General Accountant 5

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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources shares science-based information and practices to improve lives and livelihoods.Extending UC's world-class research beyond the system's 10 campuses, we provide expertise and foster partnerships across all 58 counties in California. For more than 100 years, we have been the go-to source - right in your community - for innovative solutions and practical tools. To help meet your needs in agriculture and natural resources, wildfire resilience, environmental stewardship, food systems and nutrition, and youth and community development...We are here for you.

POSITION SUMMARY

This is a TEMPORARY position within our Temporary Office of the President Staffing (TOPS) program.

The General Accountant 5 role involves a range of accounting functions, including analyzing, monitoring, preparing, and reconciling financial information to reflect the organization's financial condition. This position provides critical financial and statistical data to support operations and decision-making. Responsibilities include preparing financial reports to meet both internal and external reporting requirements, and may extend to developing, implementing, and overseeing accounting systems, policies, and procedures.

The home department for this position is Financial Services.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

40%

• Financial Reporting: Provides records of assets, liabilities, and other financial transactions, balancing books periodically, and preparing profit and loss, income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.
• Advanced Analysis: Performs the most complex and advanced analysis techniques to understand past performance and determine present and future performance and resource allocations.
• General Ledger Management: Leads the preparation, maintenance, and reconciliation of journal entries and general ledger accounts.
• Report Interpretation: Interprets complex reports and records for administrators and managers.

20%

• Internal Controls Expertise: Expert knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.

20%

• Financial Systems Leadership: Leads the development, implementation, and maintenance of one or more comprehensive and complex general accounting systems.

10%

• Tax Coordination: Coordinates the collection of information for complex and unique Unrelated Business Income Taxes (UBIT), prepares summary schedules, and answers questions from departments.

10%

• Additional Duties: Performs other tasks as assigned by management or leadership.
• Team Leadership: Provides guidance to others in the department and may serve in a 'lead' capacity on project assignments.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to function as a team member.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Expert knowledge of finance policies, practices, and financial information systems.
• Experience must include working independently on large and complex projects that built or enhanced production systems.
• Expert knowledge of Financial Systems such as Oracle and PeopleSoft
• Thorough experience with Financial & Accounting Systems transformations or implementations.
• Expert Excel skills including an in-depth ability to use multiple spreadsheet and database software tools or other professional database management system tools to gather information for specialized, complex financial analysis, fiscal management, and financial reports
• Expert ability to effectively present complex finance related information both verbally and in writing in a clear and concise manner.
• Expert interpersonal skills at all levels within the organization, advanced service orientation and critical thinking skills, and attention to detail. In depth ability to use organizational skills to multi-task in a high-volume environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to function as a member of a team.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.
• In-depth knowledge of legal business concepts, accounting principles, and financial reporting.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional certification CPA and master's degree in related area.
• UC or Higher Education experience.
• Public Accounting Experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Accounting or a related field.
• Expert knowledge of Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud (FCCS).Amazon Web Services (AWS), SmartView, and/or QuickSight.
• Experienced in SQL, Power BI, Cognos.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related areas, and/or equivalent experience/training