Manager of General Accounting

The Catholic University of America

• $100K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
  • Certified Public Accountant preferred
  • 3-5 years experience in business-side analytical role on finance or accounting team
  • Proficiency in Excel, Word, Peoplesoft Financials, HR-Payroll, and Cardinal Students System
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team-oriented environment
  • Strong analytical skills in interpreting reports
  • Extremely detail-oriented with high attention to accuracy
  • Self-directed and proactive with a focus on anticipating ad-hoc needs

Responsibilities

  • Review daily, weekly and monthly analyses and reconciliations for designated staff and areas
  • Prepare various journal entries and accruals relating to monthly close process
  • Oversee journal entries prepared by the accounting staff during close process
  • Develop and maintain relationships with business owners for continuous improvement and transparency
  • Provide oversight to maintain controls surrounding designated business cycles
  • Coordinate external audits and prepare financial reports, including financial statements and footnotes
  • Identify and implement solutions for system/procedure problems and conduct ad hoc analyses as requested

Benefits

  • Opportunity for leadership and project coordination
  • Engagement with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement and strengthen internal controls
  • Variety of analytical tasks including special projects and process improvement initiatives
  • Potential for professional development through implementation of new accounting pronouncements
  • Work in a team-oriented environment that values communication and collaboration
Full Job Description
Posting Title

Manager of General Accounting

Overview

The General Accounting Manager's primary responsibilities are to review, analyze financial data, and reconciliations; prepare financial reports and regulatory filings, prepare complex financial statement disclosures, coordinate activities and requests from internal and external auditors. This position is also responsible for providing effective project coordination and leadership.

The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position which represents the full range of anticipated compensation is: $100,000.

Responsibilities

  • Duties in this role will consistent of operational (accounting based) finance duties including, but not limited to the following:
  • Review of daily, weekly and monthly analyses and reconciliations for designated staff and areas
  • Understanding of Financial Statements / general ledger accounts to be able to prep journal entries appropriately
  • Preparation of various journal entries and accruals relating to monthly close process
  • Help close process in reporting actuals, overseeing JE's prepped by the accounting staff
  • Develop and maintain relationships with business owners and stakeholders for designated areas such as standing meetings and monthly financial reporting packages that foster continuous improvement and monitoring of internal controls and facilitate transparency and connectivity between financial reporting and business operations
  • Provide oversight in individual tasks to maintain controls surrounding designated business cycles
    • Coordination of external audit;
    • Preparation of financial reports including financial statements and footnotes, internal board/mgmt. reports, annual report, and external reports as identified;
    • Assist in the analysis and implementation of new accounting pronouncements
    • Identify system/procedure problems, conduct researches, and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions;
    • Process improvement, standardizing and streamlining procedures;
    • Ad hoc analyses as requested by the Management
  • Occasional long hours may be required in accordance with deadlines or special projects


Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
  • Certified Public Accountant Preferred
  • 3-5 years experience in business-side analytical role on finance or accounting team
  • Proficiency in excel, word, Peoplesoft Financials, HR-Payroll and Cardinal Students System
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
  • Strong analytical skills in interpreting reports.
  • Extremely detail-oriented and high attention to accuracy
  • Able to develop positive rapport with key contacts across the team/organization/network
  • Self-directed and proactive - must aim to understand the 'flow' of the monthly process and work ahead of this process as urgent ad-hoc items tend to pop up

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