Associate Accounting

Job Overview
The Associate Accounting is responsible for maintaining required financial controls and serving as an advisor regarding procedures, practices, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements of all finance and accounting activities. The Associate Accounting works under the general supervision of the District Treasurer.

Position Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare daily bank reconciliation worksheets for multiple bank accounts and enter bank transactions into the accounting system, along with the appropriate coding and supporting documentation
• Prepare monthly journal entries accurately for daily/month end close within the prescribed deadlines
• Review and manipulate large data sets into format for uploading into the ERP system, while still maintaining data integrity
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of various balance sheet accounts; maintain the support of outstanding balances, analyze the data and make the appropriate journal entries where needed
• Prepare biweekly check run data for funding and enter subsequent journal entries
• Maintain and monitor the department's email inbox
• Enter bank transfers and wire transfers via bank's online software
• Maintain Excel spreadsheets for various accounting functions
• Generate queries and PeopleSoft reports for multiple reporting requirements
• Assist the District Treasurer with daily, monthly, and annual tasks as needed