Financial Accountant II

Texas A&M • College Station, TX

4d • Onsite

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 to other staff members and audits, reports, reconciles, tracks, reviews, or approves actions on designated accounts or 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 creates invoices when necessary and updates corresponding obligations in a database, marks invoices paid, and updates obligation statuses.

The position also handles 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.
• 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.
• Position is 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 information required by institutional procedures, including completion of the criminal history check.

Responsibilities

• Process, code, and log incoming checks, ACH, and wire payments.
• 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 obligation statuses in the database.
• Maintain royalty distribution policies in the database.
• Create and export royalty distributions for payment.
• Send supporting documentation to third parties.
• Track distribution payment status and follow up on unpaid items.
• Work with the vendor help team to maintain royalty vendors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive health benefits.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and 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