Staff Accountant | The Maryland Club at The University of Maryland

Legends Global•College Park, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Accountant supports the daily functions of the Finance Department at The Maryland Club at the University of Maryland. The role covers general accounting, financial reporting and analysis, event settlements, accounts receivable and payable, payroll processing, audit assistance, and monthly and year-end close activities. The Staff Accountant works closely with the Finance Team and assists with projects as needed. The position handles accounts payable and receivable processes, supports budget management, maintains membership dues records, and provides data-entry and project support to the Club Manager and Director of Finance. It also assists with general ledger activities, reconciliations, closing processes, event settlement entries, audit schedules, quarterly financial packages, event estimates, and event-day settlements. This is an onsite role based at The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays as the event schedule demands is required. Compensation is up to $60,000, commensurate with experience, skills, and qualifications.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts or Sciences degree (four-year) in Finance or Accounting.
Advanced PC skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.
Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
Strong customer service skills and the ability to interact professionally with people across functions and organizational levels.
Ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining strict confidentiality of all data.
Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical users.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment and multitask daily.
Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays as required by the event schedule.
Must pass a background check.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics (D365).

Responsibilities

Manage accounts payable, including issuing purchase orders, submitting timely payments, maintaining the aged payable schedule and vendor ledgers, resolving errors and disputes, and onboarding and updating vendors.
Manage accounts receivable, including invoicing, collections, disputes, error correction, maintaining the aged receivable schedule and customer statements, and onboarding and updating customers.
Work with department heads and the Finance Team to manage budgets throughout the fiscal year.
Support the Club Manager and Director of Finance with data-entry tasks and other requested tasks and projects.
Manage membership dues, including billing, collections, member statements, and the member ledger.
Assist with day-to-day accounting activities, including preparation and monitoring of general ledger activity, trial balance, and key account reconciliations.
Assist with preparation and review of month-end and year-end closing to meet deadlines.
Prepare settlement journal entries and reconcile ticket receipts in the general ledger against ticketing audits.
Prepare audit schedules and provide support requested by the audit team.
Prepare quarterly financial packages of account reconciliations.
Prepare event estimates.
Execute event settlements on event days as needed.