Senior Accountant

Charles R. Drew University•Los Angeles, CA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the general direction of the Accounting Manager, the Senior Accountant supports departments across the university on financial matters, including daily, weekly, and monthly review and maintenance of reports, balance sheets, and income statement accounts. The role applies advanced financial and accounting knowledge to create, review, analyze, and evaluate financial policies, procedures, systems, and reports. The position is onsite unless otherwise authorized by the manager. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively with a diverse community and comply with current university COVID-19 requirements as a condition of employment.

Requirements

Regionally accredited bachelor's degree in accounting, at minimum.
At least two years of grant accounting experience.
Experience with accounting in a university setting.
Experience maintaining the Great Plains general ledger and creating SmartList reports.
Experience managing payment requests and account setup and maintenance in eRequester.
Three to five years of senior accounting experience, preferably in a nonprofit organization.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Ability to work well with others, manage time, meet deadlines, and handle competing priorities.
Willingness to work overtime as needed.
Ability to take and follow directions.
Ability to perform highly detailed work with sustained attention and care while handling numerous inquiries.
Ability to work effectively with a diverse community.
Ability to comply with current CDU COVID-19 requirements as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

CPA license.
Access database experience.
ERP or systems implementation experience.

Responsibilities

Perform weekly deposit reviews with the Cash Manager.
Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, petty cash, and other balance sheet reconciliations.
Prepare monthly journal entries for payroll accruals and reversals; deferred revenue; expense accruals; prepaid expense amortization; construction in progress transfers; Willowbrook Apartments; bond cost amortization and payments; fixed asset additions and depreciation; fixed asset inventory counts; travel expense reallocations; employee health insurance adjustments; cost share receivables; vivarium expense transfers; investments; fringe benefits; indirect costs; and accounts receivable and revenue.
Support the annual audit by preparing the client list.