Accounting Manager

SUMMARY

The Accounting Manager is responsible for overseeing the Finance/Accounting department and assists with account reconciliations, budgeting, month-end closing and annual audits.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Prepares a variety of detailed accounting, statistical, and/or narrative financial statements or reports requiring analysis
• Interprets source data; conducts and/or coordinates internal/external audits of financial records; examines, analyzes, and verifies documents to ensure adherence to established internal controls and agreement as required
• Performs bank account reconciliation’s, verifies accuracy of recorded transactions; prepares related work sheets, cash balances, proofs, and other schedules and prepares daily cash flow analysis
• Supervises and reviews the work of fiscal and clerical personnel in making GL entries, reconciliations, and performing other fiscal record keeping work; makes complex or difficult adjusting entries affecting several cost centers
• Performs fund, grant accounting functions; assists with preparation of County, State, and Federal Reports. Prepares daily deposits, maintains cash ledger and completes transfers; assist in budget development, creating revenue and expenditure schedules; prepare cost accounting schedules for fee-based activities; and perform other related duties as required
• Completes month end closing, including account analysis and financial report distribution; participates in the annual closing of books and the preparation of data for the Annual Financial Report
• Assists with the annual audit by responding to questions and providing relevant materials and information; assists in monitoring budgets for various organization’s departments and projects
• Determines if funds are available and expenditures/revenues are properly classified; researches and analyzes transactions to resolve budget discrepancies.
• Assists in budget preparation; assists department personnel with budget activity, proper expenditure coding, document preparation and other accounting related activities.
• Monitor daily cash flow needs; makes sure enough funds are available to cover payroll and accounts payable checks. Tracks and post inter-account transfers and all wires both incoming and outgoing; audits investments to ensure that interest has been received and posted to the correct account(s); validates that purchases, discounts and premiums are properly posted to the correct account(s)
• Performs other reasonable related duties as assigned

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

In the course of performing this job, the incumbent typically spends time standing, walking on sloped/hilly areas of campus, carrying, driving, lifting (up to 40 pounds), listening, speaking, reaching, writing, and participating in restraint procedures.