Staff Accountant

Job Description: The Staff Accountant supports the Controller and Associate Controller in fulfilling the responsibilities of the Accounting Department. Understands institutional, state, and federal policies, procedures, and restrictions. Ensures compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in executing, analyzing, verifying, and reporting transactions of a fiscal nature. Manages financial data and ensures integrity and accuracy. Monitors records of past and present operations. May serve as project leader on special projects. Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or related field plus at least 2 years of experience in accounting or a related field.

Location: Glenside

Essential Functions

• Perform bank reconciliations for multiple bank accounts.
• Prepare monthly journal entries including, but not limited to bookstore charges, department transfer requests, credit card charges, dining services charges, payroll, cash transactions, etc.
• Prepare weekly journal entries to record non-student-related deposits submitted by the Bursar's office.
• Work closely with the accounts payable team to issue stop payments, perform check inquiries, and retrieve supporting documentation as requested
• Escalate any discrepancies in a timely manner to the appropriate department or supervisor, ensure follow-up until issue resolution.
• Maintain fixed asset system and prepare monthly/quarterly analysis including reconciliation of fixed assets and recording of related depreciation expense.
• Reconcile assigned balance sheet accounts, including but not limited to accrual accounts, prepaid accounts, receivable accounts, and deferred revenue accounts.
• Create general ledger accounts in the accounting system as needed.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual Form 990
• Assist with the preparation of the annual year-end financial audits and 403 (b) audit.
• Interact with external auditors and assist with audit inquires.
• Supervise student workers.
• Complete special projects and ad hoc reports as needed.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understanding of matters relating to accounting and finance, including government regulations, and accepted internal financial control practices.
• Understanding of compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Demonstrated diplomatic leadership and interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills necessary to working proactively across the University, both horizontally and vertically
• Ability and competence in implementing and managing financial systems.
• Ability to work with great autonomy and exercise independent judgement.
• Ability to maintain confidential information.
• Takes initiative and proactively works with accounting team and University community to ensure clear communication and responsiveness to inquiries
• Demonstrated personal qualities of integrity and credibility.
• Excellent written, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks concurrently.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or related field, and at least 2 years of experience in accounting or related field. Experience in a higher educational setting is a plus.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office products. Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, PowerCampus, Transact, and/or similar software a plus.
  
  

Application Instructions

• Applications must be submitted online through Arcadia's Human Resources portal to receive full consideration. Please do not email application materials to the hiring manager. Due to the volume of applications received, communication will generally be limited to candidates selected for additional consideration.
• Application review will begin immediately. Posting will be removed from the website once we've established a sufficient talent pool for consideration.
  
  

Arcadia University is a top-ranked private University in Greater Philadelphia that provides a values-based educational experience by placing students at the center. The Institute of International Education has ranked Arcadia first nationally in study abroad for 10 of the last 13 years, and the Princeton Review has ranked Arcadia among the "Best in the Northeast" for eight consecutive years. The University's Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant programs are nationally ranked in their respective categories by U.S. News & World Report, which cites Arcadia for being among the top study abroad programs and among the "most innovative," and "best value" colleges. Arcadia promises a distinctively global, integrative, and personal learning experience that prepares students to contribute and lead in a diverse and dynamic world. Through its community of practice and commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and to combating anti-Black Racism, Arcadia has made facilitating a safe and welcoming environment a priority. Learn more about our vibrant community at www.arcadia.edu.

Our belief and experience is that there is strength in diversity and we are committed to building a welcoming and inclusive environment for students and employees alike. We are a community built on varied experiences and perspectives that benefits from open-minded discussion and cultural humility. Guided by our University's values, we are committed to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and we are working towards dismantling anti-Black racism/white supremacy and other forms of interpersonal and systemic discrimination and oppression.

We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our community. The successful candidate will demonstrate examples of ways they will incorporate our values. in their work.

At Arcadia University, our JEDI principles (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) are the foundation of our highly regarded, values-based learning community, which reflects the world in which we want to live. As such, Arcadia actively seeks and welcomes candidates of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Arcadia prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, age, gender identity, military or military veteran status, disability, family medical or genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. All offers of employment are conditional based on the successful completion of a background check. Employment may not begin until the University accepts the results of the background check.