Sr. Accounting Analyst

Texas A&M University - Victoria•Victoria, TX

1d•$15

About The Position

-Processes complex purchases requisitions and corresponding payments. -Monitors list of warranty and maintenance agreements for hardware, software, and services; assists with acquiring renewal quotes from vendors and with processing renewal orders. -Reviews and corrects requisitions, delegated orders, vouchers, and other documents as requested by supervisor or Sr. Director prior to submission for purchase or payment. -Assists Manager, IT Business Operations, with department accounting, budgeting, and reconciliations. Monitors expenditures (including HEAF, payroll, work study); resolves financial problems; and creates related reports. -Processes personnel forms, reviews time reporting entries and reports, tracks leave, and reconciles payroll reports with time reporting for biweekly employees. -Coordinates travel arrangements for department staff, processes travel requests and vouchers, serves as travel card custodian for the department, and prepares monthly travel card reconciliation log. -Maintains associated electronic and paper files. -Provides work leadership to clerical staff and student workers in the absence of supervisor; assists with onboarding new student employees for the department. -Provides customer service support for department, and backs up switchboard. -Assists senior director and supervisor with special projects, events, and reports; provides general administrative support and information to department employees. -Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Education & Experience: (60) semester hours of college coursework and (3) years bookkeeping or clerical experience, or equivalent combination of education and related experience. Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: · Knowledge of general accounting and/or bookkeeping procedures, preferably with a state agency and/or higher education institution · Excellent oral and written communication skills · Excellent keyboarding skills · Excellent organizational skills · Sufficient math skills to audit accounting documents and reconcile accounts · Accurate data entry skills · Ability to keep confidentiality · Ability to prioritize own work and meet specified deadlines · Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision PC Skills: · Minimum (2) years experience with an automated accounting system · Minimum (2) years spreadsheet experience · Minimum (2) years word processing experience All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check. Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer. Texas A&M University-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region since 1973 in Victoria, Texas, offers courses leading to more than 50 academic programs in the colleges of Business; Education & Health Professions; Liberal Arts & Social Sciences; and Natural & Applied Science. The university supports the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Opportunities for All initiative to increase awareness about state colleges and universities and the important role they have in providing a high-quality and accessible education to an increasingly diverse student population, as well as contributing to regional and state economic development. The policy of A&M-Victoria is to ensure equal opportunity in all its educational programs and activities, and all terms and conditions of employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, national origin, veteran’s status, genetic information or sex (including pregnancy), except where such a distinction is required by law. Additionally, A&M-Victoria prohibits discrimination in all aspects of employment and educational programs on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Requirements

(60) semester hours of college coursework and (3) years bookkeeping or clerical experience, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Knowledge of general accounting and/or bookkeeping procedures, preferably with a state agency and/or higher education institution
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent keyboarding skills
Excellent organizational skills
Sufficient math skills to audit accounting documents and reconcile accounts
Accurate data entry skills
Ability to keep confidentiality
Ability to prioritize own work and meet specified deadlines
Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision
Minimum (2) years experience with an automated accounting system
Minimum (2) years spreadsheet experience
Minimum (2) years word processing experience
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Responsibilities

Processes complex purchases requisitions and corresponding payments.
Monitors list of warranty and maintenance agreements for hardware, software, and services; assists with acquiring renewal quotes from vendors and with processing renewal orders.
Reviews and corrects requisitions, delegated orders, vouchers, and other documents as requested by supervisor or Sr. Director prior to submission for purchase or payment.
Assists Manager, IT Business Operations, with department accounting, budgeting, and reconciliations. Monitors expenditures (including HEAF, payroll, work study); resolves financial problems; and creates related reports.
Processes personnel forms, reviews time reporting entries and reports, tracks leave, and reconciles payroll reports with time reporting for biweekly employees.
Coordinates travel arrangements for department staff, processes travel requests and vouchers, serves as travel card custodian for the department, and prepares monthly travel card reconciliation log.
Maintains associated electronic and paper files.
Provides work leadership to clerical staff and student workers in the absence of supervisor; assists with onboarding new student employees for the department.
Provides customer service support for department, and backs up switchboard.
Assists senior director and supervisor with special projects, events, and reports; provides general administrative support and information to department employees.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.