Accountant II (Finance & Accounting Division)

About the role

The Accountant II at Johns Hopkins University Press Books Division is responsible for all financial aspects and transactions for the Press’s Books Division. This includes handling book and licensing sales recordation, cost of sales and inventory reconciliations, and author contract set-up and royalty payments. The position requires an advanced understanding of accounting requirements for a nonprofit, higher education organization.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly account reconciliations, financial statements and reports.
• Review and correct financial transactions into books of original entry as necessary.
• Review accounts and fund groups for priority of entries and investigate overdrafts.
• Ensure account administration complies with applicable federal, state and local guidelines.
• Ensure data quality of financial records and related data.
• Maintain and monitor accounts.
• Develop relationships with departmental and university personnel to analyze information and make recommendations on the resolutions of issues in compliance with established University policies and procedures.
• Provide technical and analytical guidance to departmental and university personnel.
• Analyze accounting information and prepare reports and statements.
• May direct the work of lower-level staff as assigned.
• Collaborate with Sr. Accountant or Accounting Manager on special projects or tasks as needed.
• Apply the principles of accounting to the operation of the Books Division.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations, financial statements and reports.
• Review and correct financial transactions into books of original entry as necessary.
• Review accounts and fund groups for priority of entries and investigate overdrafts.
• Ensure account administration complies with applicable federal, state and local guidelines.
• Ensure data quality of financial records and related data.
• Maintain and monitor accounts.
• Develop relationships with departmental and university personnel to analyze information and make recommendations on the resolutions of issues in compliance with established University policies and procedures.
• Provide technical and analytical guidance to departmental and university personnel.
• Analyze accounting information and prepare reports and statements.
• May direct the work of lower-level staff as assigned.
• Collaborate with Sr. Accountant or Accounting Manager on special projects or tasks as needed.
• Apply the principles of accounting to the operation of the Books Division.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, business, finance or related field.
• Two years of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in related field.
• Knowledge of and experience with SAP or other ERP system.
• Working knowledge of WorkDay and/or TMS financial systems.
• Accounting certificate.

Skills

• Proficiency in advanced Excel functions, Word, PowerPoint, and various other applications.
• DevelopingAnalytical Skills.
• DevelopingFinancial Data Quality Assurance.
• DevelopingFinancial Record Maintenance.
• DevelopingFinancial Statement Management.
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Regulatory Compliance.