Accounting Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate’s degree with 6 college hours in Accounting required
• 4 years directly-related experience may be substituted in lieu of required degree and accounting hours
• 3 years General Accounting experience is required
• Valid Texas Driver License
• MS Office Programs
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft
• Budget Management
• Strong mathematical skills
• Delivering High Quality Work
• Accepting Responsibility
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Driving Continuous Improvement
• Acting with Integrity
• Thinking Critically
• Managing Change
• Communicating Effectively

Responsibilities

• Complete daily accounting processes accurately and effectively while following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and established HCC guidelines.
• Participate in accounting year-end close activities including, but not limited to, identifying and preparing manual accruals, review and correct payment discrepancies, etc. Maintain up-to-date records for activity relating to cash transactions.
• Work with personnel in other departments within the College and the System to review and follow up on problems involving financial activities.
• Monitor expenditures with Program Directors and Deans to ensure that the expenditures fall within College/System purchasing guidelines.
• Submit reports of all fiscal activities to the Director of Administrative Services monthly, or as needed.
• Prepare tax reports for withholding, Social Security, and other taxes.
• Prepare annotated statistical reports, which detail financial operations (e.g., cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, profit and loss, etc.).
• Disseminate accounting information to staff as needed and identify additional information that could be made available.
• Perform incidental clerical work, including typing, sorting, filing, collating, preparing mailing lists.
• Initiate stop payment requests.
• Perform fund transfers.
• May verify work orders for authorized funds.
• May perform tasks related to installment contracts.