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Financial Accountant II
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The University of Nebraska at Omaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to preventing and eliminating discrimination against employees and prospective employees based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. The University of Nebraska at Omaha does not condone or tolerate discrimination. In support of this policy, the University has implemented employment programs to recruit, employ, and promote qualified individuals based solely on their knowledge, skills, abilities and talents. These factors, along with our commitment to recruit, assess and select all candidates/employees using job-related criteria, ensure fairness, equal evaluation, and treatment in our selection decisions and processes.
Requisition Details
Job Title: Financial Accountant II
Job Grade: AB21
Division: Business and Finance
College/Dept: B&F
Department: Controller's Office
Requisition Number: 2026-00288
FTE (full-time equivalency): 100.00
Work Schedule: M-F; 8-5pm
Does the position provide the opportunity to work Remotely/Telecommuting? Yes – partial remote/telecommute opportunity
Appointment Term: 12- 12/12 months
Is this position essential personnel according to the inclement weather policy? No
Pay Information: 65,000-70,000
Pay Schedule: Annually
FLSA Designation: Exempt
Position Summary
This position will participate as a key team member in a wide variety of improvement projects and analysis with the goal of increasing both operational efficiencies and internal controls. This position will perform a wide variety of tasks and non-routine responsibilities including analysis of financial data; reviewing, documenting, and improving processes, procedures and systems; extracting, organizing and analyzing financial data from various databases. This position will also perform various accounting duties including account reconciliations, capital asset verifications, assisting departments with journal entries and other accounting duties as assigned. Serve as primary contact for financial security in SAP, assist with the annual year end audits, Service Center reviews, and assist with Facilities and Administrative Rate proposal.
Job Duties
Responsibility Area: Financial Analysis and Reporting
Duties:
- Prepare routine and special analytical studies and reports.
- Extract data from native Enterprise Systems (SAP and Peoplesoft) or a data warehouse or other sources using EXCEL and other data extraction tools.
- Monitor and analyze budget and expenditure data, including variance analysis, reconciliations and projections.
- Assist Business & Finance managers with presentation and analysis of department financial operations.
Percentage Of Time: 40
Essential Function: Yes
Responsibility Area: Financial Operations Review & Support
Duties:
- Assist the Controller and Senior Management in responding to audits and outside consultants.
- Assist the Controller and Senior Management in preparing presentations.
- Assist with the development and documentation of policies and procedures.
- Perform account reconciliations, asset verifications, process journal entries.
- Work with Department managers on data collection, process review, problem solving, and employee training and education.
- Grant SAP financial security for financial areas on UNO Campus.
Percentage Of Time: 40
Essential Function: Yes
Responsibility Area: Service Center - F&A Rate
Duties: Assist the Controller in reviewing Service Center budget/questionnaires for compliance. Also assist with any F&A rate proposal processes.
Percentage Of Time: 10
Essential Function: Yes
Responsibility Area: Other Duties
Duties: Other Duties – Perform other miscellaneous accounting/financial duties as assigned.
Percentage Of Time: 10
Essential Function: Yes
Required and Preferred Qualifications
Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field or equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible accounting experience.
Required Experience: 3-5 years related financial accounting, analysis, or reporting experience.
Required License/Certification: N/A
Required Additional Qualifications: N/A
Preferred Education:
Preferred Experience: Financial analysis/accounting experience in a University setting.
Preferred License/Certification: N/A
Preferred Additional Qualifications: N/A
Compliance Requirements
Credit Check: Yes
Motor Vehicle Licensing Validity Check: No
Pre-employment Physical Request and Assessment: No
Drug Screen: No
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