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Job Summary

The Controller's Office is seeking an Accountant. The right candidate is a positive and motivated team player who possesses interpersonal and customer service skills, is a self-starter, self-reliant, as well as a person who is able to perform their duties in a timely manner while paying close attention to accuracy and detail. Most importantly the candidate is motivated to learn, is a team member, is respectful in their interactions with others, and takes personal pride and responsibility their work.

Essential Job Duties

• Process a high volume of various types of cash receipts, including checks, electronic payments, and merchant receipts, into the Oracle Accounts Receivable System.
• Prepare bank deposits which includes opening mail, matching deposits with support, making photocopies of checks.
• Courier bank deposits to the Credit Union and bank.
• Create daily batch deposits into Oracle Accounts Receivable System.
• Download cash receipts and disbursements from banking software for reporting to Institute personnel.
• Prepare journal entries for cash related transactions, such as bank transfers and interest charges.
• Reconcile bank accounts.
• Interact with other departments on campus, as well as auditors, bankers, and other external partners, in a professional and collaborative manner.
• Provide professional customer service to the campus community both verbally and via e-mail using Microsoft Outlook.
• Analyze and resolve bank reconciling items.
• Cross-train as needed and act as backup for the Financial Assets Accounting staff.
• Organize and file cash receipts.
• Manage offsite records retention for cash records.
• Update Policies and Procedures related to cash management duties.
• Streamline processes and make recommendations to improve efficiencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• The right candidate possesses a positive attitude and has a minimum of two years of cashiering or other relevant experience along with an understanding of accounting concepts.
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel is a must.
• The ability to organize and prioritize work in order to perform a high volume of data entry, while meeting deadlines and providing optimum customer service, is essential in performing this job successfully.
• The selected candidate must pass a pre-employment background investigation to be hired for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and organize workload.
• Ability to perform in a team environment.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with Oracle Accounts Receivable system or another ERP system is preferred.
• Working knowledge and understanding of Accounts Receivable.
• Working knowledge of accounting concept such as debits and credits as they pertain to bank entries on the general ledger.
• Possess basic and fundamental accounting knowledge.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.

Required Documents

• Resume.