Senior General Ledger Accountant
Cotulla Education
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
- 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
- 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) and develop system rules that impact institutional policy
- Lead testing, upgrades, and troubleshooting of financial systems
- Conduct annual assessments of property management practices and serve as liaison to external auditors, agencies, and consultants
- Prepare and analyze reports: manage and reconcile the University’s Fixed Asset System, prepare year-end property management entries, and produce reports for sponsored awards agencies (including ONR)
- Coordinate campus-wide physical inventories and oversee surplus property disposal to meet federal, state, and University policies
- Train faculty, staff, and administrators on property management issues, GAAP, GASB, and fund accounting
- Carry out special financial projects, support institutional missions, and participate in continuing education
- Provide backup support to other unit positions and participate in institutional processes requiring occasional evening/weekend work
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
- Preferred: Master’s degree
- Preferred: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Research Administrator designations
- Prior experience with advanced financial systems software
- Comprehensive knowledge of fund accounting procedures and guidelines (AICPA, FASB, 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 to explain complex guidelines and interact with regulatory agencies and auditors
- Skill to organize information, perform financial calculations, interpret guidelines, and prepare financial reports, analyses, and summaries
- Ability to foster cooperation and exercise professional judgment in new/unusual situations
