Education:

Five (5) years experience in higher education or public accounting. Prefer experience with the functional and/or technical requirements of financial enterprise systems (PeopleSoft preferred)

* An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job may be acceptable in lieu of those requirements listed above.

Knowledge:

• Financial systems;
• Financial analysis techniques;
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
• Applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines;
• Account reconciliation methods;
• Financial recordkeeping techniques;
• Account preparation, review, and control methods;
• Mathematical principles;
• Computers and related software applications.

Skills:

• Fund accounting, business, and budget processes and practices.
• Modifying and maintaining financial systems;
• Analyzing financial information and drawing valid conclusions;
• Applying GAAP principles;
• Preparing comprehensive financial reports;
• Reading, analyzing, verifying, reconciling, and approving accounting transactions;
• Gathering, analyzing, and evaluating financial data and making recommendations;
• Researching and correcting discrepancies;
• Using a computer and related software applications;
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc., sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.

Physical:

• Positions in this class typically require: reaching, standing, walking,  grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.  Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.  Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.