Accountant Senior

Arizona State University; United States; On-site; USD 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona State University is seeking an Accountant Senior in Tempe to support university partnerships through professional accounting functions and data analysis. The role oversees lower-level staff, ensures billing accuracy, and meets reporting deadlines.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination. Salary is $63,000 per year, with opportunities to improve processes and collaborate across departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills.
• Experience with student accounts, billing, or finance systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops and prepares reporting based on query results from University Data Warehouse tables.
• Researches, analyzes and uses independent judgment in daily and non-routine decisions affecting third party group and department.
• Advises administrative management on procedures and suggesting process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborates with other university departments to provide data to fulfill partnership reporting needs.
• Develops a strong understanding of the university student billing system to research discrepancies and perform complex reconciliations.

Skills

Data analysis

Billing accuracy

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PeopleSoft

Microsoft Access

Workday

Job description

Job Profile

Accountant 3

Job Family

Accounting

Time Type

Full time

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Description

Student Business Services is seeking an Accountant Senior to perform essential duties to support university partnerships. This role is responsible for performing professional accounting functions, conducting data analysis to support university initiatives, and ensuring the accuracy and required reporting. The Accountant Senior will oversee and review the work of lower-level accounting staff, ensuring billing accuracy and adherence to key deadlines.

Salary: $63,000 per year.

Essential Duties

• Develops and prepares reporting based on query results from University Data Warehouse tables.
• Researches, analyzes and uses independent judgment in a variety of daily and non-routine decisions affecting third party group and department.
• Advises administrative management on procedures and suggesting process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaborates with other university departments to provide data to fulfill partnership reporting needs.
• Develops a strong understanding of the university student billing system to research discrepancies and perform complex reconciliations.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of Peoplesoft or other similar student account information system with specific query and reporting experience.
• Experience in preparing detailed and complex reports utilizing data warehouse/storage and retrieval systems such as Microsoft Access or other query software.
• Experience in a university setting and/or familiarity with federal regulations pertaining to student information.
• Experience with Workday Accounting system or other on-line accounting systems.

Working Environment

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse.
• Stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.
• Occasional bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.

Department Statement

Student Business Services provides accounting functions in the areas of Student Accounts, Cashiering Services, Collections, Tuition Assessment and Treasury Management. Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States; ASU Student Business Services Department will not be a sponsor for this position.

Driving Requirement

Driving is not required for this position.

Location

Campus: Tempe

Funding

No Federal Funding

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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