Accountant IV

Accountant IV

The Accountant IV serves as the lead accountant and primary liaison for the Massachusetts Management Accounting and Reporting System (MMARS / MOSIAC) and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM). This role is responsible for managing and communicating financial matters with the Comptroller's Office, Assistant Comptroller, Finance team, and college-wide stakeholders. The position performs high-level financial analysis, makes independent decisions, and resolves complex issues in collaboration with internal departments, state agencies, external vendors, and auditors. Key responsibilities include reconciling state funds exceeding $50 million annually, overseeing the PCARD program and related training, and ensuring compliance with college-wide financial procedures. This position also facilitates communication with state departments and agencies on significant accounting matters. Regular use of systems such as Banner, MMARS, LCM, Warehouse, Mobius, Workers Comp, State Intercept, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, US Bank, and Emburse is required to carry out responsibilities effectively.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following :

• Liaison for state financial accounting system Massachusetts Management Accounting and Reporting System (MMARS) / (MOSIAC)
• Utilize state MMARS / (MIOSIAC) system o Year-end / monthly reconciliation of appropriations
• Maintain tracking sheet for college-wide monthly chargebacks from the state
• Bi-weekly reporting for MMARS appropriation and expenditures for NECC Comptroller
• Develop projection and calculate funding for College payroll as required
• Create and implement access report of information from warehouse to track payroll spending
• Track and issue payments for DCAMM projects, supporting Director of Procurement and Director of Budget and Grants
• Review ISAs for completeness and validity
• RT / TV- reconciliation of MMARS to Banner
• Attend monthly training courses
• Assist with the DynaCash open / close process
• Maintain year-end payroll holds
• Administrator and Accounting Lead for College Wide PCARD (credit card) Program
• Mitigating fraud
• Managing expenditures for all departments
• Manage all users and PCARD holders in US bank
• Issuing / managing PCARD
• Train all users one on one
• PCARD policy
• Reallocation process / US Bank user training
• Posting and reconciling of transactions
• Maintain PCARD Change forms to track changes for audit
• Maintain PCARD Delegation forms for approvals
• Implementation of Instant card for Athletics
• Observing misuse or excessive spending with PCARD analysis
• Collaborate with IT to create and maintain error report to identify missing reallocations
• Emburse implementation in progress which will utilize a new platform for users to reallocate transactions with a more user-friendly interface
• Utilize LCM to assist Payroll in correcting errors
• Generate LARQs to reallocate payroll in state finance system (MMARS)
• Utilize LCM to identify payroll changes and adjustments
• Regular communication with HR / Payroll leaders and the Finance team
• Other Duties
• Assist and support in all internal and external audit activities
• Support finance system led projects
• Support Accounts Payable
• Complete monthly bank reconciliation for Money Market accounts
• Pull intercepts and send to student accounts, monthly posting
• Maintain Banner Requisition Approval Queue
• Generate a variety of monthly journal entries
• Maintain and reconcile Uncashed Check Report on a monthly basis
• Reconcile Banner with MMARS monthly
• Serve as backup for the Budget Director when he / she is not available
• Play a key role on Finance IT Projects that are enterprise-wide initiatives
• Other financial and operational projects as assigned by the Comptroller

Minimum qualifications : Applicants must have at least (A) four years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional experience in accounting or auditing, of which at least (B) two years must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity, or (C) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

Substitutions :

Preferred qualifications :

Mass State and higher education accounting experience

Solid accounting knowledge and experience in accounts payables, account receivables and budget processes and systems

Ellucian Banner experience

MMARS experience

Budget system / software experience

Bilingual English Spanish

Experience working with and supporting a culturally diverse population

Equivalency statement : Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience has prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

Salary : $2,685.24 - $3,795.56 biweekly ($69,816.24 - $98,684.56 annually). Pay grade 20; An appointment from outside the bargaining unit (AFSCME) must start at Step I of the range. Complete fringe benefit package including competitive health insurance, free dental insurance, basic life insurance, long-term disability insurance, paid sick, vacation and personal leave, educational benefits for employee / spouse / dependents, and excellent retirement benefits.

Anticipated start date : ASAP

Application instructions :

To apply : To be considered for this position click on the "Apply Now" button, you will be prompted to set up a new account or login to an existing account. You will be able to upload the following required documents for consideration : Cover Letter, describing your qualifications and / or how you may be best suited for the role Resume / CV Review of applications will begin 5 business days from the posting date and will continue until the position is filled. Please note that finalist candidates will be asked to provide contact information for three (3) professional references, including current supervisor (or at least two previous supervisors) Deadline : Open until filled