset tagging process.
• Oversee and reconcile journal entries for items related to additions, disposals, corrections and depreciation based on the analysis of the PSAM system and related general ledger financial data.
• Coordinate and oversee biennial inventory of capital equipment.
• Ensure established university policies are followed for Capital Assets and Government Property.
• Oversee various processes of disposing, transferring in/out, and trading in/out for capital assets.
• Create, maintain, and lead trainings related to capital assets and government property for Pre/Post Award, Campus Departments, and Principal Investigators.

Financed Purchases Accounting – 5%

• Ensure that financed purchases are recorded in the general ledger and capitalized according to GAAP.
• Maintain Financed Purchases tracking spreadsheet and process journal entries as necessary.