UC Law SF

Senior Accountant

San Francisco, CA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$110k-$115kDetected 37 days ago

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About the role

Have experience and knowledge of financial statement preparation and analysis; have the ability to translate financial performance to various constituencies including faculty, employees and College leadership.

Perform General Ledger account reconciliations to various GL sub-ledgers, analyze data and results and make recommendations for corrections and adjustments.
Maintain the chart of accounts including new account creation, signature authorization assignments, and GL account security access.
Maintain and reconcile capital assets sub-ledgers to the general ledger.

The ideal candidate for this position will: Have a strong working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and government standards (GASB).

Have a strong working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and government standards (GASB).
Have experience and knowledge of financial statement preparation and analysis
have the ability to translate financial performance to various constituencies including faculty, employees and College leadership.
Have experience accounting for fixed assets and have a solid understanding of determining asset type, useful life, accounting for accumulated depreciation, recording salvage value, asset acquisition and disposal.
Enjoy multi-tasking, working in a fast-paced environment with strong time management skills to meet deadlines and strong communication skills to ensure job priorities are appropriate.
Enjoy working with others to understand their department and program needs and assist them in understanding how to process and interpret financial transactions.
Typical duties and responsibilities of the

$110,000-$115,000 (commensurate with experience) THE ROLE The Senior Accountant has an important and visible role within the Accounting and Reporting unit.
This position is also responsible for creating and processing monthly journal entries; general ledger maintenance; user access; account reconciliations; accounting and reporting for fixed assets, coordinating the UC Law SF Foundation's 990 tax return, and accounting for sales and use tax and other miscellaneous business taxes.
The ideal candidate for this position will: Have a strong working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and government standards (GASB).
Have experience and knowledge of financial statement preparation and analysis; have the ability to translate financial performance to various constituencies including faculty, employees and College leadership.
Have experience accounting for fixed assets and have a solid understanding of determining asset type, useful life, accounting for accumulated depreciation, recording salvage value, asset acquisition and disposal.
Enjoy multi-tasking, working in a fast-paced environment with strong time management skills to meet deadlines and strong communication skills to ensure job priorities are appropriate.

Accurately process journal entries for bank fees, gift fees, new endowed gifts, grant benefit true-up, indirect cost allocation, purchasing re-charges, printing fee allocations and others as assigned.

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