Carolina Population Center · 2 days ago
Commitment Accountant
North Carolina, US
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$75K/yr - $95K/yr
2+ years expUNC University Libraries is seeking a Commitment Accountant to support the University’s Commitment Accounting operations. This role is essential in ensuring payroll funding accuracy and compliance while assisting with the administration of payroll processes and maintaining financial information integrity.
Higher Education
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
Carolina Population Center
The Carolina Population Center (CPC) is a community of outstanding scholars and professionals associated to create new knowledge about population size, structure, and processes of change.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase