Accounting Technician
About The Position
The Accounting Technician performs a broad range of accounting and financial support functions for the College of Arts and Sciences Business Operations (CASBO) shared services team. This position assists accountants and senior financial staff with day-to-day transactional processing, reconciliations, and data management activities in support of assigned academic departments and departments. Core responsibilities include processing purchasing transactions, travel reimbursements, journal entries, budget transfers, PCard reconciliations, vendor payments, and data entry in ConnectCarolina and other university financial systems. The Accounting Technician serves as a first point of contact for departmental inquiries related to routine financial transactions and directs complex issues to senior accounting staff as appropriate. This position is responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, supporting compliance with university and state policies, and providing responsive, high-quality customer service to faculty, staff, and departmental business managers. The Accounting Technician reports to the Senior Accountant for the assigned division and works collaboratively with other CASBO accounting and financial staff to ensure consistent, efficient service delivery across shared services departments.
Requirements
- Broad range of accounting and financial support functions
- Assisting accountants and senior financial staff with day-to-day transactional processing, reconciliations, and data management activities
- Experience with purchasing transactions, travel reimbursements, journal entries, budget transfers, PCard reconciliations, vendor payments, and data entry
- Familiarity with financial systems (e.g., ConnectCarolina)
- Ability to serve as a first point of contact for financial inquiries
- Ability to direct complex issues to senior staff
- Responsibility for maintaining accurate financial records
- Understanding of university and state policies
- Customer service skills
Responsibilities
- Processing purchasing transactions
- Processing travel reimbursements
- Processing journal entries
- Processing budget transfers
- Processing PCard reconciliations
- Processing vendor payments
- Data entry in ConnectCarolina and other university financial systems
- Serving as a first point of contact for departmental inquiries related to routine financial transactions
- Directing complex issues to senior accounting staff as appropriate
- Maintaining accurate financial records
- Supporting compliance with university and state policies
- Providing responsive, high-quality customer service to faculty, staff, and departmental business managers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
