Accountant II at Stanislaus State

Join a team that values collaboration, having fun, and helping students succeed! Cal State Stanislaus is recruiting an Accountant II to join their team in Turlock, CA. This position is responsible for a full range of accounting skills while applying policies, governmental accounting standards, and GAAP to university and auxiliary financial activities. This is a great opportunity to strengthen your accounting skills and grow both personally and professionally. Learn more and apply today!

Another Source's client,California State University, Stanislaus, is recruiting an Accountant II to join their team in Turlock, CA. This is a hybrid role (2 - 3 days per week on-site, and 2 - 3 days per week remote), once fully trained and depending on business needs. Join a team that values collaboration, having fun, and helping students succeed!

Here's a little aboutCalifornia State University, Stanislausand the position they are recruiting for:

Stanislaus State serves a diverse student body of more than10,000and enjoys anideal location in the heart of California's Central Valley, a short distance from the San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey, Big Sur, and the Sierra Nevada. The campus is located in the City of Turlock, a community that prides itself on its small-town atmosphere, clean living space, excellent schools and low crime rate. The campus itself is a beautiful, park-like setting, shaded by hundreds of trees and graced by ponds, trickling streams and waterfalls. The picturesque campus offers moments of peace and relaxation to busy students, faculty, and staff.

Stanislaus State is part of the California State University, a 23-campus systemacross California. With more than 400,000 students, it is the largest, the most diverse, and one of the most affordable university systems in the country.

The CSU offers a premium benefit package that includes, but is not limited to, outstanding vacation, health, dental, and vision plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 14 paid holidays a year.

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Is This Job for Me?

Under minimal supervision of the University Accounting Manager, this position applies principles of accounting to analyze financial information, interprets new and existing federal and state regulations; performs complex professional and technical accounting functions for the University and its related entities; reconciles accounting records, meets required deadlines, creates financial reports to meet operational needs; provides consultative services to supervisors in resolving accounting problems and other financial duties as listed. This position is journey level professional accountant performing a full range of accounting skills while applying policies, governmental accounting standards and generally accepted accounting principles and practices to university and auxiliary financial activities.

Job Duties:

40% - Reconcile and analyze general ledger accounts within appropriate guidelines. Apply problem solving skills and implement resolutions including process improvements and general ledger corrections. Recommend policy and procedural changes with generally accepted accounting standards, GASB and FASB regulation, and tax rules.

30% - Participate in monthly and year-end accounting close processes, including journal preparation and entry, analysis, evaluation and interpretation of financial data. Communicate with other departments as required to obtain needed information. Analyze complex accounting processes involving multiple feeder systems and provide recommendations for problem solving as appropriate. Prepare year-end journal entries and audit work papers.

20% - Monitor and review various fund transactions and balances. Follow up as necessary with departments to resolve issues.

5% - Cross train and "back-up" other Accountants.

5% - Other duties as assigned.

What Will Make You Successful?

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Equivalent to a bachelor's degree with a major in accounting, business administration, finance or a closely related field OR a combination of education and additional experience which provides the required knowledge and abilities.
• Experience: Equivalent to two years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience
• General knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Advanced proficiency with current word processing and spreadsheet software programs, web browsers, query tools, integrated financial systems and/or other types of records management systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field with accounting course work of 15 units
• Experience/working knowledge of governmental and/or non-profit accounting methods and related laws, rules and regulations.
• Experience with PeopleSoft, Query, and databases or similar software systems.

• Experience with higher education and it's related auxiliary organizations.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to monitor the day-to-day financial activities in an accounting system of an auxiliary operation or a major segment of the University accounting system.
• Ability to prepare ad-hoc financial reporting using database query tools
• Experience with tax preparation including 1099s, sales, and use tax, UBIT, state and federal withholding
• Ability to generate and interpret financial statements and reports

• Ability to operate a 10 key calculator
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple ongoing projects
• Demonstrated ability to manage financial projects or financial aspects of grants
• Demonstrated ability to train, guide and assist other employees in related areas of responsibility.
• Ability to comply with CSU policies and procedures

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PeopleSoft or similar system.
• Working knowledge of federal student financial aid annual reporting requirements, and quarterly grant reporting requirements

The CSU requires faculty, staff, and students who are accessing campus facilities to be immunized against COVID-19 or declare a medical or religious exemption from doing so. Any candidates advanced in a currently open search process should be prepared to comply with this requirement. The systemwide policy can be found athttps://calstate.policystat.com/policy/9779821/latest/ and https://www.csustan.edu/hr/covid-19

The University is fully committed to creating a culture of diversity and inclusion - one in which every person in the University community feels safe to express their views without fear of reprisal. California State University, Stanislaus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered veteran status, or any other protected status.

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