Accountant 2

About this role

## Accountant 2

Requisition ID

req36476

Working Title

Accountant 2

Position Grade

12

Position Summary

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) seeks a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and energetic professional to serve in the department’s Accountant 2 position. This position is responsible for a wide-variety of fiscal support tasks and activities in a heavily research-active, academic department. The individual in this position will work closely with the department’s Accountant 3 and/or Department Administrator to assist in maintaining and processing financial information for both restricted and unrestricted indices within the department. Position requires preparing financial reports, statements, and projections using standard and fund accounting principles, methods and applications on an automated accounting system or spreadsheets, reconciling, balancing and maintaining standard accounting records, preparing and monitoring budgets and/or other fiscal tracking mechanisms using finance, accounting, budgeting and cost control procedures, and Contract and Grants pre-award submissions and management.

This position requires strong financial, organizational, and communication skills. The successful candidate will process routine financial documents, various fiscal transactions, and assist in the development and maintenance of unrestricted/restricted budgets. Individual chosen will also assist the Accountant 3 with preparing quarterly balances for restricted indices, and will respond to a variety of fiscal-related inquiries. They will perform standard financial entries, journal vouchers, analyze routine financial data, revenue/expense projections, and ensure adherence to funding regulations and/or university policies. Candidate will serve as back-up for purchases, reimbursement requests, LoboMart, and graduate assistantship contracts.

The successful candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills with the abi...