Accounting Technician

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the payment and student payroll coordinator for all funds within the department of Health Policy and Management. Transaction types this position processes include but are not limited to: paying invoices via vouchers, p-card, or internal billing; placing requisitions and purchase orders; making journal entries, travel requests/reimbursements, daily deposits; and updating the vendor database. As the student appointment and payroll coordinator for the department, duties include but are not limited to: communicating appointment and benefit information to students; creating and maintaining positions; processing appointments /terminations; enrolling students in graduate health insurance; entering non-service, tuition and fee awards; and processing salary source changes. This role tracks in-state and tuition remission budget balances and monitors job end dates for student appointments, proactively determining whether students should be reappointed, extended, or terminated. This person must maintain familiarity with campus financial and student HR and payment systems, policies, and procedures, and must be able to clearly communicate accounting and student funding policies to students, faculty, and staff.

Requirements

Familiarity with campus financial and student HR and payment systems, policies, and procedures.
Ability to clearly communicate accounting and student funding policies to students, faculty, and staff.

Responsibilities

Serve as the payment and student payroll coordinator for all funds within the department of Health Policy and Management.
Process transactions including paying invoices via vouchers, p-card, or internal billing.
Place requisitions and purchase orders.
Make journal entries, travel requests/reimbursements, and daily deposits.
Update the vendor database.
Communicate appointment and benefit information to students.
Create and maintain positions for students.
Process student appointments and terminations.
Enroll students in graduate health insurance.
Enter non-service, tuition, and fee awards.
Process salary source changes.
Track in-state and tuition remission budget balances.
Monitor job end dates for student appointments and determine reappointment, extension, or termination.
Maintain familiarity with campus financial and student HR and payment systems, policies, and procedures.
Clearly communicate accounting and student funding policies to students, faculty, and staff.