DEFINITION:

To perform a wide variety of professional accounting duties in the maintenance of complex financial records.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED:

• Receives general supervision from Controller and management staff.
• Exercises no supervision.

Duties & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS STATEMENTS:

Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions:

• Perform a wide variety of accounting duties in the preparation and maintenance of financial records and reports.
• Reconciliation of various accounts as assigned.
• Prepare and post journal entries.
• Research, analyze, and resolve specific problems related to budgetary and financial records.
• Support ID card and parking pass production during registration as needed.
• Provide assistance to the Business Office Staff as needed.
• Maintain proper documentation for the financial auditors.
• Support Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Budget as needed.
• Provide technical information concerning procedures and methods to students and college employees; interpret and explain rules and regulations; answer questions and resolve problems or complaints.
• Receive a variety of financial statements; proof read and audit documents.

Other Important Functions:

• Research and answer department questions regarding status of accounts, the proper coding of transactions and related matters.
• Attend staff meetings as necessary; provide staff support to various college committees.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of:

• General accounting principles and procedures.
• Applicable federal, state and local policies, procedures, rules and regulations
• Modern office procedures, methods, and equipment.
• Research techniques, methods, and procedures.
• Operational characteristics of an integrated computer system and related peripheral equipment.
• Automated financial systems and applications; spreadsheet software.
• Proper English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Ability To:

• Apply accounting principles and procedures.
• Analyze data and draw sound conclusions.
• Interpret and apply accounting principles, rules, regulations and procedures in the maintenance and control of records and preparation of financial statements.
• Prepare clear, complete, and concise administrative and financial reports.
• Coordinate activities of accounting staff.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Interpret and apply CFCC goals, objectives, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations
• Communicate clearly and respectfully, both verbally and in writing
• Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for:
  1. Making observations
  2. Reading and writing
  3. Communicating with others
  4. Operating assigned equipment
  5. Handling varied tasks simultaneously
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities, which may include the following:
  1. Standing or sitting for extended periods of time
  2. Operating assigned equipment
  3. Handling varied tasks simultaneously 
  4. Bending, stooping, climbing, or lifting up to 50 pounds
• Maintain mental capacity, which allow the capability of:
  1. Making sound decisions
  2. Responding to questions
  3. Demonstrating intellectual capabilities

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING GUIDELINES:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Minimum Education/Training:

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting, business, finance, or related field.

Minimum Experience:

• Three years of increasingly responsible experience performing professional accounting work, preferably in a community college setting.

Preferred Education/Training, Experience, Skills:

• Experience working in a post-secondary education environment
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting, business finance, or related field. 

Supplemental Information

Special Instructions to Applicants: 

This position REQUIRES UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS AND/OR TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS be submitted in addition to the application. Please have these documents ready to upload when applying. 

Candidates are required to submit OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS for all degrees obtained prior to their first day of work or hire date. If the highest level of education is a High School diploma or equivalent, proof of completion is required. 

Candidates who have obtained their education outside of the US and its territories must have their academic degree(s) validated, at their own expense, by an outside credential evaluation service as equivalent to the Baccalaureate or Master's degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States.