ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville, TX seeks an Accounting Technician to perform technical and clerical accounting duties, support budgeting, posting and financial reporting.

Responsibilities include preparing vouchers and ledgers, reconciling accounts, processing payments and invoices, and responding to student and staff inquiries. Requires a high school diploma; preferred accounting coursework or related degree. This full-time on-site role offers commensurate compensation.

Qualifications

• One year experience in accounting or bookkeeping work.
• Associate's Degree in a related field or 60 hours of College Credit including 12 hours of accounting related class work and no experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Graduation from a Business/Vocational school with emphasis in accounting, or college coursework in accounting or business.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process payment vouchers, journal vouchers, cash receipts vouchers, and other documents affecting transfer or payment of funds.
• Maintain and reconcile ledgers and deposits; verify deposits for ledger accounts.
• Prepare original accounting entries for journals and monthly reconciliations.
• Post data to ledgers and reports; process budget transactions and related documentation.
• Prepare invoices for billings and maintain inventory for equipment and assets.
• Respond to inquiries from students, faculty and staff; assist in preparing financial reports.

Skills

Accounting

Budgeting

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Accounting coursework / business coursework (preferred)

Job description

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

Posting Number: SRGV9144

Number of Vacancies: 1

Location: Brownsville, Texas

Department: Treasury Student & Fin Systems

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Scope of Job

To perform a variety of technical and clerical accounting duties involving the accounting, budgeting, recording and reporting of financial transactions and provide dependable accounting assistance for the performance of many varied accounting office tasks requiring limited independent judgment. Responsible for assisting in accounting tasks in pre-auditing accounting documents, making debit and credit postings to individual accounts.

Description of Duties

• Prepares, researches and processes payment vouchers, journal vouchers, cash receipts vouchers, and other covering documents affecting transfer or payment of funds.
• Maintains and reconciles a variety of ledgers, reports and account records; verifies and maintains deposits for a variety of ledger accounts.
• Prepares original accounting entries within established guidelines and procedures for journals and ledgers, monthly reconciliations.
• Collects and records accounting data from various sources for analysis by others.
• Responds to various questions and inquiries from University students, faculty and staff as required. Assists in preparing various periodic financial reports and verifies the accuracy of entries.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of financial reports and correspondence as necessary regarding transactions made.
• Posts data to ledgers and reports.
• Processes budget transactions and related documentation.
• Prepares invoices for billings.
• Maintains inventory for capital equipment, consumable supplies, and other departmental assets.
• Processes payments received.
• Reconciles accounts.
• Types letters and memos related to payment processing.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervision Received

General direction from the assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given

May supervise assigned staff.

Required Education

High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Education

Graduation from a Business/Vocational school with emphasis in accounting, or, college coursework in the field of accounting or business.

Licenses/Certifications

None.

Required Experience

• One (1) years experience in accounting or bookkeeping work or
• Associate's Degree in a related field or 60 hours of College Credit including 12 hours of accounting related class work and no experience.

Preferred Experience

The above required experience acquired in the university environment. Pertinent Federal, State, and University laws, codes and regulations related to financial aid and accounting work.

Equipment

Proficiency required in the use of ten key calculator, PCs and related spreadsheet, word processing, and database software, and other standard office equipment.

Working Conditions

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office Environment. May work in departments where special hazards exist. May spend long periods standing or sitting. May be required to perform light lifting (10 lbs.) to move files, equipment, paper, etc. Must be able to stoop, bend, and reach to retrieve files.

Other

Exacting accuracy required in all aspects of accounting tasks.

Physical Capabilities

N/A

Employment Category

Full-Time

Minimum Salary

Commensurate with Experience

Posted Salary

Commensurate with Experience

Position Available Date

09/19/2026

Grant Funded Position

No

EEO Statement

It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dear Applicant,

Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:

Date of Birth

Gender

Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three(3) calendar days.

Additional Information

UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of Human Resources.