Financial Systems Accountant

Our client in Azusa, CA needs a Financial Systems Accountant.

Primary Duties/Essential Functions:

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• Reconcile all bank accounts, records reconciling items and submits reconciliations by assigned monthly deadlines including: oversees research of outstanding items ensuring that correcting entries are prepared. Allocates and distributes monthly earnings from investments to appropriate accounts.


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• Assist trustees accurately record operating transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).


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• Updates, maintains, analysis the inventory of asset management items


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• Analyze and research financial problems and make recommendations for solutions.


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• Serves as a contact with departments for banking corrections and transfers, providing research and resolution of requests.


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• Prepares and posts journal vouchers which may include consolidations and eliminations.


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• Researches and resolves critical accounting issues and transactions.


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• Gathers financial information for report preparation.


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• Audits and analyzes general ledger accounts.


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• Performs special projects and account reconciliation as assigned by Financial Services Manager.


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• Provides problem solving/research related to balancing and maintaining petty cash accounts.


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• Flexibility in meeting month-end deadlines.


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• Regular, punctual attendance as required by the supervisor based on department needs.


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• Performs various additional complex related accounting duties as assigned.


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Qualifications:

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• Four years experience in accounting working in a higher education and/or non-profit environment.


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• Expert levels of MS Excel with knowledge of macros, vlookups, pivot tables, etc.


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• Advanced knowledge of SQL database including query lookups.


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• Proficiency in PeopleSoft 9.0 General Ledger system


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• Deep PeopleSoft nVision Financial Reporting proficiency


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• 2 years of fund accounting knowledge and experience


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• Technical system skills in an ERP system (Oracle-PeopleSoft) to work with large databases and query the necessary data


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• CPA preferred


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