Financial Accounting and Reporting Analyst (144484)
- Employer
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Location
- Champaign, IL
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- Institutional & Business Affairs, Business & Financial Management
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- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Financial Accounting & Reporting Analyst
University Accounting & Financial Reporting
University of Illinois System - Urbana
The University System Office seeks a Financial Accounting & Reporting Analyst to, under administrative direction, prepare financial statements and help respond to related audit inquiries. This position will provide special analysis for management and monitor the integrity of University-wide financial system data, as well as, provide accounting assistance in real property accounting, plant fund administration, and lease accounting.
The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Assist in the preparation of annual financial reports for the Auxiliary Facilities System and the Health Services Facilities System required by University bond indentures.
- Assist in the preparation of the annual University-wide financial statements and related supporting schedules. The University-wide financial statements include the statements noted above required by the University bond indentures and eight University Related Organizations.
- Assist with preparation and analysis of University-wide data and prepare reports. The reports prepared are used by University and System leadership for various purposes including to gauge the overall financial position of the University System and its individual departments.
- Assist with resolution of University-wide financial audit inquiries and issues to ensure the completion of the annual financial audits by the external auditors and the Office of the Auditor General in a timely manner.
- Provide analysis and complete reconciliations of transactional data to ensure integrity of University-wide financial data systems. Advise units of inappropriate or inconsistent transactions.
- Monitor plant fund activity and assist in the maintenance of real property records in the Banner Fixed Asset module.
- Assist UAFR staff and other units in plant fund maintenance - eliminate overdrafts, resolve posting errors, post adjustments, transfer funds, assign proper capitalization designation to projects, and administer plant fund transactions.
- Assist with review disbursements from plant funds subsequent to year-end to validate the accuracy of year-end estimated accrual calculations.
- Ensure adherence to lease accounting standards through collaborate with departments (system wide) and property accounting staff on analyses and set up of new leases. In addition, work with the various University units to monitor payments and receipts related to lease agreements and to stay informed of lease modifications or terminations.
- Perform other related duties including serving on University, System Office, and/or University Accounting and Financial Reporting committees/teams as assigned.
Education and Experience
Required:
- Bachelor's degree with a major in Accountancy or a related field AND two (2) years of professional level accounting experience.
Preferred:
- Two years of experience of financial reporting related duties.
- Experience working with fund accounting systems.
Certifications
Preferred:
- CPA certification or documented progress towards certification.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
- Proficiency in computer skills including Microsoft Excel, Access, Word and Outlook.
- Ability to produce complex financial reports and provide detailed information accurately.
- Ability to multi-task and produce accurate, detail-oriented work to meet stringent deadlines.
- Governmental Accounting Standards Board standards knowledge.
- Proficiency in querying and analyzing large databases.
SALARY AND APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
This is a full-time Civil Service Accounting Associate position appointed on a 12 month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after April 28, 2021. Salary is commensurate with experience.
TO APPLY:
Applications must be received by April 28, 2021. Apply for this position using http://jobs.illinois.edu. If you have not applied before, you must create your candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu. If you already have a profile, you will be redirected to that existing profile via email notification. To complete the application process:
Step 1) Submit the Staff Vacancy Application.Step 2) Submit the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability forms.Step 3) Upload the following documents:- cover letter
- resume (months and years of employment must be included)
- academic credentials (unofficial transcripts or copy of diploma may be acceptable) for all degrees attained
- names/contact information for three references
In order to be considered as a transfer candidate, you must apply for this position using http://jobs.illinois.edu. Applications not submitted through this website will not be considered. For further information about this specific position, contact Melissa McMullen at msstein@uillinois.edu For questions about the application process, please contact 217-333-2137.
The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.
As a qualifying federal contractor, the University of Illinois System uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility.
The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit Policy on Consideration of Sexual Misconduct in Prior Employment
College Name or Administrative Unit:System Office Category:2-Administrative Title:Financial Accounting and Reporting Analyst (144484) Open Date:04/12/2021 Close Date:04/28/2021 Organization Name:Univ Acct and Fin Report
Organization
Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.
Faculty
A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering.
Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.
Academic Resources
Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.
Research
Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
Undergraduate Education
The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.
Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.
The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.
Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.
The Arts
A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture.
Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.
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Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices
Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.
How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?
Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.
Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.
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It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.
It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.
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The commitment of the University to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms, whether or not specifically prohibited by law. Among the forms of invidious discrimination prohibited by the University policy but not law is discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation. Complaints of invidious discrimination in violation of University policy are to be resolved within existing University procedures. The policy of the University of Illinois is to comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action laws, orders, and regulations. The University will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities
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