Senior Accountant
| Type: | Full Time |
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| Contact Name: | Talladega College Office of Human Resources |
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| Contact Email: | hr@talladega.edu |
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Job Summary
To analyze the financial status of the College and work to develop and carry out long-term financial goals. To direct preparation of all financial reports, statements, audits, operating budgets, and controls.
Responsibilities
- Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions using accepted accounting principles.
- Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
- Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries.
- Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other required financial statements.
- Assist in completing the external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.
- Secures financial information by completing database backups.
- Prepare various spreadsheets, charts, and graphs for reporting purposes and for day-to-day operations as requested.
- Assist management team in developing operating budgets.
- Assist management team with tax credit compliance reporting.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor/CFO.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
- 5 years’ experience in accounting/finance
- CPA preferred
- Experience in working with multiple legal entities
- Experience with financial reporting requirements
- Must pay attention to detail and be deadline-oriented.
- Must have a high level of accuracy and confidentiality and be able to work with constituents throughout the College and community.
- General math skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel.
- Working knowledge of General Accepted Accounting Principles.
Application Process
Qualified applicants must submit a cover letter, résumé, Talladega College application, three professional references and copies of transcripts to
hr@talladega.edu.
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