• Provide leadership to the staff of 3 within financial operations to foster a standard of superior service to all customers, working collaboratively with academic and administrative departments


• Oversee payroll processing including accurate payroll, withholding and tax processing and reporting


• Responsible for operations such as: invoice payment, travel, P-card, employee and non-employee reimbursements


• In conjunction with the Controller, manage the month-end close process and assist in the year-end close process ensuring accurate reporting in a timely manner


• Manage daily banking operations including wires/ACH processing, fund transfer, fraud monitoring


• Prepare and review reconciliations and assist with other accounting functions including but not limited to providing necessary information and documentation for audits


• Assist the Controller in the preparation all schedules and supporting material for the university's annual tax returns, including the Form 990, Form 990-T and certain state returns


• Ensure financial compliance with University policies and procedures and applicable legal rules and regulations


• Process general ledger transactions and prepare and review journal entries to properly record financial transactions


• Assist with troubleshooting financial accounting issues within the system for both the Financial Operations team and across the University


• Special projects and other duties as assigned

• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of related work experience, preferably in higher education accounting, finance or similar department


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field


• Must be highly detail-oriented with strong analytic, problem-solving, financial and organizational skills


• Ability to independently manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities efficiently


• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills required


• Must be comfortable learning and using cloud-based complex financial system

• Prior experience in higher education or other non-profit payroll


• Workday experience highly preferred

• Typical office setting with extensive sitting and computer work


• Ability to travel across campus for meetings

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