Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting

Director Of Accounting And Financial Reporting

Reporting to the University Controller, the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting manages accounting operations and staff. The Director issues timely financial reports, collaborates with internal departments for financial reporting and problem solving, maintains an adequate system of accounting records, maintains a comprehensive set of internal controls and efficient business practices designed to mitigate risk, enhances the accuracy of the organization's reported financial results, and ensures that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles as well as appropriate federal, state, and institutional regulations and standards.

Major duties and responsibilities include serving as primary keeper of the University's accounting records and accuracy of general ledger, ensuring compliance with GAAP, other federal, state, and institutional regulations and segregation of duties, developing and maintaining accounting policies and procedures, planning, organizing, and coordinating the month-end and year-end close process, managing, directing and overseeing accounts payable with budget check functionality, managing appropriate balances in assigned bank accounts ensuring timely bank reconciliations, ensuring accurate and timely completion of the University's tax filings, long term debt, and capital asset schedules and adjustments, and other pertinent schedules and filings, preparing internal financial statements, including cash flow statements, debt service to credit ratio, and other ad-hoc financial analyses and reports as needed, training accounting staffs, and performing other duties as assigned.

Other duties and assignments include performing other duties as assigned.

Job requirements include a bachelor of science in accounting, finance, or related field (master's degree preferred), 7-9 years of experience in accounting and financial management, preferred in higher education, ability to be an agent of change in a rapidly changing environment, ability to build relationships, act as an accounting subject matter expert, and influence at all levels, both internally and externally, proven ability to analyze large data to identify trends and drive innovation within the related field, strong oral and written communication skills, CPA strongly preferred, but not required, managing budget and expenses for the team according to University policies and procedures, training, coaching other employees, scheduling, providing daily work direction to other employees, providing formal performance evaluation for other employees, hiring and disciplinary action, and expert at Microsoft Excel and student information systems as it relates to accounting and financial management. Comfortable using products within Microsoft Office and Google Suite. Workday experience a plus.