Asst Director of Accounting
- Employer
- Miami University
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Jun 18, 2021
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Business & Administrative Affairs, Financial Affairs
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Responsible for all accounting functions for all operating, plant funds, restricted funds, loans, and agency funds. Supervise General Accounting Staff, including Tax and Compliance Analyst and Investment Accountant. Manage year-end close process, annual financial audit process with external auditors, and the internal and external financials report development. Participate in LEAN projects on a continual basis and develop cost and forecasting analysis. Manage the University general ledger and cart of accounts.
1. Supervise all accounting tasks for unrestricted, auxiliary,
designated, plant, loan, agency, debt and restricted funds. Provide
customer service in understanding and maintaining these accounts.
Examples of significant activities supervised are:
a. Reconcile or ensure reconciliation have occurred for all balance
sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
b. Set up new accounts, create and post journal entries, and
monitor accounting activity for the funds listed above.
c. Upload, process, and balance interdepartmental charges.
d. Process and reconcile data interfaces from bursar, AP and
payroll and ensure that the accounting system remains in
balance.
e. Using the fixed asset module, process fixed asset transactions
and reconcile capitalization entries. Record depreciation and
debt.
f. Prepare and distribute internal and external financial
reports.
2. Supervise the Tax and Compliance Coordinator. Review and approve
the CAFR, HEI, IPEDS, and other financial regulatory reporting.
Review the University's unrelated business income and preparation
of the IRS 990, 990-T forms and other tax related reporting.
3. Supervise accounting staff including but not limited to
training, assign and direct work, review work, coach and/or
counsel, and conduct performance evaluations.
4. Manage and participate in the annual year-end closing process
for all the financial offices including the Banner general ledger
year-end closing process, the year-end calendar, reconciliations,
scoresheets, journal entry processing, budget carryforward
processing, and financial workpaper preparation. Manage year-end
roll forward process for general ledger accounts and
encumbrances.
5. Work with external auditors to manage the annual university
audit process. Prepare audit schedules and respond to audit
requests for additional information and explanations. Pursue and
resolve any audit findings and management comments. Prepare
management discussion and analysis, financial statements, and
footnotes for Annual Report. Prepare or review financial schedules
and exhibits for the annual internal financial report. Coordinate
production of the Annual Report and internal financial report.
Manage completion of the annual NCAA agreed-upon procedures report
and audit review.
6. Assure compliance with GAAP and GASB standards. Review and
implement new GASB pronouncements.
7. Lead or participate in LEAN projects in order to increase
processing efficiency and reduce costs. Continually challenge the
current operations and identify new process to review.
8. Develop Business Intelligence reports, forecasts and analysis to
respond to internal information requests, external surveys, and
other reporting requests.
9. Act as chart of accounts manager for general ledger. Define
account attributes, control account number sequences and
significant digits, establish authorization levels for creating and
deleting accounts, and manage documentation of account purposes and
restrictions.
10. Perform other duties as assigned by the Chief Accounting
Officer
The position requires 5 or more years of experience as a Staff
Accountant, Auditor, or Accounting Supervisor/Manager and a
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, and or general
business.
Proficiency with PC-based software, including Microsoft Word and
Excel.
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