Government Financial Reporting Accountant, Sr.
About The Position
This position performs high-level professional accounting work and is responsible for the management of a complete set of accounts, preparation of financial statements and reports on University-wide accounting systems. This position exercises considerable judgment in maintaining accounting procedures and the preparation of statements and reports. The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance, or equivalency.
- Four years of financial accounting experience.
- Demonstrated spreadsheet and database skills.
- Demonstrated analytical, problem solving, human relations and effective communication skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge with governmental accounting, fund accounting, research, and grants.
Responsibilities
- Prepares and verifies a variety of complex accounting, statistical, and narrative statements and reports requiring extensive analysis and interpretation of data.
- Establishes and maintains departmental accounting procedures, makes recommendations on the implementation of accounting system revisions to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- Responsible for monthly, quarterly and interim financial reports which includes review and approval of journal entries, preparation of financial statements such as balance sheets, income and expense reports, and cash flow analyses for individual entities and consolidated enterprise reports.
- May train, supervise, and evaluate clerical staff; may supervise professional staff.
- Reviews and analyzes proposed and new regulations, prepares recommendations regarding alternatives available to minimize fiscal impact.
- Performs monthly expense variance analysis.
- Prepares consolidations, inter-company transactions and reconciliations.
- Ensure company accounting procedures conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Ensure accuracy of financial statements in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) requirements as appropriate.
- Responsible for developing and implementing process improvement initiatives relating to accounting and financial reporting.
- Functions as internal business partner to operations including finance directors and executive directors of the various entities as well as the University Accounting Department.
- Assists with periodic reviews, year-end audits and compliance activities in support of external auditors and the internal finance operation.
- Aids the controller and assistant controller in researching and documenting the organization's accounting position on technical subject matters.
- Special projects as requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
