Accounting Technician

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

29d

About The Position

This position is responsible for approving campus vouchers as well as monitoring and adjusting the flow of work within the campus voucher team based on variables such as payment due date, vendor type, and payment type, employee reimbursements, etc. This daily monitoring leads to increased customer satisfaction and minimizes calls from vendors, allowing the team to focus on production. The position must also organize and provide training for new campus voucher approvers. This position monitors the preaudit queue to ensure student payments are routed through GradStar as appropriate. This position also reviews payments to non-enrolled UNC students to ensure proper documentation and routing. The accounting technician assists with solving payment status problems, which requires understanding of different transactions and processes handled by other teams within Accounts Payable and Travel. This position must interface with Accounting Services to collaborate on check voiding, reissuance, and voucher closing. This position processes express checks and manual positive pay for those payments. The accounting technician processes manual vouchers for payments such as out of state tax withholdings and posting manual payments in Peoplesoft for wire transfers processed through the Bank of America Cash Pro system. The position assists with training new campus voucher approvers in an in-person or remote environment. This position supports the Disbursement Accountant by depositing checks returned by vendors and researching questions raised by departments affecting vouchers, vendors, 1099s, and payment processing. The accounting technician is required to find payment information (either by query or by delivered pages in Peoplesoft such as voucher and payment inquiry) and determine whether that information is complete. This position maintains the returned check log, for payments returned from vendors and communicates with vendor coordinator for address updates. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to: Annual support of 1099 MISC review and mailing of final forms. Backup support for daily mail, both incoming and outgoing. Maintenance of check logs and special handling for checks. Triaging customer questions for the department.

Requirements

Understanding of different transactions and processes handled by other teams within Accounts Payable and Travel.
Ability to find payment information (either by query or by delivered pages in Peoplesoft such as voucher and payment inquiry) and determine whether that information is complete.
Proficiency in Peoplesoft.

Responsibilities

Approve campus vouchers.
Monitor and adjust the flow of work within the campus voucher team.
Organize and provide training for new campus voucher approvers.
Monitor the preaudit queue to ensure student payments are routed through GradStar.
Review payments to non-enrolled UNC students for proper documentation and routing.
Assist with solving payment status problems by understanding different transactions and processes.
Interface with Accounting Services for check voiding, reissuance, and voucher closing.
Process express checks and manual positive pay.
Process manual vouchers for payments such as out of state tax withholdings.
Post manual payments in Peoplesoft for wire transfers.
Deposit checks returned by vendors.
Research questions raised by departments affecting vouchers, vendors, 1099s, and payment processing.
Find payment information and determine completeness.
Maintain the returned check log and communicate with vendor coordinator for address updates.
Provide annual support for 1099 MISC review and mailing of final forms.
Provide backup support for daily mail, both incoming and outgoing.
Maintain check logs and special handling for checks.
Triage customer questions for the department.