Financial Reporting Accountant, Sr.

University of Utah Health•Salt Lake City, UT

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position performs high-level professional accounting work and manages a complete set of accounts, prepares financial statements, and produces reports using University-wide accounting systems. It exercises considerable judgment in maintaining accounting procedures and preparing statements and reports. The organization seeks candidates knowledgeable in governmental and fund accounting, research, and grants. The role requires working in the office at least three days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance, or equivalent.
Four years of financial accounting experience.
Demonstrated spreadsheet and database skills.
Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, human relations, and effective communication skills.
Knowledge of governmental accounting, fund accounting, research, and grants.

Responsibilities

Prepare and verify complex accounting, statistical, and narrative statements and reports that require extensive analysis and interpretation of data.
Establish and maintain departmental accounting procedures and recommend accounting system revisions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, and interim financial reports, including reviewing and approving journal entries and preparing balance sheets, income and expense reports, and cash flow analyses for individual entities and consolidated enterprise reports.
May train, supervise, and evaluate clerical staff, and may supervise professional staff.
Review and analyze proposed and new regulations and prepare recommendations on alternatives to minimize fiscal impact.
Perform monthly expense variance analysis.
Prepare consolidations, inter-company transactions, and reconciliations.
Ensure accounting procedures conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial statements meet applicable Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) requirements.
Develop and implement process improvement initiatives related to accounting and financial reporting.
Serve as an internal business partner to operations, including finance directors, executive directors of various entities, and the University Accounting Department.
Assist with periodic reviews, year-end audits, and compliance activities in support of external auditors and internal finance operations.
Assist the controller and assistant controller with researching and documenting the organization's accounting position on technical subject matters.
Complete special projects as requested.