Senior Accountant 126610

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Position Number: 126610 Position Title (Classification Title):  Senior Accountant 126610 Working Title:  Senior Accountant Job Summary: The Senior Accountant is responsible for meeting the requirements of University Policies and Procedures related to budget reporting. Assists in the preparation of reports for the Board of Trustees and required reporting to the Florida Board of Governors. Works with budget transfers, budget tracking, budget training and reporting. This employee will maintain various data points related to the university budget. and financial reporting. Assists in the preparation of the annual financial statements and bank reconciliations. Department Controller's Office FLSA: Exempt Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and three years of appropriate experience. Appropriate college coursework may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience. Position Qualifications: Knowledge of accounting principles (both GASB and FASB), accounting best practices, accounting information flows, internal controls and project management. Knowledge of budgeting, management reporting and reconciliations. Ability to comprehend information flow in complex systems and recognize opportunities for improvement/efficiencies/synergies. Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree in an accounting related field.
Experience with accounting systems.
Experience with budgeting or financial reporting.
Higher education experience. Essential Functions / Job Duties:

• 45% - Responsible for budget transfers and processing budget transfers. Reviewing budget request for compliance to rules. Maintain records related to budget changes and position rate changes. Processing journal entries for transactions including but not limited to: operating/general ledger corrections, and budget increase. Responsible for researching transactions to verify that information on Journal Budget Entries is coded correctly and compliance with the type of funding. - (Essential)
• 5% - Responsible for scanning, uploading and indexing budget transfers and journal entries in the university’s document imaging system. Records maintenance for financial plans, estimated budgets, and other departmental documents. - (Essential)
• 25% - Assist the Assistant Controller in compiling underlying data for reports. Pulls reports and places data into various depositories for assembly into final reports. Track incoming appropriations and confirm the information to budget documents. Assist in the compilation of reports on items such as carry-forward spending, operating budget totals, employee rate, and other budget reporting. - (Essential)
• 5% - Provide training and give presentations when requested by supervisor. Assist in providing budget training to the campus community. Perform pre-training and post-training checklists for each participant. Review and maintenance of training documentation. Provide technical assistance during training class. - (Essential)
• 5% - Use Banner Finance to maintain assigned segments of the Banner Chart of Accounts. Review for inactive funds and initiate appropriate action. Records management of paper and digital files for Auxiliary indexes. - (Essential)
• 10% - Responsible for cash transaction duties including processing multiple check types using Intellecheck. Serves as backup for processing sales tax payments, quarterly federal and state income tax payments, and other departmental payments as needed. Serves as backup for surplus property processes, fixed asset and tax accounting. Prepares assigned general ledger reconciliations and bank reconciliations. Serves as backup for clearing account and other bank reconciliation duties as needed. - (Essential)
• 5% - Responsible for reviewing/updati