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Senior Accounting Specialist - UBA / Facilities

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Florida State University
Location
Tallahassee, FL
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Job Title: Senior Accounting Specialist - UBA / Facilities
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 59379
Department

University Business Administrators - Facilities

Responsibilities

This position is responsible for the management and supervision of the utilities cost recovery and Accounts Receivable (AR) lease billing, insurance billing and payment, sales tax, and utility payments for Facilities. Conducts detailed financial analyses pertaining to utilities cost and consumption and makes recommendations that have a significant impact on the University.

  • Responsible for developing, compiling, and analyzing detailed reports and data for utilities consumption, utilities financial data, and forecasting utility costs. Prepares monthly and quarterly utility reports for the financial director and senior management, regulatory agencies, and governance agencies. Collaborates with the Financial Director and Utility Engineering Managers and Specialists to determine Capital Budgeting requirements making recommendations that have a significant impact on the University.
  • Responsible for the day-to-day management of the Facilities accounts receivable utilities, lease, insurance billing and sales tax. Provides good internal administrative controls to ensure accuracy and timeliness of financial information to include university departmental billings and external customer billings. Conducts detailed financial analyses by auditing, verifying, and performing complex financial reconciliations of departmental billing operations. Responsible for ensuring good business practices and financial stability pertaining to recurring revenue streams.
  • Hires, trains, and evaluates departmental staff performing fiscal functions related to utilities, lease, insurance billing and sales tax. Manages workload and may perform tasks assigned to direct reports. Cross trains and becomes familiar with Accounts Receivable Billing for Facilities Maintenance and other accounts. Backs up the overseeing of Accounts Receivable Billing for Facilities Maintenance and other accounts. Provides financial reports and statements related to billing, auxiliary rates, and ledgers if needed to the Accounts Receivable Team.
  • Develops and maintains partnerships throughout the University to attain departmental goals and objectives. Develops, coordinates, and manages special projects and initiatives to ensure customer satisfaction for Facilities AR and its stakeholders.
Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree and four years of accounting related experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and eight years of experience. (Note: a combination of post high school education and experience equal to eight years.)

University Information

One of the nation's elite research universities, Florida State University preserves, expands, and disseminates knowledge in the sciences, technology, arts, humanities, and professions, while embracing a philosophy of learning strongly rooted in the traditions of the liberal arts and critical thinking. Founded in 1851, Florida State University is the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida. FSU is a community steeped in tradition that fosters research, encourages creativity, and embraces diversity. At FSU, there’s the excitement of being part of a vibrant academic and professional community, surrounded by people whose ideas are shaping tomorrow’s news!

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How To Apply

If qualified and interested in a specific job opening as advertised, apply to Florida State University at https://jobs.fsu.edu. If you are a current FSU employee, apply via myFSU > Self Service.

Applicants are required to complete the online application with all applicable information. Applications must include all work history up to ten years, and education details even if attaching a resume.

Considerations

This is an A&P position.

This position requires successful completion of a criminal history background check.

Equal Employment Opportunity

An Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer.

FSU's Equal Opportunity Statement can be accessed at: https://hr.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/upcbnu2186/files/PDF/Publications/diversity/EEO_Statement.pdf.

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Working at Florida State University

One of the nation's elite research universities, Florida State University — with the Carnegie Foundation's highest designation, Doctoral/Research University-Extensive — offers a distinctive academic environment built on its cherished values and unique heritage, welcoming campus on the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida, championship athletics, and prime location in the heart of the state capital.

Combining traditional strength in the arts and humanities with recognized leadership in the sciences, Florida State University provides unmatched opportunities for students and faculty through challenging academics, cultural discovery and community interaction.

Underlying and supporting the educational experience at Florida State University is the development of new generations of citizen leaders, based on the concepts inscribed in our seal: Vires, Artes, Mores — Strength, Skill and Character.

Epitomized by recently named Rhodes Scholars Garrett Johnson and Myron Rolle — elite athletes and scholars committed to public service — and Joseph O'Shea — a campus and community leader as well as a top scholar — Florida State's 40,000 students are dedicated to academic excellence and providing leadership in our complex world.

Florida State University's 16 colleges offer more than 275 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, professional and specialist degree programs, including medicine and law, covering a broad array of disciplines critical to society today. Each year the University awards over 2,000 graduate and professional degrees.

With its impressive breadth of leading graduate, professional and undergraduate programs, Florida State University is a demanding, intellectually stimulating, yet warm and caring environment for students and faculty. Recognized nationally for its commitment to diversity, Florida State University is a national leader in the number of doctorates awarded to African-American students and in the graduation rate of African-American undergraduates. Its College of Medicine and College of Law are ranked in the nation's Top 10 for Hispanic students.

Florida State University's arts programs — dance, film, music and theatre — rank among the finest in the world, offering an arts education comparable to leading conservatories. Its creative writing program is ranked among the nation's best and is home to the most consistently honored and published student body in the United States. Florida State is responsible for governance of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and associated arts programs, one of the largest museum/university complexes in the nation.

Other programs consistently included in the top public university list include physics, chemistry, political science, psychology, criminology, public administration, library science, information, human sciences, business and law.

At the Ph.D. level, interdisciplinary programs draw on notable research faculty strengths that transcend the traditional disciplines, including neuroscience, molecular biophysics, computational science, materials science and research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory—home to the world's most powerful magnets.

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