Accountant Associate

Arizona State University•Tempe, AZ

1d•$23 - $23•Hybrid

About The Position

Financial Services is looking for an Accountant Associate to work with our Commitment Accounting group on the Tempe campus. We are a small team that performs a wide variety of accounting and compliance responsibilities related to payroll, tax, benefits, and retirement plans while utilizing PeopleSoft, the University’s HR system as well as Workday, the financial accounting system. In this role you will use your problem-solving skills, communicate with a variety of people, ensure items are moving through our workflow and help us to continuously improve our processes. You will be working with spreadsheets and emailing other ASU departments and individuals daily to help us resolve payroll overpayments with empathy and accuracy. Other tasks will include initiating journal entries as well as compiling data for tracking and reporting purposes. The job requires an ability to deal in a systematic and patient way with technical information and processes. Focusing directly on the task with minimal mistakes are key to the position. ASU offers a total compensation package including valuable employee benefits, such as healthcare, retirement, family resources, and tuition reduction for ASU employees, their dependents and spouse. ASU is an enterprise with a wide variety of work and learning modes, locations and a commitment to sustainability, innovation and employee work-life balance. We are determined to maintain our position as an employer of choice in a competitive labor market. We offer our employees partially remote work after the training period is complete.

Requirements

Associate's degree and one (1) year of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Demonstrated knowledge of a Human Resources/Payroll system, such as PeopleSoft or Workday HCM.
Demonstrated knowledge of journal entries.
Experience using Microsoft Excel and Word.
Experience working independently and as part of a team.
Demonstrated knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Evidence of effective verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience in providing customer service, with the ability to interpret employees' questions and answer them with care and accuracy.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy or closely related field.

Responsibilities

Uses Excel to complete the calculations for employee payroll overpayments.
Performs a broad scope of complex accounting duties, including preparing journal entries and supplier invoices, reconciling balance sheet accounts and analyzing HR and accounting data.
Prepares the overpayment accounting log and tracks all repayment deductions.
Corresponds with ASU departments and employees.