Accountant 2

University of Miami•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Miami/UHealth department of Facilities has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Accountant 2 to work at the UHealth Medical Campus in Miami, FL. The Accountant 2 oversees the assigned department’s internal accounting and reporting functions and assists management with all fiscal functions, including budget formulation and monitoring of accounts, to ensure compliance with University policies and warrant availability of department funds at all times. Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports. Analyzes trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses. Reports assigned department's finances to management and offers suggestions about resource utilization, tax strategies, and assumptions underlying budget forecasts. Verifies the accuracy of journal vouchers and accounting classifications assigned to various records. Examines and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts. Reviews and approves all reimbursements, check requisitions, and purchase orders. Assists with fiscal year end process including entries for the necessary accruals. Develops, analyzes, audits, reconciles, and monitors fiscal reports based upon current and historical financial revenues and expenditures. Participates in planning long- or short-term business objectives. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets. Department Specific Functions The Accountant 2 (H) applies accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information and prepares accurate reports and statements to ensure appropriate accounting control procedures in the assigned division (s). Furthermore, the Accountant 2 (H) provides accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, and accounts payable support to all departments within the UHealth Facilities Operations and Planning division. Monitors, reconciles, and assists with fiscal administration for the department, including but not limited to budgets, funding, contracts and purchasing. Responsible for processing departmental invoices for payment. Responsible for obtaining approvals from Facilities Managers on all invoices prior to sending to Accounts Payable. Ensuring that all purchase orders are valid and accurate with sufficient funds prior to sending invoices to Accounts Payable. Work closely with outside vendors, contractors, and suppliers to ensure the department is current with all invoices/bills. Create requests for purchase orders, change orders, and close out unnecessary open purchase orders as needed, through the University’s ERP system (“Workday”). Responsible for performing the charge-outs/cost recoveries. Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards, and identify trends and explanations for material variances. Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets; preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs. Identify process improvement opportunities and assist with implementation efforts for departmental projects and initiatives. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
Minimum 3 year of relevant experience
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting procedures and principles.
Knowledge of budget control methods, policies, and procedures.
Ability to prepare financial and accounting records.
Ability to analyze, consolidate, and interpret accounting data.
Ability to compile, organize, interpret, and communicate accounting data and results concisely.
Ability to manage a budget and work within the constraints of that budget.

Responsibilities

Oversees the assigned department’s internal accounting and reporting functions.
Assists management with all fiscal functions, including budget formulation and monitoring of accounts.
Ensures compliance with University policies and availability of department funds.
Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports.
Analyzes trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.
Reports assigned department's finances to management and offers suggestions about resource utilization, tax strategies, and assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
Verifies the accuracy of journal vouchers and accounting classifications assigned to various records.
Examines and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts.
Reviews and approves all reimbursements, check requisitions, and purchase orders.
Assists with fiscal year end process including entries for the necessary accruals.
Develops, analyzes, audits, reconciles, and monitors fiscal reports based upon current and historical financial revenues and expenditures.
Participates in planning long- or short-term business objectives.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
Applies accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information and prepares accurate reports and statements to ensure appropriate accounting control procedures in the assigned division(s).
Provides accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, and accounts payable support to all departments within the UHealth Facilities Operations and Planning division.
Monitors, reconciles, and assists with fiscal administration for the department, including but not limited to budgets, funding, contracts and purchasing.
Processes departmental invoices for payment.
Obtains approvals from Facilities Managers on all invoices prior to sending to Accounts Payable.
Ensures that all purchase orders are valid and accurate with sufficient funds prior to sending invoices to Accounts Payable.
Works closely with outside vendors, contractors, and suppliers to ensure the department is current with all invoices/bills.
Creates requests for purchase orders, change orders, and closes out unnecessary open purchase orders as needed, through the University’s ERP system (“Workday”).
Performs the charge-outs/cost recoveries.
Prepares, examines, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards, and identify trends and explanations for material variances.
Develops, maintains, and analyzes budgets; preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
Identifies process improvement opportunities and assists with implementation efforts for departmental projects and initiatives.