STAFF ACCOUNTANT, GIFTS & ENDOWMENT, Financial Affairs, Comptroller's Office, General Accounting BOSTON, MA

Staff Accountant, Gifts & Endowment, Financial Affairs, Comptroller's Office, General Accounting

The Staff Accountant Gifts & Endowments is a key member of the General Accounting and Financial Reporting team at Boston University. This position has the potential to work a hybrid schedule under the University's remote work guidelines. Major duties of this position include :

• Responsible for reconciling all pledge, endowment, and annuity accounts; examines transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy, distributes monthly reconciliation reports to and works to resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Creation and maintenance of restrictive gift accounts in SAP and Blackbaud CRM
• Reviewing and maintaining paperless document filing system for restricted gift recordkeeping
• Prepare activity-based schedules on restricted accounts to assist in donor reporting
• Preparation of support and annual tax filings for charitable gift annuities and trusts, including Form 1099-R, Form 5227, K-1s.
• Coordinates with other members of General Accounting and other various departments to ensure month-end closing procedures are completed in a timely manner.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual external audit, including preparing schedules and support related to audit selections.
• Other duties as needed to help drive to our vision, fulfill our mission, and support our team.

Pay Range : Minimum $53,200, Midpoint $71,900, Maximum $90,500. Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

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We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.