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Accounting

The Accounting Assistant performs accounting activities such as updating and maintaining accounting records and preparing various accounting statements, billing documents, and financial reports; enters, retrieves, and maintains information on computerized accounting system; processes customer orders, prepares invoices, and coordinates mailings; calculates, posts, reconciles, and verifies duties to obtain primary financial data; maintains restricted and general funds budgets; collects payments and counsels customers.

• Reconcile, review and approve accounting records and transactions
• Make corrections to transactions and databases
• Calculate revenue, expenditure and budget transactions
• Analyze accounting records for accuracy and completeness; research and solve accounting problems; determine proper classification and coding of income and expenditures
• Develop a variety of reports as needed
• Maintain current fee schedules; batch log of deposits; and prepare and make all daily bank deposits
• May provide financial management information
• Assist with planning and coordinating events and projects

Level:

– Intermediate Support

Base Description:

– Completes administrative activities and tasks of a technical or functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates ability to perform intermediate tasks in defined skill areas. Demonstrates intermediate knowledge of internal procedures. Works under general supervision, performing assignments that may be varied and sometimes difficult. Supports team decisions and follows through with team responsibilities. Interprets and communicates information clearly and accurately. Demonstrates intermediate problem–solving skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– May provide basic direction to lower level support staff

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Handles routine financial transactions
– May validate and pay invoices

Problem Solving:

– Encounters generally routine problems; occasionally faces more complex and/or varied problems
– Typically follows recommended course of action and procedures to resolve problems
– Applies knowledge of institutional policies and procedures in determining course of action

Independence of Action:

– Work is generally monitored by supervisor
– Detailed instructions and procedures are generally provided
– Uses available guidelines to make appropriate adaptations to routine situations and refers other situations to supervisor

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally within working unit and/or the University
– May communicate with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– Collaborates closely with team members
– Interprets and communicates information, ideas and instructions clearly and accurately both verbally and in written materials that may be intended for distribution

• Comp Grade – 5
• Minimum – $38,300.00
• MidPoint – $46,900.00
• Maximum – $55,500.00