Accountant III - GL Accountant

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate and well-supported accrual journal entries for month-end and year-end close.
• Support allocation methodologies, including calculation, documentation, review, and improvement of recurring allocation entries.
• Affiliate with intercompany, interfund, or intra-University eliminations and related accounting processes.
• Support monthly, and year-end close processes by ensuring assigned accounting activities are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Partner with departments and central offices to resolve accounting questions, improve transaction accuracy, and provide guidance on appropriate accounting treatment.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen internal controls, reduce manual work, and improve consistency across general ledger operations.
• Affiliate with system implementations, upgrades, testing, reporting improvements, and other finance transformation initiatives.

Requirements

• EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
• Accountants, III: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
• Experience preparing and reviewing accruals, allocations, eliminations, reconciliations, correcting entries, and other month-end or year-end close entries.
• System implementation and process improvement experience.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, Vlookups, formulas, data validation, and analysis of large data sets.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
• Accountants, III: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
• Experience preparing and reviewing accruals, allocations, eliminations, reconciliations, correcting entries, and other month-end or year-end close entries.
• System implementation and process improvement experience.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, Vlookups, formulas, data validation, and analysis of large data sets.

Skills

Special Instructions:

• Requisition Number: PRN45630B
• Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
• Work Schedule Summary: Hybrid, Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
• Department: 00348 - Financial Reporting & Accounting
• Location: Campus
• Pay Rate Range: $72,000 - $77,000
• Close Date: 8/31/2026
• To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/205287