Automation Accountant

Job Summary

The Automation Accountant serves as a key member of the Office of the Comptroller’s General Accounting team, combining traditional accounting responsibilities with leadership in process improvement and automation. The role performs core accounting activities—including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial analyses, and audit support—while designing, developing, and maintaining automated workflows that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and internal controls across the Controller’s Office. Working collaboratively with accountants and leadership, this position identifies opportunities for modernization, builds scalable solutions using tools such as UiPath and BlackLine, and supports the integration of automation into daily operations. This is an individual contributor role that supports both operational accounting and the department’s digital transformation efforts within a fully remote work environment.

Essential Functions

• Core Accounting & Financial Reporting
  • Prepare routine and non routine journal entries in accordance with monthly and year end closing calendars.
  • Perform assigned bank reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to departmental standards.
  • Complete account analyses for assigned balance sheet accounts and recommend necessary adjusting entries.
  • Provide schedules, documentation, and analyses to internal and external auditors by established deadlines, utilizing tools such as PwC Connect.
  • Ensure all accounting workpapers meet documentation, support, and internal control requirements.
• Process Analysis & Continuous Improvement
  • Meet regularly with accounting team members to review existing workflows and identify opportunities for process improvement or automation.
  • Evaluate operational pain points, inefficiencies, and control gaps and propose technology enabled solutions.
• Automation Development & Maintenance
  • Design, build, test, and deploy automations using UiPath and other RPA platforms to streamline routine accounting tasks.
  • Document current state processes and create future state automated workflow designs, technical specifications, and operational documentation.
  • Monitor automation performance, troubleshoot issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement enhancements as needed.
  • Ensure all solutions comply with internal controls, audit standards, and data security requirements.
• Systems Integration & Data Support
  • Assist with system integration, data connections, and technical components supporting automation (e.g., ERP systems, BlackLine, reporting platforms).
  • Adjust automations to support month end, year end, and special reporting needs.
• Collaboration, Training & Communication
  • Partner with accounting leadership to prioritize automation initiatives aligned with strategic objectives.
  • Provide training, guidance, and support to accounting staff on new automated processes, tools, and best practices.
  • Communicate project timelines, testing outcomes, and implementation updates to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
• Special Projects
  • Participate in departmental initiatives related to digital transformation, technology adoption, and process redesign.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance or the equivalent combination of education and work experience. (Please review the Equivalency Chart for additional information.)
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience developing automations using UiPath or another RPA platform.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, internal controls, and financial reporting processes.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and manage multiple priorities in a deadline driven environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a remote team setting.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and commitment to quality.
• Ability to clearly present technical information to non technical stakeholders.
• Commitment to compliance with internal control standards, audit requirements, and data security protocols.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CPA, or other relevant advanced credential.
• Experience working with Ellucian Banner ERP, BlackLine, or similar accounting and reconciliation systems.
• Experience documenting business proce