"Accountant"

Job Details

Department: Controller's Office

Campus Location: Wichita, KS - WSU Main Campus

Hire Type: Full Time

Pay: Range beginning at $23.67/hr and commensurate with qualifications

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8a-5p (Flexible scheduling & limited WFH availability)

Export Compliance Requirement: No export control requirement.

Job Story

If you’re the kind of accountant who likes bringing order to complexity, understands how the numbers connect to real operations, and enjoys being a steady hand during change, this role was built for you.

Your vital job aspects:

• Serve as a financial bridge between depts and Financial Services, ensuring a smooth handoff of responsibilities during the shared services identified areas.
• Support process standardization, helping refine workflows as the university moves toward a more centralized financial model.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness, especially during month-end and reporting cycles where details matter most.
• Serve as the primary liaison with departments by managing financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and maintaining strong, professional business relationships.
• Contribute to a developing, scalable shared financial services program through forward thinking standardization and continuous refinement of workflows, while ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all deliverables, especially during high volume periods when attention to detail is critical.

We seek a match that possesses the following qualities:

• Be collaborative and flexible, working to create solid working relationships across the university.
• Eager to utilize technology to improve processes and create efficiencies.
• Willing to manage and prioritize multiple tasks; demonstrate strong organizational and time-management skills to handle diverse accounting functions simultaneously.
• Anticipate workload peaks and proactively organize work to ensure deliverables are completed on time.

If you’re eager to explore new technology to improve workflows and love juggling multiple tasks while keeping a sharp eye on the details, this is your chance to shine. Ready to join a team where your work will make a lasting impact? Apply today and bring your energy and expertise to a role that truly matters!

Job Summary

Analyzes, reconciles and maintains the University's general ledger balances and activity to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Essential Functions

Reconciles and analyzes account and subledger balances and activity to ensure accuracy and identify errors. Evaluates, determines and records necessary adjustments and processes other transactions within the University's financial systems. Prepares financial statements, schedules, and reports for internal and external purposes. Gathers information and prepares statements and schedules for audits and tax/ regulatory compliance.

Job Duties

• Reviews transactions related to purchase for appropriate account treatment.
• Create and monitor a system of controls, procedures, and forms for the recording of assets.
• Recommend updates to accounting policies related to assets.
• Assists with preparation of audit schedules and assist auditors during inquiries.
• Capital asset inventory maintenance as needed.
• Handle shared services pilot program with identified depts.
• Serve as the primary liaison with departments by managing financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and maintaining strong, professional business relationships.
• Contribute to a developing, scalable shared financial services program through forward thinking standardization and continuous refinement of workflows, while ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all deliverables, especially during high volume periods when attention to detail is critical.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business or related field
• One (1) year of experience in accounting, finance or related field

Required License/Certifications/Training:

None

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

1. Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills
2. Ability to prepare timely and accurate financial transactions and reports, including attention to detail and a demonstrated commitment to self-review
3. Understanding of business processes and internal controls related to accounts payable, purchasing, and capital assets
4. Advanced skills in Microsoft Office products including, but not limited to Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams
5. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
6. Strong organizational skills with ability to coordinate, prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously

Additional Information:

Physical Requirements:

Ability to remain in a stationary position. Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment including but not limited to phone, printers, copiers, and calculators. Ability to communicate with others and accurately exchange information.

Additional Physical Requirement: