University of Houston · 3 months ago
Accountant IV
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe University of Houston is a prominent educational institution seeking an Accountant IV to manage professional accounting work within the Financial Reporting department. The role involves ensuring compliance with accounting principles, managing accounts, and leading process improvements while training new employees.
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Responsibilities
Manages accounts in a major business area, including table maintenance, submission, reconciliation of data, account reviews and corrections
Ensures that all transactions are made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and federal, state, university and NACUBO guidelines
Research highly complex customer issues and recommends process improvements as needed
Manages special projects, process improvement, and problem resolution. Coordinates with other areas and agencies as needed
Trains new employees and serves as lead or specialist
Reviews departmental accounting practices to ensure compliance with guidelines; conducts review of department cash handling practices; conducts reviews of cash incident reports; follows up on cash deposit discrepancies; and recommends corrections and best practices
Performs other job-related duties as required
Qualification
Required
Performs professional accounting work involving the recording, analysis and reporting of financial data in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and federal, state, university and NACUBO guidelines
Manages accounts in a major business area, including table maintenance, submission, reconciliation of data, account reviews and corrections
Ensures that all transactions are made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and federal, state, university and NACUBO guidelines
Research highly complex customer issues and recommends process improvements as needed
Manages special projects, process improvement, and problem resolution. Coordinates with other areas and agencies as needed
Trains new employees and serves as lead or specialist
Reviews departmental accounting practices to ensure compliance with guidelines; conducts review of department cash handling practices; conducts reviews of cash incident reports; follows up on cash deposit discrepancies; and recommends corrections and best practices
Performs other job-related duties as required
Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline
Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed
Requires a minimum of five (5) years of directly job-related experience
Bachelors or Masters in Accounting required
Preferred
CPA license or CPA candidate preferred
Company
University of Houston
The doctoral degree-granting and largest university of the University of Houston system.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.3MKey Investors
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing BiopharmaceuticalsUS Department of EnergyCancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
2024-04-09Grant
2023-10-05Grant· $2M
2018-09-19Grant· $4M
Leadership Team
Arthur Conklin
Professor Emeritus
Brené Brown
Huffington Endowed Chair + Research Professor
Recent News
2025-12-04
2025-10-25
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