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Inside Higher Ed · 1 month ago

Senior Accounting Technician Short Term Hourly (Temporary)

Lancaster, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Inside Higher Ed is seeking a Senior Accounting Technician to perform a range of advanced technical accounting tasks in the District's Fiscal Services Department. The role involves preparing and maintaining financial records, ensuring compliance with policies, and assisting with financial reporting and audits.

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Responsibilities

Perform a variety of advanced technical accounting work in the preparation, maintenance and review of financial records, accounts, and reports; ensure compliance with established District policies, procedures, governmental regulations, and generally accepted accounting principles. (E)

Prepare, maintain, and evaluate financial statements, records, and reports developed for auxiliary functions, grants, and/or categorical programs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established guidelines, rules, regulations, and procedures. (E)

Gather, review, and synthesize a variety of accounting and financial data; prepare routine and non-routine reports; develop, format, and revise technical and statistical charts, graphs, and flowcharts in order to present information. (E)

Monitor contract and grant compliance for proper accounting and appropriate distribution and recording of expenditures; assist program directors with fiscal compliance issues; prepare required reports. (E)

Assists with establishing, monitoring, and maintaining a system of internal controls to safeguard college resources and ensuring proper accountability. (E)

Verify, reconcile, balance and adjust a variety of complex accounts. (E)

Answer complex and non-routine inquiries from administrators, staff, vendors, or students regarding various records, budgets, accounts and programs. (E)

Prepare, process, audit, and review a variety of financial documents such as requisitions, purchase orders, receipts, and inventory records. (E)

Prepare and process journal vouchers; ensure proper account codes are assigned to payroll, accounts payable, and other records. (E)

Collect, receipt, record and deposit monies for assigned accounts; sort and post to appropriate account; reconcile cash, receipts, and statements; resolve or assist in the resolution of discrepancies and errors; may serve as custodian of petty cash. (E)

Receive and record non-sufficient fund (NSF) checks; contact individuals by phone or in writing for payment of returned checks; send collection letters and past due notices as appropriate; place student accounts on hold when necessary. (E)

Perform accounts receivable functions such as receiving and recording payments, and balancing and reconciling monthly accounts receivable reports. (E)

Maintain a variety of files. (E)

Reconcile deposits to bank statements, and prepare records pertaining to a variety of college transactions. (E)

Records, assembles, tabulates, and reconciles financial and statistical data; reconciles and balances accounts; and researches and resolves discrepancies. (E)

Maintains a wide variety of complex accounting and financial records, ledgers, statements, and reports; analyzes documents for payment; analyzes accounts. (E)

Generates and assists in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial, summary and technical reports and closing functions, to include board reports. (E)

Processes information and develops reports using standard word processing and spreadsheet software, as well as, accounting, financial, and other related electronic information systems. (E)

Assists with implementation and testing of automated enterprise application systems or emerging technologies related to assignment. (E)

Learns and applies emerging technologies and, as necessary, to perform duties in an efficient, organized, and timely manner. (E)

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Advanced technical accountingFinancial record maintenanceGrant compliance monitoringData collectionSpreadsheet softwareCustomer serviceDetail-orientedTime managementTeam collaboration

Required

Graduation from high school and five years of accounting or reconciliation experience or an associate's degree and 3 years of clerical or accounting or reconciliation experience

Terminology and practices of financial and account document processing and record keeping and general accounting practices and procedures

Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulatory codes, ordinances, as well as District policies, procedures, and objectives relevant to assigned area of responsibility

Principles and practices of data collection and report preparation

Business arithmetic, statistical and basic financial techniques

Financial and statistical record keeping principles and procedures

Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and computer applications, including word processing, database, and spreadsheet software

English usage, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation

Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, students, and District staff, including individuals of various ages, disabilities, socio-economic and ethnic groups

Perform detailed and complex account and financial office support work accurately and in a timely manner

Train and provide work direction and guidance to others as needed

Respond to and effectively prioritize multiple phone calls and other requests for service. Interpret, apply, and explain applicable policies and procedures

Make accurate arithmetic, financial, and statistical computations

Enter and retrieve data from a computer with sufficient speed and accuracy to perform assigned work

Establish and maintain a variety of filing, record keeping, and tracking systems

Understand and follow oral and written instructions

Organize your own work, set priorities, and meet critical time deadlines

Operate modern office equipment including computer equipment and specialized software applications programs, 10-key calculator by touch, copier/scanner, printer, fax machine, currency and coin counters, cash register, and bankcard systems

Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing

Understand scope of authority in making independent decisions

Review situations accurately and determine appropriate course of action using judgment according to established policies and procedures

Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work