Reconciliation Accountant

About the role

Financial professional who will serve in a key role supporting the Purdue Fort Wayne campus in financial related matters ensuring compliance, monitoring and controlling for all business areas. This person will possess a bias for action and also a strong desire for financial reporting and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Review daily treasury report for payments posting for financial aid deposits
• Daily Banner-to-SAP reconciliation
• Interfaces with Department of Education's G5 system to initiate draw requests for Title IV funds such as Direct Loans, PELL, SEOG, and Federal Work Study
• Initiate refunds for unused Alternative Loans
• Initiate refunds for Perkins Loans, PELL and Direct Loans
• Reconcile all financial aid accounts: Direct Loans, PELL, SEOG, FWS, Outside Scholarships, ICHE, Alternative Loans & Chapter 33
• Reconcile Chase Bank and cash-in-transit accounts
• Reconcile Bursar refunding accounts
• Provide financial aid with information for FISAP audit
• Performs FWS reconciliation to uncover discrepancies between Payroll, SAP, and Banner
• Reconciles previously unreconciled accounts and creates procedures to more easily perform future reconciliations of that account
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree – consideration will be given to those working towards their degree
• 3 years of experience in accounting/finance
• Strong Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong analytical skills

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS with 2 years accounting experience

Benefits

• Free tuition through Purdue University Global
• Fee remission for a traditional Purdue degree for yourself, your spouse, and your child(ren)
• Insurance starts on first day of employment
• Generous Paid Time Off – additional PTO in December

Pay

$56,000.00 annual