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About the Role

To perform various technical accounting activities as assigned and provide assistance to other members of the Business Services team as required.

Responsibilities

• Assists staff, students and vendors with accounting related issues.
• Works with sponsorship letters and purchase orders.
• Prepares and processes employee voucher, exemption and waiver reports.
• Gathers data to develop, verify and edit various accounting reports.
• Prepares, analyzes, and compiles worksheets, balances, and accounts.
• Processes billings for sponsors, auxiliary accounts, and verifies sponsor agreements, waivers, and exemptions.
• Researches banking or billing transactions for accuracy to resolve discrepancies.
• Performs reconciliation activities by monitoring accounts and preparing journal entries.
• Audits invoices for accuracy.
• Serves as a liaison with vendors, internal and external business partners, and other stakeholders.
• Researches inquiries about invoices, general ledger entries, or other matters.
• Assists with audits and special projects.
• Participates in monthly and annual closing of the books.
• Scans, e-files, and retrieves documents in the records management system.
• May train other staff members and test accounting software.
• Assists with Treasury-related tasks and provides cash position updates.
• Processes transactions from various funding sources using file uploads into Colleague, Workday, and other repositories.
• Coordinates and executes financial transactions and activities, such as bill payment, invoicing, payroll, etc.
• Liaises with and responds to inquiries from business partners, customers, or other stakeholders.
• Assist with the audit process by providing information and data as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment.
• General accounting processes, procedures, and standards.
• Spreadsheet software applications.
• Basic auditing processes and procedures.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Interacting with stakeholders using effective interpersonal and verbal communications skills.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Analytical, planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Uses critical thinking skills to resolve problems and identify workable solutions.
• Flexibility to adapt to new deadlines, changing schedules, priorities, and unpredictable events.
• Use of a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• Use of automated financial systems.
• Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasional lifting of objects up to 20 pounds.
• Work safely and follow safety rules.
• Report unsafe working conditions and behavior.
• Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Skills

• Accounting
• Spreadsheet software
• Auditing
• Interpersonal communication
• Verbal communication
• Analytical skills
• Planning skills
• Organizational skills
• Time management skills
• Teamwork
• Problem-solving
• Critical thinking
• Adaptability
• Financial systems

Location

• Austin, Texas

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Two (2) years related work experience

Education Level

• High School Diploma
• Associate degree or higher in Accounting or Business with accounting coursework (preferred)
• Four years of related work experience may substitute for education requirement

Salary/Compensations

• $50,309 - $60,260

Benefits

• None

About the Company

• Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.
• We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.
• We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
• As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching, is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities, cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities, is focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes, welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others, and engages with the community both within and outside of ACC.

Equal Opportunity

• As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes.
• If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.
• Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC.
• The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.