Job description

Job Summary

Works under general supervision to perform complex professional accounting work, which requires considerable experience and involves establishing and maintaining controls and records of materials and financial transactions.

Experience and Education

Master’s degree with three (3) years professional experience in governmental and/or commercial accounting or auditing.

Bachelor’s degree with five (5) years professional experience in governmental and/or commercial accounting or auditing.

Associate’s degree with seven (7) years professional experience in governmental and/or commercial accounting or auditing.

Job Duties

Maintains internal accounting procedures, clerical operations, and workflow to maximize efficiency.

Advises management personnel relative to planning and revising budgets to ensure monies are expended correctly and no financial difficulties occur as result of inadequate planning or underestimates of projected expenses.

Prepares or coordinates preparation of monthly, quarterly, and/or annual financial reports, schedules for such financial reports and other special reports as required.

Approves expense vouchers.

Verifies ledgers for correctness and maintenance of adequate balances and reconciles monthly and annual reports.

May supervise posting of entries to such ledgers as general, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

Examines postings in ledgers and journals for accuracy and compliance with prescribed accounting procedures.

May determine work priorities for staff of lower level Accountants and/or Accounting Clerks.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Work requires ability to exercise considerable judgment in interpretation of policy and application of accounting procedures and practices to work problems.

Work requires advanced knowledge of spreadsheets and word-processing software.

Work requires ability to apply mathematical reasoning to analyze data and identify discrepancies in financial accounts.

Work requires skill in using ten key by touch.

Working Conditions

Work is performed primarily in general office area.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

For COVID-19 vaccine information, applicants should visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/covid-19/work-on-campus/

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; sex; including sexual harassment; age; disability; genetic information; citizenship status; and protected veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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