ASSISTANT MANAGER/PAYABLE ACCOUNTING

Central Michigan University; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Michigan University seeks an Assistant Manager of Payable Accounting to support operations, accounting, and compliance within the Payable Accounting office. You will refine procedures, balance accounts, and assist auditors during financial audits, ensuring adherence to GASB standards and university policies.

The role also involves hiring and training office staff, maintaining internal controls, and coordinating with campus and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business field.
• Two years’ experience.
• Experience in purchasing, payables, and/or accounting.
• Demonstrated experience working with financial records.
• Demonstrated proficiency with written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships and project a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the hiring and training of payables staff.
• Monitors work assignments, workload, productivity, and ensures that deadlines are met.
• Oversees compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, internal controls, University policies and procedures, and State and Federal regulations.
• Develops, proposes, and implements policies and procedures in relation to new or changing University policies and new or changing State/Federal regulations.
• Monitors transactions processed by internal and decentralized data entry departments, perform periodic audit of transactions, review daily vendor creates and changes, performs TIN matching with IRS ensure all processing is in compliance with University policies and State/Federal regulations.
• Reviews and processes files for weekly payment proposal.
• Reviews and approves vendor wire payment requests for processing.
• Reviews, analyzes and processes various financial accounting reports to ensure compliance and consistency within internal university accounts.
• 1099 reporting and compliance which includes issuing Form 1099- MISC , 1099- NEC , W-2G and 1099-R to payees, and reporting to the IRS , the State of Michigan, and Michigan Cities that impose a city income tax.
• Responsible for New-Hire reporting on independent contractors per state reporting requirements.
• Communicates with the campus community and outside vendors to provide information, answer questions, and

Skills

Two years exp

Purchasing

Accounts payable

Analytical skills

Verbal & written communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

GASB accounting

SAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or business

Tools

SAP

Job description

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMU’s mission, vision, and leadership standards. You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position. Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee. This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials on or before November 10th, 2026.

Position Information

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number S-3999

Position Number

Position Number 72785

Type of Recruitment

Type of Recruitment External

Position Title

Position Title ASSISTANT MANAGER/PAYABLE ACCOUNTING

Position Summary

Responsible for assisting with the operations, accounting and compliance of the Payable Accounting office. Develops, refines and documents operational procedures. Prepares, analyzes and reviews financial records and reports as well as reconciles and balances accounts. Assists auditors in our yearly financial audit as well as any additional audits that may be performed on payable accounting processes. Ensures compliance with University policies and procedures, State and Federal regulations and generally accepted accounting principles which include GASB accounting standards. Responsible for assisting with the hiring and training of office staff.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Accounting or business related field.
• Two years’ experience.
• Experience in purchasing, payables, and/or accounting.
• Demonstrated experience working with financial records.
• Demonstrated proficiency with written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships and project a positive attitude.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in higher education or a non-profit organization.
• Experience with SAP .
• Strong technical and analytical skills.
• Experience testing information technology systems.

Duties & Responsibilities

Assists with the hiring and training of payables staff. Monitors work assignments, workload, productivity, and ensures that deadlines are met. Oversees compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, internal controls, University policies and procedures, and State and Federal regulations. Develops, proposes, and implements policies and procedures in relation to new or changing University policies and new or changing State/Federal regulations. Monitors transactions processed by internal and decentralized data entry departments, perform periodic audit of transactions, review daily vendor creates and changes, performs TIN matching with IRS ensure all processing is in compliance with University policies and State/Federal regulations. Reviews and processes files for weekly payment proposal. Reviews and approves vendor wire payment requests for processing. Reviews, analyzes and processes various financial accounting reports to ensure compliance and consistency within internal university accounts. 1099 reporting and compliance which includes issuing Form 1099- MISC , 1099- NEC , W-2G and 1099-R to payees, and reporting to the IRS , the State of Michigan, and Michigan Cities that impose a city income tax. Responsible for New-Hire reporting on independent contractors per state reporting requirements. Communicates with the campus community and outside vendors to provide information, answer questions, and