Accounting Clerk III
- Employer
- University of Maryland Baltimore
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
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- Administrative Jobs
- Institutional & Business Affairs, Business & Financial Management, Clerical & Administrative Support
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The Office of Academic Affairs with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has an exciting opportunity for an Accounting Clerk III. Under general supervision, the selected incumbent will perform complex accounting clerical or bookkeeping tasks to support accounts payable/receivable, payroll, timekeeping, auditing, cashiering, grants accounting, and/or other accounting related functions. Post journal entries, process payments or deposits, and verify accuracy of data. May lead and train other personnel. UMB requires all faculty, staff, and students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions for medical or religious reasons will be processed through Human Resources. Benefits Information:UMB offers a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes wellness, work/life balance, and professional development. This position participates in a retirement program, effective on your date of hire. Non-exempt regular staff receive a generous leave package that starts with 11 days of vacation accrued per year, paid holidays, unlimited accrual of sick time, and time for community service; comprehensive health insurance; professional learning and development programs; tuition remission for employees and their dependents at any University System of Maryland school; and flexible work schedules and teleworking options (if applicable per job).
Essential Functions
- Serves as travel administrator, including submitting, approving, and booking travel (ie flights, hotels, conference registration, etc).
- Performs complex clerical accounting such as posting and reconciling ledgers, bank accounts, preparing trial balances and statistical reports, resolving cash accounting discrepancies.
- Leads others in accounting clerical activities of a unit, provides guidance and instruction, assists in determining work priorities.
- Compiles and/or coordinates collection of data for inclusion in a variety of regular reports following prescribed format.
- Reviews and/or processes financial documents such as invoices, vouchers, receipts, requisitions and reports, ensuring accuracy of mathematical computations and completeness; resolves discrepancies.
- Monitors departmental accounts by gathering statistical data, maintaining reports and records, identifying variances, errors and discrepancies.
- Performs analysis of sales transactions and bank account deposits by reviewing entries, verifying amounts, compiling and comparing balances.
- Maintains manual and automated recordkeeping systems by tracking, verifying and updating records, files and reports. Inputs, monitors, and corrects data in automated systems; generates reports.
- Performs all duties of Accounting Clerk I and II.
Qualifications
Education: High school diploma or GED.
Experience: Three years accounting clerical experience.
Other: Except for qualifications established by law, additional related experience and formal education in which one has gained the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for full performance of the work of the job class may be substituted for the education or experience requirement on a year-for-year basis with 30 college credits being equivalent to one year of experience.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
General knowledge of bookkeeping principles, mathematical methods and techniques and accounting standards. Skill in performing mathematical computations; in reviewing and processing financial documents; in reconciling financial data; in operating calculators, keyboards, manual and automated office equipment, personal computers and financial software; in inputing data. Ability to communicate effectively; to prepare written records and reports; to establish and maintain effective work relationships; to lead and train others in assigned accounting clerical or bookeeping work.
Hiring Range: $39,000 - $44,000
UMB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy. For assistance related to employment, please contact the Staffing department at HRJobs@umaryland.edu. If you anticipate needing a reasonable accommodation for a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), during any part of the employment process, please submit a UMB Job Applicant Accommodation Request. You may also contact HRDiversity@umaryland.edu. Please note that only inquiries concerning an ADA request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Job: Reg or CII Non-Exempt Staff
Shift: Day Job
Organization: Office of the VP for OAA/Dean
Job Posting: Sep 21, 2022
Unposting Date: Sep 27, 2022, 10:59:00 PM
Organization
Welcome to the Baltimore campus of the University of Maryland, founded in 1807 along a ridge in what was then called Baltimore Town. Today, this 61-acre research and technology complex encompasses 65 buildings in West Baltimore near the Inner Harbor. 
The University is Maryland's only public academic health, human services, and law center. Seven professional and graduate schools train the majority of the state's physicians, nurses, dentists, lawyers, social workers, and pharmacists.
Under the leadership of President Jay A. Perman, MD, the University is a leading partner in the redevelopment of the west side of Baltimore. The University of Maryland BioPark, which opened in October 2005, promotes collaborative research opportunities and bioscience innovation.
Sponsored research totaled $567.1 million in Fiscal Year 2010. With 6,349 students and 6,717 faculty members and staff, the University is an economic engine that returns more than $15 in economic activity for every $1 of state general funds appropriation. The University community gives more than 2 million hours a year in service to the public.
Mission
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the State¹s public health, law and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service. As a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students, and using state-of-the-art technological support, we educate leaders in health care delivery, biomedical science, global health, social work and the law. We emphasize interdisciplinary education and research in an atmosphere that explicitly values civility, diversity, collaboration, teamwork and accountability. By conducting internationally recognized research to cure disease and to improve the health, social functioning and just treatment of the people we serve, we foster economic development in the City, State, and nation. We are committed to ensuring that the knowledge we generate provides maximum benefit to society and directly enhances our various communities.
Campus Data
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Equal Opportunity
The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, marital status or veteran's status to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote employees and applicants for employment in all job levels with regard to their qualifications and without consideration to the aforementioned categories. Exceptions to this policy will be made only as allowed by law for example, due to bona fide occupational qualifications or lack of reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
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