Accountant II

University of Florida•Gainesville, FL

7d•$53,000 - $63,000

About The Position

This position is responsible for preparing monthly reconciliation reports, coordinating the preparation of financial reports, and maintaining auditable accounting records. The role involves monitoring expenses, travel, equipment, and indirect costs to ensure proper fund allocation. The Accountant II will assist department administration in identifying and resolving accounting issues, serving as a liaison to various staff within the department, and disseminating information. This requires an understanding of and ability to apply rules associated with various University fund types and University finance and accounting directives and procedures, as well as FCPA accounting procedures. The position also involves providing assistance, making referrals, and solving problems independently, including providing monthly salary and operating expense variance reports to divisional administrators. Additionally, the role assists with the annual budget preparation, conducts research and analysis, and makes recommendations to management regarding funding sources. The Accountant II will also assist with the creation of monthly accounts receivables for clinical contracts, manage outstanding receivables, assist with cash management for departmental projects, and track new awards and royalty deposits. Managing tracking of department UFF accounts and completing UFF forms are also part of the responsibilities. The position may also assist the shared services team with fiscal transactions, including p-card transactions, invoices, reimbursements, journal entries, requisitions, travel, and FCPA transactions. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area.
Two years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Strong experience working in Microsoft Excel, Office & Access.
Knowledge of university and state rules, regulations, policy, and procedures pertaining to finance, budgeting and fiscal transactions.

Responsibilities

Prepare monthly reconciliation reports.
Coordinate preparation of financial reports.
Maintain auditable accounting records.
Monitor expenses, travel, equipment and indirect cost to ensure that funds are used in proper category.
Assist department administration in identifying and resolving specific accounting problems.
Serve as a liaison to division administrators, fiscal, grant and personnel staff in the department.
Disseminate information to the unit and serve as a unit resource for databases, word processing, reporting, policies, and procedures.
Provide assistance, make referrals when necessary, and solve a variety of problems independently.
Provide divisional administrators with monthly salary and operating expense variance reports and assist as requested.
Assist with the preparation of the annual budget.
Conduct research or analysis and make recommendations to department management, to include analysis of budgeted funding sources to actual funding sources and distributions.
Provide information in support of the budget to supervisors as required.
Assist with creation of monthly accounts receivables for clinical contracts and commitments.
Review and manage outstanding receivables.
Assist with cash management for departmental projects and update tracking file for new awards and royalty deposits.
Manage tracking of department UFF accounts and complete UFF forms as needed.
Assist the shared services team when needed in processing fiscal transactions, including p-card transactions, invoices, reimbursements, journal entries, requisitions, travel, and FCPA transactions.
Perform other duties (as assigned by supervisor).