Accounting Jobs in Austin, TX

Job Details

Job Location

Huston-Tillotson University - AUSTIN, TX

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

4 Year Degree

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Accounting Specialist should be a self-starting professional who is comfortable using analytics. The Accounting Specialist will be responsible for preparing and reviewing financial documents, statements, and reports. The Accounting Specialist will support the Business Office, monitoring University finances, helping with budget expansions and financial advice. The Accounting Specialist will assist the campus community, to include students, when engaged through the appropriate channel, to help answer questions / concerns relating to financial accounts.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the preparation of financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly close schedule;
• Responsible for accounting, analysis and reporting for payroll;
• Prepare monthly general ledger account reconciliations;
• Assist with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances;
• Assist with financial and tax audits;
• Assist with preparing University reporting requirements;
• Reviews and recommends modifications to accounting systems and procedures;
• Reviews accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations to various ledgers, registers, journals and logs following established accounting procedures, makes or directs the correcting entries;
• Serves as backup with monthly reconciliation of investment accounts;
• Reviews the quarterly fixed asset schedules and journal entries into the general and fixed asset subsidiary ledgers;
• Manage the Payroll email
• Other projects as assigned

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

SUPERVISION

SALARY RANGE

POSITION STATUS

SETTING

Founded in 1875, Huston-Tillotson University is Austin's first institution of higher education. The University is an independent, liberal arts, church-related, historically black institution located on a 23-acre tree-lined campus near downtown Austin, Texas. The University is affiliated with United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, and the United Negro College Fund. Undergraduate, four-year degrees in business, education, the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences are awarded. Huston-Tillotson University is multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-faith, and welcomes students of all ages, races, and religions. All faculty are engaged in a range of activities, their primary focus is teaching. The student-teacher ratio is 15 to one, which allows an environment of personalized attention to students.