Financial Accountant II

Texas A&M University System • College Station, TX

5d • $3,657 - $6,000

About The Position

The Financial Accountant II, under minimal supervision, provides accounting or business support to a designated unit, department, college, or other System member. The role serves as a resource for other staff members and audits, reports, reconciles, tracks, reviews, or approves actions on designated accounts and assigned duties. It also manages projects, reports, or functions involving routine processes.

The position processes incoming checks, ACH, and wire payments, including coding and logging payments, preparing desktop deposits for checks, posting payments to the accounting system, verifying postings, and submitting corrections as needed. It may create invoices and update corresponding obligations in the database, mark invoices paid, and update obligation statuses.

The role also administers royalty distribution payments by maintaining distribution policies in the database, creating and exporting distributions for payment, sending supporting documentation to third parties, tracking payment status and following up on unpaid items, and working with the vendor help team to maintain royalty vendors. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two years of related experience.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Office.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to ensure understanding.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work well independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to solve problems and apply solutions.
• Ability to apply rules and regulations in a complex environment.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
• Restricted to U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
• Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation; employment is contingent upon verification of credentials and other required information.

Responsibilities

• Process incoming checks, ACH, and wire payments by coding and logging them.
• Process desktop deposits for incoming checks.
• Post payments to the accounting system, verify postings, and submit corrections as needed.
• Create invoices when necessary and update corresponding obligations in the database.
• Mark invoices paid and update obligations with the appropriate database status.
• Maintain royalty distribution policies in the database.
• Create and export royalty distributions for payment.
• Send supporting documentation to third parties.
• Track royalty distribution payment status and follow up on unpaid items.
• Work with the vendor help team to maintain royalty vendors.
• Provide accounting or business support to a designated unit, department, college, or other System member.
• Serve as a resource for other staff members and audit, report, reconcile, track, review, or approve actions on designated accounts and assigned duties.
• Manage projects, reports, or functions involving routine processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive health benefits
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Defined benefit retirement plan with an employer contribution through the Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• If applicable, defined contribution retirement plan with an employer contribution through an approved ORP vendor
• Additional voluntary tax-deferred annuity (TDA) options
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness programs to promote work/life balance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level