Community Association Manager
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Lead Corporate Accountant – Financial Projects and Compliance
WVU Online
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Virginia, West Virginia
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Senior
About the role
- Lead Property Management: Develop, coordinate, and implement systems, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, sponsor, and University property management regulations; provide in-depth analyses, identify trends, and recommend policies and procedures
- Manage Financial Systems Integration: Lead design, coding, and implementation of financial system integrations (including the Fixed Asset accounting module); maintain expertise across modules (general ledger, grants, payroll, AP, procurement); develop system rules; lead testing, upgrades, and troubleshooting
- Ensure Compliance and Audit Readiness: Conduct annual assessments of property management practices; serve as liaison to external auditors, agencies, and consultants; respond to audit findings and update policy as needed
- Prepare and Analyze Reports: Manage and reconcile the University’s Fixed Asset System; prepare year-end property management entries; produce reports for sponsored awards agencies including ONR; develop methodologies to resolve discrepancies
- Oversee Inventory and Surplus Management: Coordinate campus-wide physical inventories; ensure compliance with state and federal standards; oversee surplus property disposal
- Provide Training and Guidance: Train faculty, staff, and administrators on property management issues and compliance requirements; share expertise in GAAP, GASB, and fund accounting
- Support Strategic Projects: Carry out special financial projects, support institutional missions, and stay current through continuing education in accounting and federal property regulations
- Other Responsibilities: Provide backup support to other unit positions; participate in institutional processes requiring occasional evening/weekend work; other duties as assigned
- Work environment: Primarily remote with occasional on-campus activities for meetings, inventory duties/issues, external audits
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or related field
- A minimum of five (5) years of related experience
- Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered
- All qualifications must be met by the time of employment
- Preferred: Master’s degree
- Preferred: Certified Public Accountant or Certified Research Administrator designations
- Preferred: Prior experience with advanced financial systems software
- Comprehensive knowledge of fund accounting procedures and guidelines established by the AICPA, FASB, and GASB
- Advanced proficiency in automated accounting systems, financial reporting tools, and software (spreadsheets, databases, word processing)
- Ability to develop custom queries and extract data using high-level programming languages
- High level analytical and critical thinking abilities, organizational and time management skills, and problem solving skills
- Oral and written communication skills necessary to explain complex guidelines, justify recommendations, and interact with regulatory agencies and auditors
- Skill to organize information, perform financial calculations, interpret guidelines, draw logical conclusions, and prepare financial reports, analyses, and summaries
- Ability to foster cooperation and harmony among groups and exercise professional judgment in new and/or unusual situations
