Senior Accountant

Job Details

Job Location : Painesville, OH Salary Range : Undisclosed

REPORTS TO: CONTROLLER

STATUS: FULL-TIME,EXEMPT, SALARIED

Lake Erie College, a small, co-educational, four-year, independent liberal arts college located in Painesville, OH, 30 miles east of Cleveland, invites applications for the full-time position of Senior Accountant. The Senior Accountant assists the Controller by overseeing the accounts payable function, managing fixed asset accounting, and maintaining the general ledger, as well as providing analytical support.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversees timely processing of vendor invoices, check requests, and travel reimbursement documents by assisting in the weekly determination of invoices to be paid.
• Verifies that all disbursements are adequately documented, ensuring goods and services have been received/rendered and have appropriate approval by department heads and/or vice presidents, as required.
• Assists accounts payable staff in resolving payment and vendor issues as needed.
• Maintains the fixed asset module, which involves monitoring the general ledger for any additions and dispositions, communicating with directors and managers regarding capital purchases, capturing information and entering it into the fixed asset module, calculating depreciation and preparing analysis which tests the reasonableness of depreciation. It also requires producing quarterly and annual reports and schedules and reconciling general ledger balances with balances maintained in the fixed asset module.
• Reviews and analyzes repairs and maintenance to ensure proper accounting treatments.
• Provides accounting software assistance to co-workers as it pertains both to use of the general ledger and financial reporting modules.
• Prepares journal entries as needed monthly, quarterly, and at year-end basis.
• Reviews and records endowment and investment activities, including pooled annuities and assets held in trust by others.
• Assists with year-end review and entry of accruals, prepaid expenses, and miscellaneous receivables.
• Prepare financial schedules/reports as needed.
• Provides analytical support, including generating, reviewing, analyzing and communicating financial data that reflects actual financial performance, when requested.
• Assists with budget preparation documents for Institutional Advancement and other areas on campus.
• Assists controller and external auditors as needed during the annual financial audit.
• Assists the Controller in reconciling balance sheet accounts.
• Performs various income and expense reconciliations.
• Reconciles payroll entries to the general ledger.
• Ensures payroll withholding, related liabilities, and clearing accounts are reconciled.
• Reconciles student loan activity (Perkins & institutional).
• Assists the Controller in reconciling the financial module and federal funding to the general ledger.
• Provides financial and program analysis as needed.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, yearly, or on-demand general ledger reports for internally and externally funded grants/contracts.
• Recommends changes to policies and procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the accounting office.
• Ensures compliance with College policies and procedures, as well as county, state, federal regulations, and accreditation requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Controller.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Bachelors degree in accounting or finance
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficiency with accounting software (Jenzabar One is a plus)
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Effective problem-solving abilities.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to work well as part of a team, as well as across academic and administrative departments.
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality and professional conduct.
• Growth and doer mindset and institutional teamwork ethic.
• Creative, strategic, thoughtful, and has a sense of humor.

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