Accounting Manager
University of Arkansas System
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- The Accounting Manager is responsible for leading the College of Education and Health Professions (COEHP) centralized accounting team.
- Financial Oversight: Monitoring worktag balances to ensure sufficient funding for all expenditures and informing departments, when necessary, about budgetary issues; monitoring the setup of grant budgets posted by OSP for accuracy, working with COEHP’s Grants & Research team when budget revisions are needed; creating accounts within the college's reporting system and maintaining college’s worktag listing.
- Specialized Billing & Registrations: Managing Medicaid billing for the Autism Waiver Program and maintaining college conference registrations and reporting through University platforms (transitioning from Registration Guru to Ideal Logic).
- Reporting: Review the monthly financial reports prepared by the accountants for departmental deans, directors, and Principal Investigators (PIs) for accuracy. Reconciling Cash Net (credit card) & college conference registration payments and preparing weekly reports to be emailed to the conference administrators.
- Training & Development: Leading the professional growth of the college by providing comprehensive training for new accounting staff and conducting both one-on-one and group training sessions for departmental administrators to ensure college-wide compliance and proficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, general business or a related field from an accredited institution of higher education or experience equivalency
- At least four years of experience in fiscal operations
- At least two years in a supervisory or leadership capacity
- Master's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field from an accredited institution of higher education (preferred)
- At least three or more years of experience supervising/managing a team of employees (preferred)
- Direct experience with grant and/or contract awards and proposals, university endowment accounting, and state and university procurement policies and procedures (preferred)
- Experience with Workday, Quickbooks, Smartsheets or other ERP financial systems (preferred)
Benefits
- university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance
- tuition waivers for employees and their families
- 12 official holidays
- immediate leave accrual
- choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial oversightbudget managementgrant budgetingbilling managementfinancial reportingreconciliationtraining and developmentsupervisory experiencefiscal operationsaccounting
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillstrainingprofessional developmentcomplianceteam managementinterpersonal skillsproblem-solvingcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree (preferred)