Accountant 1 (H)

About the role

The University of Miami/UHealth department of Facilities has an exciting opportunity for a Hybrid Full Time Accountant 1 to work at the UHealth Medical Campus in Miami, FL.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the assigned department’s internal accounting and reporting functions and assists management with all fiscal functions, including budget formulation and monitoring of accounts, to ensure compliance with University policies and warrant availability of department funds at all times.
• Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports.
• Analyzes trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.
• Reports assigned department's finances to management and offers suggestions about resource utilization, tax strategies, and assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
• Verifies the accuracy of journal vouchers and accounting classifications assigned to various records.
• Examines and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts.
• Reviews and approves all reimbursements, check requisitions, and purchase orders.
• Aids with fiscal year end process including entries for the necessary accruals.
• Develops, analyzes, audits, reconciles, and monitors fiscal reports based upon current and historical financial revenues and expenditures.
• Participates in planning long or short-term business objectives.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
• Maintains oversight of the department's fiscal administration, including budgets, funding, contracts, and purchasing.
• Processes departmental invoices for payment.
• Obtains approval from Facilities Managers on all invoices prior to sending to Accounts Payable.
• Ensures all purchase orders are valid and accurate with sufficient funds before sending invoices to Accounts Payable.
• Works closely with outside vendors, contractors, and suppliers to ensure the department is current with all invoices/bills.
• Creates requests for purchase orders, change orders, and closes out unnecessary open purchase orders through the University’s ERP system ("Workday").
• Performs charge-outs/cost recoveries.
• Prepares, examines, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards and identify trends and explanations for material variances.
• Maintains and analyzes budgets; prepares periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Identifies process improvement opportunities and assists with implementation efforts for departmental projects and initiatives.
• Interacts with auditors in support of the audit process; provides documentation needed to auditors and answers follow-up questions.
• Reports to management regarding the financial standing of the department.
• Prepares reports and variance analysis as needed.
• Reviews, investigates, and resolves accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Records journal entries on an as-needed basis.
• Aids in reporting year-end accruals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required. Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required.

Qualifications

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong accounting skills.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with the skills to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, establish priorities, set objectives, and achieve stated goals.
• Ability to work as a team or independently.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent Excel skills required.

Skills

• Learning Agility
• Teamwork
• Technical Proficiency
• Communication
• Strong Accounting Skills

Benefits

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

Pay

Competitive salary offered.

Schedule

Hybrid Full Time Schedule.