Accountant II

About the role

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is a large, research-intensive department with over 55 faculty, 1,800 students, and more than $36M in annual operational and research expenditures. The department is supported by an innovative and collaborative administrative team of 15. Under general supervision of the Academic Department Manager, Accountant II provides financial management and support for the department working closely with Accountant III, four Research Administrators and two Financial Specialists.

Key responsibilities

• Organizes, prepares, and updates financial statements, monthly and year-end journal entries, accounts, ledgers, and reports for various financial needs within an automated financial system to ensure accurate recording and reporting of financial transactions
• Prepares and analyzes financial data, reports and records, identifies discrepancies, investigates, recommends, and implements solutions as needed
• Assists with accounting and reviewing reconciliations, journal entries, schedules, and reports
• Provides and prepares budgets and projections based on existing data and established policies and procedures
• Answers questions and provides accounting related information to internal and external stakeholders according to established policies and procedures
• Helps train and support two Financial Specialists
• Develops and maintains automated financial systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity
• Prepares and/or approves financial transactions and payments

Required qualifications

• Extensive professional experience processing invoices, travel payments/reimbursements, allocating expenses to appropriate funds, using and/or managing an employer credit card and other financial transactions
• Moderate experience using Excel or other spreadsheet applications (comfortable with basic navigation, data entry, simple functions and formatting)
• Moderate experience in a role responsible for interpreting and adhering to regulatory frameworks, including state statutes and organizational policies
• Extensive experience providing customer service (internal or external customers) in an administrative setting

Preferred qualifications

• Experience using Workday to process financial transactions and generate reports
• Experience working collaboratively on process improvement initiatives
• Experience supporting non-finance employees and students with financial transactions
• Experience working in a professional position in higher education

Education

Associate's degree or higher

Compensation

The starting salary for the position is $65,000, but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. The anticipated hybrid work schedule will be up to two days remote, with 3 days onsite after an initial 6 month training period which will require working 5 days on site.

How to apply

Please go to the "Apply Now" area and select your current UW Employment Status. Applicants are required to upload a resume and a cover letter. Your cover letter should address how your training and experience aligns with the required and preferred qualifications listed above. Application reviewers will rely on these written materials to determine which applicants move forward in the process. The search committee will review all application materials after the posted deadline. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. References will be requested from final candidates. All applicants will be notified after the search is complete and a candidate has been selected.