Accountant - Fiscal Analyst II

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Finance department is seeking an Accountant - Fiscal Analyst II. This role involves applying principles of accounting theory to maintain an accounting system, developing methods for recording financial transactions, and preparing reports of financial analyses. The position also includes collecting and analyzing data on investment plans, reviewing budgetary requests, reconciling reports, and processing various financial transactions related to assigned accounts, payroll, and inventory management. The Accountant - Fiscal Analyst II will utilize cost accounting techniques, distribute budgetary instructions, and prepare management-level financial reports. This role also involves interpreting accounting policies, implementing procedures, and ensuring compliance with bond resolutions.

Requirements

High School Degree or Equivalent Work Experience
3 years of work experience

Responsibilities

Applies principles of accounting theory to alter and maintain an accounting system.
Develops methods for recording financial transactions and prepares reports of financial analyses.
Collects and analyzes data on investment plans.
Reviews budgetary requests for completeness, verifies estimates and summarizes budgetary statements of program activities and objectives.
Reconciles reports with manual ledgers, bank statements and supporting documents.
Processes all transactions concerning assigned accounts; prepares checks and deposits, transfers funds, posts journal and ledger entries, posts principal and interest received and computes interest from sale of securities; organizes and batches related documents.
Processes all transactions concerning the assimilation of payroll information, the processing of payroll changes, the distribution of payroll checks, the accounting control of payroll deductions, the recording of financial transactions, the balancing and reconciling of accounts, the verification of accounting documents and the preparation of summary financial statements.
Administers an equipment and property inventory system and supervises the distribution of maintenance and purchase costs to accounts.
Uses cost accounting techniques to identify information not ordinarily found in a general accounting system and devises cost standards for measuring expenditures.
Distributes budgetary instructions and explains the use of budgetary forms; collects information for budgetary requests; prepares budgetary allotment authorizations; identifies any budgetary surplus and recommends funding changes.
Prepares management-level reports on cost allocations, revenue and expenditure comparisons, cash flow projections, capital expenditures, revenue budgets, availability of funds, level of financial obligations and budgetary variances.
Interprets accounting system policies, implements accounting procedures and designs accounting forms.
Reviews bond resolutions and complies with terms.