Accountant

Job Details

Job Title: Accountant
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 297262

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting Faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's Faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and is No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the well-being of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good, breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information

Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) serves the Institute and its more than 14,000 employees through strategic counsel, employee engagement, and essential human capital management operations. As the people's unit, GTHR is engaged throughout the employee's lifetime at Georgia Tech. Our team works with sensitive employee information and assists in the management of complex employee issues. Professionalism and confidence are of the utmost importance within our team.

What we do:
Process payroll and maintain employment data for approximately 14,000 active faculty, staff, and students
Strive to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent in the marketplace.
Provide immigration, labor, and tax support required for foreign national faculty and staff to work at Georgia Tech and support employees performing services overseas.
Leverage a market-driven compensation structure to attract and retain employees.
Advise employees and managers regarding work performance and conflict management.

Job Summary

The Accountant is responsible for overseeing accounting functions, analysis and reconciliation of financial transactions; examination, investigation, audit and review of records, reports, financial statements, information systems, and management practices to ensure compliance with regulations and policies and efficient and effective operations; This role is critical in developing and implementing procedures to ensure uniform accounting practices, internal controls, and compliance with federal, state, local regulations and Institute policies.

Responsibilities

• Job Duty 1 - Analyze, reconcile, balance, and maintain accounting records.
• Job Duty 2 - Analyze expenditures for appropriateness and compliance within each individual requirement, such as research contracts and other general accounts.
• Job Duty 3 - Interpret Institute, University System of Georgia (USG), state, and/or federal regulations to ensure that pertinent information is disseminated to appropriate Institute offices and ensure compliance.
• Job Duty 4 - Conduct financial analysis of projects and prepare special reports.
• Job Duty 5 - Prepare and post journal entries; Performs monthly, quarterly, and year-end closings.
• Job Duty 6 - Lead and/or support the development, implementation, and maintenance of internal fiscal systems and procedures, applying basic and advanced concepts, methods, and techniques of accounting.
• Job Duty 7 - Review and analyze Institute procedures for compliance with various internal and external regulations and policies.
• Job Duty 8 - Develop procedures to keep management updated on the financial and contractual status of projects.
• Job Duty 9 - Evaluate the effectiveness of established accounting procedures, internal controls, efficiency of operations, and accuracy of reports and records, and recommend changes as needed.
• Job Duty 10 - Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in related discipline or equivalent, related experience; advanced certification may be preferred or required (some profiles may require additional education).

Required Experience
Four or more years of relevant job experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
3+ years of experience in tax accounting, including payroll, sales and use tax, unemployment tax, and complex individual tax returns
Experience working in a higher education environment
Proficiency with accounting and tax software (e.g., QuickBooks, ADP, or similar systems)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities, with the capacity to manage multiple priorities
Demonstrated ability to improve processes and drive operational efficiency
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Proposed Salary

Pay Range: $47,000-$65,000/yr.