Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant

The Staff Accountant will manage all revenue, deferred revenue, internal billing, and cash receipts operations for Booth's Executive Education and Conference Center business units. The position will assist the Senior Associate Director in developing the business analytics model to produce monthly, quarterly, and annual business metrics / fiscal closing reports for month-end close process to achieve KPIs of accuracy, completeness and timeliness of invoice and payment processing activities. The Staff Accountant is required to develop and maintain an understanding of current policies and procedures, and to be in adherence with city, state and federal government regulations. The position will also provide support, as required, to assist the Senior Director and all operating Associate Deans, Directors, Associate Directors in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Gleacher Center Executive Education, Conference Center, and Executive MBA Program units.

Responsibilities include managing the full revenue and accounts receivable cycle as well as all cash receipts operations including all aspects of customer invoicing, deferred revenue, and revenue recognition for businesses totaling approximately $30 million dollars annually. The Staff Accountant will also work as a lead person for the Executive Education and Conference Center invoicing, cash receipting and cash application office. This requires knowledge of University revenue accounting as well as cash receipting and cash application policies and procedures.

Additional responsibilities include developing various aging and business metrics reports to review invoices and payment status, developing and administering accounts receivable and deferred revenue databases, analyzing and manipulating data and preparing standard and ad hoc statistical reports as required. The Staff Accountant will also work with the Senior Associate Director to develop data analytics for major customer categories, including Executive Education's open enrollment by program and program type, such as Finance, Strategy, Leadership, etc.

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in a related field and knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, e-mail and the Internet, excellent interpersonal and communications skills, proven ability to organize complex projects, obtain colleague's cooperation, work through problems and deliver a clean finished product on time consistently, and consistently work effectively with a diverse group of constituencies : staff, faculty, and vendors.