Accountant

Job Description

Accountant | University of Houston

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at the University of Houston, located in Houston, TX. The University of Houston System is a major public university dedicated to providing accessible higher education and contributing to research and community development. This role is crucial for maintaining the financial integrity and accuracy of the university’s operations by ensuring financial data is meticulously recorded, analyzed, and reported according to established guidelines. The General Accounting department is seeking two Accountants to support these essential functions.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Houston, TX
• Pay: $49400–$64600 yearly
• Team: General Accounting department
• Mission: To ensure accurate recording, analysis, and reporting of financial data for the university’s operations in compliance with established guidelines.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Data Assembly: Systematically assemble financial data from books of original entry and central control records, ensuring accuracy and completeness for subsequent analysis.
• Reporting & Reconciliation: Prepare comprehensive monthly account reconciliations and manage biweekly cash transfers, alongside generating various financial statements and reports for departmental or university activities.
• Compliance & Processing: Audit and meticulously process purchase, cash receipt, and disbursement documents, strictly adhering to established disbursing rules and regulations to ensure financial propriety.
• Financial Monitoring: Proactively monitor the status and usage of short-term operational cash advances, providing timely advice to management, and review central accounts and fund groups for accurate entries, investigating and resolving any identified overdrafts.
• System Support & Year-End: Potentially maintain the student billing system’s accounting functions, including creating and correcting transcode errors, reviewing financial reports to clear “suspended transactions,” and assisting in the preparation of year-end government and annual financial reports.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Requires a formal, directly job-related four-year Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university. This includes a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical, or professional discipline related to accounting.
• Experience: Requires 0-1 year of professional accounting experience. Candidates for Accountant I require no prior experience, while candidates for Accountant II must possess one year of relevant experience.
• Skills: Proficiency in applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); strong analytical skills for recording, analyzing, and reporting financial data; ability to prepare detailed account reconciliations and financial statements; competence in auditing and processing financial documents; and adherence to federal, state, university, and NACUBO guidelines.