Accountant Senior

Department Contact: Maggie Fraga, margarod@nmsu.edu

About the role

Join the Restricted Accounting team at New Mexico State University! This position offers an opportunity to contribute to NMSU's mission in a dynamic higher education environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform compliance monitoring, expenditure transactional review, administration of sponsored awards collections, and monthly/fiscal year-end receivable analysis.
• Ensure letter of credit (LOC) federal agency electronic payment systems for awards are in balance with Banner budgets.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of quarterly financial reports.
• Ensure timely submission of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Sub-award Reporting System of subcontracts.
• Responsible for timely financial sponsored award closeout and property closeouts.
• Administer month-end cost-share close process.
• Responsible for restricted awards document management/destruction of expired awards per State of New Mexico guidelines.

Requirements

Required Education and Experience

• Associate's Degree + 4 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 2 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accountancy or bachelor's degree with successful completion of at least 15 credit hours of Accounting (ACCT) course work.
• Three (3) years of professional experience directly related to the job duties and responsibilities as outlined.

Working Conditions

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
• No or very limited physical effort required.
• Lifting requirements: handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Pay

$53,165.80 - $67,872.60

Schedule

Standard (Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

About New Mexico State University

We are New Mexico’s land-grant institution and a comprehensive research university dedicated to teaching, research, public service, and outreach at all levels. NMSU is a welcoming community of talented faculty, staff, and students working together to make a difference. We are a NASA Space Grant College, a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), a minority-serving institution (MSI), and home to the first Honors College in New Mexico. We offer an accessible education that shapes bright futures.

NMSU provides learning opportunities to a diverse population of students and community members at four campuses, Cooperative Extension offices located in each of New Mexico’s 33 counties, 12 research and science centers, and through distance education.

NMSU Global Campus

Since 1888, NMSU has proudly embodied this tradition, building relationships that last a lifetime while serving students who want to earn their degree and grow in their field. Today, NMSU Global Campus provides flexible, career-focused online education that helps our students transform their lives—and the lives of the people they love—through over 70 degree and certificate programs, skill-building microlearning courses, and career and talent development.

NMSU Main Campus

Located in Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico State University's 900-acre main campus is located at the crossroads of I-10 and I-25 in the Southwestern United States. As a thriving center of higher education, deeply rooted in the regional tradition, its role as a comprehensive university is recognized throughout the state.

Doña Ana Community College

Founded in 1973 in collaboration with local school districts to support occupational education, DACC is now a leading community college that provides transformative educational opportunities that meet the workforce needs of Doña Ana County. With a focus on access, innovation, and excellence, DACC offers over ninety degrees and certificates, adult education, specialized workforce training, and small business assistance.

Alamogordo Campus

Established in 1958 to serve the needs of the airmen and families stationed at Holloman Air Force Base located only 10 miles west of Alamogordo, NMSUA is a community college with a long history of excellence that is supported by a caring community of hard-working students and dedicated faculty and staff. The campus is situated “on the hill” above Alamogordo and provides inspiring views of the city and the Tularosa Basin, offering the perfect venue for creative and motivated learning.

Grants Campus

NMSU Grants was established as a branch of New Mexico State University in 1968 through the cooperative efforts of New Mexico State University and Grants Municipal Schools. As a two-year branch community college, NMSU Grants serves the local communities in Cibola and McKinley counties, including the Pueblos of Acoma, Laguna, and Zuni, as well as Tohajiilee, San Mateo, San Rafael, Cubero, the City of Grants, and the Village of Milan.