The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 20 hours ago
Commitment Accountant
Chapel Hill, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$75K/yr - $95K/yr
3+ years expThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a Commitment Accountant to join their Payroll Services team. This role is essential in ensuring accurate payroll funding and compliance while supporting the University’s Commitment Accounting operations.
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Responsibilities
Assist with the administration and provide campus support of Commitment Accounting functions which heavily focuses on production payroll and their distributions but also connect to related systems such as projections
Monitor and manage the employee funding process through the processes that bridge HR/Payroll and Finance PeopleSoft modules
Maintain, monitor, and provide campus support on the PeopleSoft department budget table and PAAT (Payroll Accounting Adjustment Tool); payroll chartfield validation and processing; running the processes that send vendor payment information to Accounts Payable, distribution of salaries, taxes, and benefits to the appropriate chartfield strings in the appropriate ledgers, and review and monitoring of the payroll liability accounts
Run and analyze queries, research potential error related to position funding and posting of payroll expenses to the General Ledger, and advise on ways to improve those processes
Review and analyze the payroll liability account for variances utilizing various tools including but not limited to SQL
Take lead in Finance module payroll activities such as payroll journal entries, cash deposits, and balance sheet reconciliation
Qualification
Required
Experience in Accounting
Mid to late career with Master's and 2 – 4 years experience; Bachelor's and 3 – 5 years experience
Preferred
Experience with University personnel funding and/or experience with PeopleSoft Finance, including complex journal entries
Working knowledge of modern data analytics tools, including Power BI, AI tools, or SQL/queries
Company
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina’s vibrant people and programs attest to the University’s long-standing place among leaders in higher education since it was chartered in 1789 and opened its doors for students in 1795 as the nation’s first public university.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$48.57MKey Investors
SECU FoundationCDA FoundationNorth Carolina Biotechnology Center
2024-07-19Grant· $1M
2024-03-18Grant
2023-02-16Grant· $0.11M
Leadership Team
Judith Cone
Retired Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation as of April 1, 2021
Michael Williams
Network SEcurity Team Lead
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