Requisition Number:

40508Location:

Boulder, Colorado Employment Type:

University StaffSchedule:

Full-TimePosting Close Date:

24-Jul-2022Date Posted:

14-Jul-2022 Close All Job SummaryThe University of Colorado Boulder is a Tier One, nationally-competitive research university with a $2.00B annual operating budget. The University is focused on cultivating its instruction and research, increasing its innovative impact at the national and international level through collaboration, transformation, and leadership. The Campus Controller’s Office (CCO) provides critical support to the mission by ensuring fiscal responsibility, accurate financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures, and contract requirements.
This full-time position reports to the Technical Operations Manager within the Campus Controller’s Office and works closely with campus departmental finance and accounting staff as well as system offices. This position maintains the accounting structure, known as chartfields, within the Finance System for the campus and ensures that all requests to create/modify chartfields are fully researched and vetted to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with all applicable standards and guidelines. This position also manages and maintains Boulder campus allocations(automated journals) ensuring appropriate use of allocations and compliance with all applicable standards and guidelines. In addition to these core duties, this position leads process improvement projects throughout the year.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Who We AreCCO maintains and supports the university's fiscal responsibility through accurate financial accounting and reporting and is in compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures, and contract requirements for sponsored projects. We provide oversight, assistance, and training in financial stewardship for the Boulder campus.What Your Key Responsibilities Will BeChartfields:

• Maintain the accounting structure in the Finance System and evaluate each change to that structure to make sure it is in compliance with NACUBO (National Association of College and University Business Officers), GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board), and GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) standards and guidelines, as well as the accounting policies and practices of the University of Colorado. Ensuring that the accounting structure remains in compliance with the accounting standards mentioned above ensures the integrity of accounting data for the Boulder Campus and ensures that data correctly maps to the university’s financial statements. This includes the review and creation/modification of programs, projects, speedtypes, subclasses, orgs, account codes, and reorgs.
• Advise and mentor departments regarding the creation and maintenance of departmental chartfields.
• Collaborate with system offices to maintain trees, such as account code and org trees, facilitate process improvements, and manage chartfield attributes.

Allocations:

• Create, maintain, and test general ledger allocations, ensuring compliance with GASB, GAAP standards and guidelines, as well as accounting policies and practices of the university.
• Collaborate closely with customer departments to ensure ongoing accuracy and relevance of existing allocations.

Process Improvement:

• Document and update procedures handled by this position.
• Improve processes to eliminate duplication of effort and streamline business processes, including utilizing queries and/or analytical tools to facilitate decision-making.
• Plan and run small cross-functional projects to improve processes within CCO.
• Participate in the implementation, testing, or upgrades of various financial and administrative systems, including PeopleSoft Finance and OnBase Workflow. Identify and document impacts and business process changes required for future module implementations and upgrades for this unit. Partner with campus and CU System colleagues for successful resolution.

Subsystem Processes:

• Monitor subsystem journals for errors, and at month-end to ensure subsystem journals are posting.
• Conduct annual certifications for subsystem journal and AP processes.

What You Should Know

• All University of Colorado Boulder employees are required to align with the campus COVID-19 vaccine requirement. New employees must provide proof of vaccination or receive a medical or religious exemption within 30 days of employment.

• This position is expected to be a hybrid format (in-person and remote work). Current department guidelines require two days in-person.

What We Can Offer

• The annual salary range for this position is $57,000-$60,000 per year and is commensurate with experience.

Benefits The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder. Be StatementsBe ambitious. Be strategic. Be Boulder.What We Require

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, information systems, or a related field.
• One year experience with accounting and accounting systems. Equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.

What You Will Need

• Ability to develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity using existing policies and practices as a guide.
• Attention to detail and the ability to recognize unusual situations, question them and provide alternative solutions.
• The ability to prioritize and use sound judgement to meet deadlines and work independently.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, and familiarity/knowledge of Access, ability to learn and use new software systems.
• Knowledge of SQL and ability to query data.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to collaborate with varying levels of authority and cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn GASB, GAAP, NACUBO accounting principles and guidelines.

What We Would Like You To Have

• Desire to work with accounting systems technology and be involved in system process improvements.
• Familiarity/knowledge of PeopleSoft or related enterprise accounting system is a plus.
• Experience creating project plans and/or managing projects.
• Experience with system implementations and process re-engineering, with the ability to implement change.

Special InstructionsTo apply, please submit the following materials:
1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by July 24, 2022, for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.Posting Contact InformationPosting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources

Posting Contact Email: recruiting@colorado.edu