Accounting Technician Job Description
Accounting Technician Duties & Responsibilities
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Accounting Technician Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Accounting Technician
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Education for Accounting Technician
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Skills for Accounting Technician
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Accounting Technician Examples
Accounting Technician Job Description
- Assist with moving expenses for new employees based on the moving policy
- Working in conjunction with game operations, responsible for paying all home game official fees
- Back-up to the Personnel Assistant for Corporation Payroll and Benefits
- Back-up to the Personnel Assistant for the reconciliation and preparation of bank/credit card deposits and release to the deposit pick-up
- Receipting and processing of deposits received by the Business Office
- Posting to the general ledger, general journals
- Assist in answering general business office phone calls
- A comprehensive and competitive total rewards package based on your experience and performance.All resume information received in confidence
- Receives request from Units for purchasing of goods and services
- For all contracts over $5000, ensures an AP approval form has been signed off by Unit heads and the Dean
- Three years financial services experience in an FCA regulatory environment
- Financial services experience in an FCA regulatory environment
- Prior sales tax experience preferred
- Microsoft Excel knowledge preferred
- Client/contractor interactions and business/banking set up
- Year end preparation, T4s, T5s and ROEs
Accounting Technician Job Description
- Inputs new standing purchase orders (SPO) in the CU Marketplace
- Works with units to gather the proper documentation in order to pay vendors
- Position is responsible for preparing cash receipts for deposit at the Bursar's Office and CU Foundation in a timely manner
- Position is responsible for creating journal entries for cash transfers and/or to correct past transactions coded in error as requested by the Director and Accounting Manager
- Prepares new Peoplesoft FOPPS requests for gift, general and auxiliary funds
- Proactively runs suspense reports and makes correcting journal entries as needed before each month end close
- Position will send back-up documentation to the Bursar's office as requested per University Policy
- Acts as accounting specialist for assigned units within the Leeds School of Business
- Enters journal entries as needed for cash transfers and to correct errors
- May lead any special projects pertaining to assigned unit's finances and needs
- Trains and mentors student assistants
- Ability to follow departmental policies and guidelines
- 2-4 year’s payables experience required
- Effective personal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks at once
- Ability to manage multi-data sources to draw conclusions
Accounting Technician Job Description
- Prepare year-end files for the external accountant (supporting documents, inventory cutoff, reconciliation of accounts payable and receivable)
- Working with financial accounts of moderate variety and complexity
- Monitors and verifies project budgets
- Interpreting policies, rules and regulations related to research and sponsored funding compliance
- Responsible for employee time sheets
- Reviewing travel authorization compliance and reimbursements for all employees
- Coordinating vendor set up in financial management system
- Responsible for Purchase Card reconciling reviewing receipts, uploading any additional documentation ensuring compliance
- Placing orders for grant funded expenditures to include books, grant-related supplies, and supplies for schools (NELA grant)
- Maintains grant files to include set up and destroy list
- Relevant financial and accounting experience performing technical level duties in accounting, banking, or finance for corporations or non-profit organizations may be substituted for the education and credit requirements
- Must have skill with Microsoft 2010 or newer programs
- Processes requests from City operating departments to pay vendors for goods and services rendered to city-wide operating departments
- Reviews vendor invoices to ensure that they are batched by contract vendors and that corresponding receiving reports are consistent, specifically pertaining to cost, items, and quantity
- Reviews invoice packets to determine if full or partial payments are being requested based on the extent of goods or services that were received
- Verifies the accuracy of remittance addresses, voucher numbers, funding strip codes, and contract data by comparing invoices with purchase order information in the City Financial Management and Purchasing System (FMPS)
Accounting Technician Job Description
- Approves invoice payments by generating voucher documents once the availability of funds have been verified and that procured items are verified as covered by an existing, valid contract agreement
- Organizes and packages voucher documents, invoices, and support documents by date, vendor name, and remittance address for dissemination and imaging for record keeping purposes
- Provides a brief description of problems and places a Hold on invoices with discrepancies, and escalates those that don’t meet established payment processing requirements to the Exception Invoice Processing unit for investigation and resolution
- Reviews program contracts, budgets and budget amendments, and revisions for conformance to federal, state, and local government accounting requirements
- Interprets contract provisions in order to identify allowable and non-allowable expenditures
- Resolves problems regarding budget limitations, allocations or modifications, and prepares necessary documentation
- Provides technical assistance on the preparation of documents for reimbursement to contractors, subcontractors, or other agencies
- Maintains control documents/spreadsheets
- Prepares routine financial reports and approves vouchers for payment
- Uses computerized accounting systems to record and reconcile accounting records
- May supervise and review the work of subordinates engaged in the posting of ledger accounts, the preparation of trial balance and summary accounts, and the preliminary auditing of reimbursement requests
- AS/AA degree in Accounting, Business or related field plus two years full-time accounting experience working with computerized accounting systems, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions and duties as listed above
- Proficient in the use of spreadsheet, word processing and database applications
- Ability to interpret and apply complete Federal and State fiscal regulations to analyze and correct accounting and financial problems and errors
- Audits a variety of large volume and time sensitive transactions and invoices
- Monitor policy changes and update SOPs as necessary
Accounting Technician Job Description
- Maintains control ledgers, prepares routine financial reports and approves vouchers for payment
- Reconcile vendor statements as required monthly, at audit required times
- Ensure accuracy and timeliness of invoice processing and payments
- Process invoices and check requests utilizing SAP electronic PO 3 way matching and/or workflow
- Monitor and resolve open AP transactions
- Heavy interaction with site personnel, vendors, Project Controllers, Business Managers and other internal customers
- Entry of vendor invoices for payment
- Ensure the proper matching of invoices and investigation of issues as needed
- Reconcile vendor balances to transaction history
- Maintains AP vendor files for record retention
- Previous experience with financial software/accounting systems
- Previous work experience conducting contract review
- Knowledge of the following systems OR other grant management programs
- Assist in the execution of compilation, bookkeeping and tax engagements
- Communicate with government authorities regarding information requests, assessments and installments
- Set up client files, assist with the completion of internal budgets and other administrative planning and completion aspects of accounting work