Overview

POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Staff Accountant will prepare and maintain financial records to track the organizations assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liabilities, and other related financial activities

Responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The following outlines the basic responsibilities of this position. Other duties to be assigned as necessary by the Director of Fiscal Affairs & Accounting and /or the CFO/Associate VP of Administration.

BROAD RESPONSIBILITIES: The Staff Accountant will be providing specific supporting and analytical reports related to the fiscal function for TUC to include but not limited to financial statements, schedules, and other related analysis work. In addition, this individual will be knowledgeable in all of the functions of the accounting department to include purchasing, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete account reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Posting of all accounts receivable NON-BURSAR deposits. This includes donations and additional tuition payments (cash, checks and credit cards).
• Support the accounts payable function to ensure timely processing of payments and no late charges or interest is incurred due to untimely payment.
• Serve as a back-up to the accounts payable staff on an as needed basis.
• Process expense reimbursements and travel advances.
• Disburse and reconcile petty cash.
• Manage and maintain all TUC credit cards. This includes processing payments, ensuring charges comply with company purchasing policies and procedures, ordering of new cards and canceling of old cards when necessary.
• Maintaining a clean “Incomplete Document” including the removal of all requisitions, invoices and journal entries that are not processed completely or denied.
• Assist Touro College with all audit requests.
• Create and post adjusting journal entries.
• Prepare accounts payable accrual reports for financial statement closings.
• Provide end user training relating to the purchasing process, accounting policies and procedures, and general accounting questions.
• Calculation, processing and payment of quarterly state sales and use taxes.
• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results.
• Conduct a detailed analysis of general ledger accounts
• Maintains knowledge of acceptable accounting practices and procedures.
• Assist the Grants Accountant with the following tasks: setting up and input of budgets, preparing journal entries and preliminary financial reports, and creating and maintaining spreadsheets.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND/OR RELATED EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s Degree preferred but some college coursework and accounting experience of at least two years could be substituted for the degree.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with all levels of personnel
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
• Financial statement preparation and interpretation
• Ability to multi-task
• Microsoft Office Suite
• High level of confidentiality must be exercised at all times