Automation Accountant

About this role

Job no: 506487
Work type: Full-Time
Location:

Remote

Categories: Finance and Administration, Drexel University

Job Summary

The Automation Accountant serves as a key member of the Office of the Comptroller’s General Accounting team, combining traditional accounting responsibilities with leadership in process improvement and automation. The role performs core accounting activities—including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial analyses, and audit support—while designing, developing, and maintaining automated workflows that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and internal controls across the Controller’s Office. Working collaboratively with accountants and leadership, this position identifies opportunities for modernization, builds scalable solutions using tools such as UiPath and BlackLine, and supports the integration of automation into daily operations. This is an individual contributor role that supports both operational accounting and the department’s digital transformation efforts within a fully remote work environment.

Essential Functions

- Core Accounting & Financial Reporting
- Prepare routine and non routine journal entries in accordance with monthly and year end closing calendars.
- Perform assigned bank reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to departmental standards.
- Complete account analyses for assigned balance sheet accounts and recommend necessary adjusting entries.
- Provide schedules, documentation, and analyses to internal and external auditors by established deadlines, utilizing tools such as PwC Connect.
- Ensure all accounting workpapers meet documentation, support, and internal control requirements.
- Process Analysis & Continuous Improvement
- Meet regularly with accounting team members to review existing workflows and identify opportunities for process improvement or automation.
- Evaluate operational pain points, inefficiencies, and control gaps and propose...