Plans, directs and coordinates the operations of the General Ledger, Grants and Accounts Payable and a designated group of accounting employees.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field or a combination of relevant experience, education and training that equates to the required degree. CPA strongly preferred.

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Generally accepted accounting principles and practices.
• Supervisory and management principles, practices and methods.
• Higher education practices and procedures.
• Demonstrated proficiency using standard office software applications, automated financial systems, and administrative software applications.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communication skills including tact and diplomacy.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow through.
• Effectively supervising, leading, and delegating tasks and authority.
• Coordinating ongoing budgetary and accounting systems.
• Writing reconciliation procedures and assisting with audit issues.
• Coordinating with IT staff to ensure integrity of accounting system.

Experience:

• Three years of supervisory experience in government, fund and/or financial accounting.
• Work experience in fund accounting and / or higher education environment.
• Accounting software experience highly desirable, preferably Jenzabar.

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• Plans, manages, and coordinates the operations of the General Ledger, Grants and Accounts Payable including account reconciliation, transaction processing, disbursements, financial reporting and analysis, and audit preparation.
• Assure adequate system of internal controls.
• Supervises grant and accounts payable staff to ensure the efficiency and integrity of College accounting services.
• Approves payables according to established procedures.
• Perform reconciliations of complex activities such as financial aid program and self-funded health insurance.
• Review journal entries and accounting reports, research and correct out-of-balance funds and interfund adjustments.
• Serves as alternate investment officer; attends required training and submits required reports according to the PFIA (Public Funds Investment Act).
• Prepare profit and loss statements for Auxiliary Enterprises.
• Reviews and monitors for compliance and continual improvement to the program to identify, tag, and account for College fixed assets, low value property, and inventoried items; develops and maintains systems for depreciation of College assets. A year end reconciliation is completed for external auditors.
• Prepare and submit financial and statistical reports required by federal, state, and local government regulatory agencies relating to areas of responsibility (Dept. of Education, THECB, Legislative Budget Board, etc.)
• Assist in preparation of college records for independent audit, financial statements and annual report preparation. Assist external auditors with various areas including work paper preparation and data compilation as needed.
• Assure appropriate reimbursement requests for federal, state, and other financial aid programs.
• Completes monthly processing of general ledger including journal entry input and/or approval and ledger balancing
• Other Duties may be assigned.

Salary:

Commensurate within the Texarkana College pay scale for position.