Title: Accounting Assistant
Classification: C3
Department: Accounting Business Office
Job Summary: Maintain accurate accounting records and provide support for the Accounting Office.
Primary Duties & Global Responsibilities:
- Ability to understand and interpret data off of the appropriate mainframe system.
- Enters complex data to the appropriate mainframe system.
- Reviews and reconciles output of the appropriate mainframe system.
- Works with third parties (both on and off campus) to solve system and procedural problems.
- Assists with installation of system enhancements and up-grades.
- Sets system parameters for necessary reports and programs.
- Prepares cash projections for the Assistant VP for Business and Finance.
- Resolves credit card disputes.
- Prepares journal entries.
- Supervises student employees.
- Other duties as assigned.
Secondary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assists with the training of system users.
- Maintains the investment and money transfer log.
- Reconciles the ledgers at month end.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- High school graduate.
- Minimum of three years of related work experience and/or relevant training.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully maintain positive interpersonal relationships.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully operate office equipment.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully provide quality customer service.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully maintain satisfactory work performance and attendance record.
- Possess good verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully to use various computer software applications.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully work independently, organize own work and coordinate work activities of others.
- Demonstrated experience to successfully perform mathematical calculations with speed and accuracy.
Desired Qualifications:
- Some college course work.
- Experience in higher education.
- Supervisory experience.
- Experience with mainframe applications.
Supervision Received: Receives general instructions from a designated supervisor, but is generally expected to work independently.
Supervision Exercised: Hire, train, supervise, schedule and coordinate the work of student employees and may act as lead worker to other COT staff members within the department/unit/division. May participate in personnel decisions, such as hiring, terminating, disciplining and evaluating of COT's, but is not the decision maker.
Revised Date: September 1997
For questions regarding employment, email Human Resources Employment Information. TDD Callers: Call Michigan Relay Center 1-800-649-3777.
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