assistant comptroller.

Temporary Position - 2 month assignment
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hourly Pay: $31 to $35 per hour

Responsibilities:
- General Ledger Management: Review general ledger activity to ensure transactions are accurately recorded and properly classified.
- Journal Entries: Prepare, review, and post year-end journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, corrections, and other closing adjustments.
- Reconciliation: Perform detailed reconciliations of balance sheet and income statement accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness of year-end balances.
- Analysis: Analyze financial data and account activity to identify and resolve discrepancies, variances, and unreconciled items.
- Compliance: Review accounting transactions for compliance with established accounting principles, policies, and procedures.
- Closing Oversight: Monitor completion of assigned close tasks and ensure adherence to established closing schedules.
- Account Review: Review and reconcile cash, receivables, payables, prepaid expenses, accrued liabilities, deferred revenues, and other key accounts as required.
- Financial Reporting Support: Assist with the preparation of year-end financial schedules, supporting documentation, and accounting analyses, and verify the accuracy of adjustments affecting fiscal year-end financial reporting.
- Problem Solving: Research accounting issues arising during the close process and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation supporting journal entries, reconciliations, and year-end accounting adjustments.
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to promote an efficient, accurate, and timely fiscal year-end close.
- General Support: Perform other year-end closing and accounting-related duties as assigned.

Working hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Skills:
- Previous experience in higher education or a public sector finance environment.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities during a fast-paced closing cycle.
- Excellent communication skills for collaborating with internal teams to resolve accounting issues.

Education:
Bachelors

Experience:
1-4 years

Qualifications:
- Knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting standards.
- Proficiency in general ledger reconciliation and journal entry preparation.
- Proven ability to analyze financial data to identify discrepancies and variances.
- Experience with year-end closing processes and deadline management.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in documentation and financial review.


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