"Accounting Analyst"

Title: Accounting Analyst

Department: Finance and Business

Employment Status: Full Time

FLSA Status: Exempt

Organizational Relationship: Reports to the Accounting Manager and CFO

Job Purpose: The Finance and Business Office is responsible for the overall integrity of the College's fiscal activities. This office provides timely and accurate financial information to key stakeholders, while protecting College assets, both real and intangible, and ensuring College compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws from a financial and fiduciary vantage point.

The Accounting Analyst role will report up to the CFO / Vice President for Finance and Administration, and will be responsible for the management, execution, and support of several complex strategic and operational accounting activities. They will become a key member of our team, and be responsible for analysis of data to be used in accounting and reporting

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential Functions

• Prepare and process recurring journal entries, as well as monthly accounting adjustments to the general ledger
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for cash accounts
• Assist with maintaining general ledger balances
• Prepare all monthly and annual accruals and reversals
• Maintain the flexible spending accounts and make necessary journal entries for FSA checks cut each month
• Maintain accounting and analysis for College utilities
• Prepare checks for deposit that the College receives from various sources
• Gather information, prepare, and submit payment online for New York State quarterly sales tax and make necessary journal entries
• Monthly analysis, support gathering, reconciling, and journalizing of all credit cards across campus, and perform any necessary follow-up with departments
• Interact with all campus departments with regard to department inquiries, financial transfers, and accounting matters
• Work closely with accounts payable manager, to establish segregation of duties and serve as an efficient back up for all related areas
• Accounting analysis as requested to assist in overall operations of the College
• Work as part of a team in the overall daily functions of the Finance and Business Office to assist in meeting all goals and deadlines of the institution.

Non-Essential Functions

• Assist with work assignments and special projects within the department as requested
• Serve on improvement committees to best serve the College's needs.
• Interact daily, in-person, via telephone and through e-mail with administration, students, and outside agencies providing assistance and information regarding financial and general inquiry

Nothing in this job description restricts Management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• MS in Accounting or MBA, preferred
• Financial experience with an institution of higher education or non-profit organization is highly desirable

Desired Work Traits:

• Experience in Higher Education, a plus
• Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple projects
• Ability to complete projects timely and accurately
• Must be detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience in Oracle, a plus

Communication/Interpersonal Skills:

• Must exhibit competence with verbal and written communication skills and an ability to maintain effective relationships with various campus departments and outside organizations
• Ability to work individually or as part of a team

To apply, please direct letters of interest and resumes to:

John Carrescia, CFO/Vice President for Finance & Administration

Wagner College

One Campus Road

Staten Island, NY 10301

OR

finance.jobs@wagner.edu with the subject line “ Accounting Analyst”

The review of applications will begin immediately.

Additional Information

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $60,000 - $68,000. Wagner College considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Wagner College achieves this mission through the implementation and enhancement of The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts, which was formally launched in 1998. This innovative and bold curricular methodology is predicated on a method of integrated learning. It builds upon Wagner’s history of combining liberal arts and focused professional programs, coupled with our unique location and requires experiential learning for all students. The Plan has thus ushered in a new vision of engaged student learning that is at once reflective and integrated, theoretical and practical. Our goal has been, and continues to be, to provide a transformative college experience which best prepares our students for positions of effective and responsible leadership and citizenship in their chosen professions, and in their personal and public lives. From the outset, our faculty have eagerly led this learning centered endeavor.

Preparing all students for such leadership requires a coherent, efficient, effective and universal educational program and a focused Faculty and Administration, supported by an equally committed Board of Trustees.

Wagner College prepares students for life, as well as for careers, by emphasizing scholarship, achievement, leadership, and citizenship. Wagner offers a comprehensive educational program that is anchored in the liberal arts, experiential and co-curricular learning, interculturalism, interdisciplinary studies, and service to society, and that is cultivated by a faculty dedicated to promoting individual expression, reflective practice, and integrative learning.

Wagner College offers a generous benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, pension and paid time off benefits to all full-time employees. The Wagner College Office of Human Resources partners with all members of the College community to cultivate a work environment that values equal opportunity, diversity equity inclusion and access, professional development and individual excellence.

Wagner College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Wagner College complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

• Posted in Exempt on May. 24, 2024