Benefits

Remote Work

Job Type

full time

Description

Salary/Position Classification

$64,900–$67,200 Annual, Dependent on Experience, Exempt
40 hours per week
100% Remote Work Availability: No
Hybrid Work Availability (requires some time on campus): Yes

Purpose of Position

The Senior Accountant is responsible for cash and investment reconciliations and all modules that feed into PS reports for all modules, but more focused within the Student Finance module including:

The Senior Accountant is directly responsible for the reconciliations of bank accounts and merchant accounts. This involves troubleshooting and communicating with various campus constituents. This individual reconciles and troubleshoots the posting of campus solutions and payroll transactions to the general ledger. They need to understand PeopleSoft queries. They will provide backup to the Director of Treasury, prepare gift reports, and assist with training.
Process Payroll Journal and resolve journal errors in accordance with established procedures.
Run all applicable reports and queries.
Assist with training sessions and special projects within the VPFO Division.
Provides assistance and support to the Director of Treasury, as well as serving as back-up for the managerial staff and other AVPF staff.

Duties & Responsibilities

Responsible for daily and monthly cash and investments reconciliations and reporting
Reconcile and troubleshoot 18 bank accounts and 50+ credit card merchant accounts that include $500M of deposit and payment transactions that cross all PS modules (student finance, payroll, accounts payable, grants and finance).
Utilize professional judgment, analytical skills, and problem-solving techniques to identify and resolve banking discrepancies and causes of reconciliation errors, such as data entry mistakes, system errors, or fraudulent activity and understand the impact and risk to the University.
Requires excellent communication and relationship skills when troubleshooting with internal and external customers on discrepancies.
Provide reports and schedules, as requested from the Director of Treasury, Controller, departments, state agencies, external auditors, and other external agencies.
Processing wire transfers, as requested.
Responsible for working with the bank on positive pay exceptions.
Review journal entries prepared by Treasury related to bank fees and interest.
Reconcile and troubleshoot daily journals posting to the PeopleSoft general ledger, Nelnet journals (MKP).
Responsible for understanding, troubleshooting and reconciling Nelnet transactions, including QuickPay, Commerce Manager, Storefront, and Checkout
Establish and maintain Nelnet Storefront and Commerce Manager (public URL) sites for departmental collections of revenue via an electronic online payment site
Assist Director with PCI DSS compliance and the set up and maintenance of merchant accounts
Develop, report, and reconcile gift transactions from UND-related foundations. This requires direct communication and problem-solving with the external foundations.

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Skills

reconciliationspayrollaccounts payablegeneral ledger

About University of North Dakota

The University of North Dakota (UND) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883.

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