Finance & Accounting Professional

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor accounts receivable for SDM departments; review contract compliance, prepare invoices, and process various payments (i.e., current, aging, outstanding).
• Investigate and reconcile finance and accounting variances and discrepancies, in collaboration with university campus personnel, and external vendors to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), school and university fiscal policies and procedures.
• Monitor school funding accounts (e.g., speed types) for accuracy and propose to management appropriate changes.
• Take direction to pull internal financial data, statements, reports, and special analyses.
• Create budget and general ledger journal entries in the PeopleSoft Financial system;
• Assess, determine, and prepare appropriate journal entries (i.e., revenues, receivables, expenditures, and interdepartmental transfers, cost transfers).
• Identify and make recommendations to SDM Finance & Budget leadership to improve workflows and protocols.
• Independently prepare and communicate various internal financial statements, reports, and special analyses to department and school stakeholders.
• Independently prepare analyses of financial, budget, and accounting data and reports for senior level decision-makers on financial projections, school policies, and processes.

Procurement

• Monitor school procurement card for appropriate approvals, transactions, and provide training and guidance in accordance with the university and school’s policies and procedures.
• Ensure the timely processing of expenditure reports.
• Monitor purchases under $10,000 to ensure accurate account codes, speed types, and allowability of purchases and spending.
• Collaborate with internal departments, vendors, and university campus personnel to confirm/audit receipt of merchandise and services before approving invoices.
• Oversight of the school’s operating expense encumbrances.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, business, finance, accounting, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
• One (1) year of professional level experience in finance and/or US GAAP accounting.
• A master’s degree in business administration, business, finance, accounting, or a directly related field from an accredited institution preferred.
• Three (3) years of professional level experience in finance and/or accounting preferred.
• Three (3) years of US GAAP financial and budgetary experience preferred.
• Two (2) years of experience working with Microsoft Excel and/or Power BI preferred.
• Financial and accounting experience in an higher education, public sector, and/or non-profit sector with progressive responsibilities preferred.
• Experience with university administrative and fiscal policies and procedures and campus/organizational structures preferred.
• Experience with University of Colorado finance and procurement systems such as CU Marketplace, Concur or the PeopleSoft system financial module preferred.