Financial Accountant I

Job Title
Financial Accountant I

Agency
Texas A&M University

Department
Fmo Accounting Operations

Proposed Minimum Salary
$3,042.67 monthly

Job Location
College Station, Texas

Job Type
Staff

Job Description

Our Commitment

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment for all visitors, students, faculty, and staff by promoting a culture that embraces inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability. Diverse perspectives, talents, and identities are vital to accomplishing our mission and living our core values.

Who we are

As a part of the Division of Finance and Operations, Financial Management Operations is an employee-centric organization that provides accounting services in partnership with our stakeholders. By promoting high standards of efficiency, integrity, innovation and customer satisfaction, we ensure financial compliance and accountability to Texas A&M University and its constituents.Read more Financial Management Operations - Accounting provides quality services that enable the institution to track and monitor fiscal operations. Our goal is to assist in developing and maintaining quality accounting records and processes. In conjunction with various TAMU departments and external customers, we strive to provide superior customer service.

What we want

The Financial Accountant I, under direction, performs entry-level professional accounting. This position is responsible for fixed asset annual certification coordination, review, and update in FAMIS and USAS (SPA) as necessary, including adding, tracking, disposing, and accounting related activities of fixed assets. Perform tasks and provide expertise at a University level within the Division of Finance. Responsible for compliance with TAMUS/TAMU policies and procedures, safety standards and guidelines. The selected candidate will subscribe to and support our commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) as stated above. If the description sounds interesting to you, we invite you to apply to be considered for this opportunity.

What you need to know

COVID-19 information: Texas A&M University monitors and updates our recruiting, hiring and onboarding processes to align with local, state and federally mandated health guidelines to keep employees, prospective employees, and visitors as safe as possible. Each department has established both remote and in-person procedures for conducting these processes, which include sanitizing common spaces, a mask policy, and maintaining safe physical distancing to the extent possible. Departments will provide the procedures to be followed at each step of the recruiting process.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent oral and written communication, customer service and problem solving skills
• Ability to comprehend and apply rules and regulations
• Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others
• This is position visits departments across campus once or twice per month

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Some accounting experience in a business office
• Experience in Higher Education

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet programs

Responsibilities:

• Inventory Certification Review and Update - Coordinate the fixed asset annual certification for multiple agencies. Create and transfer electronic files to and from FAMIS and 3rd party software for fixed asset inventory. Serve as administrator for software, regularly working with IT professionals on file transfers, routine issues, and installations. Schedule, create, and send instructions and information. Prepare and train departments on software. Prepare and set up scanners. Monitor return of certifications. Track progress of completion for about 500 certifications. This includes examining, analyzing, and reviewing data. Process and perform manual corrections. Adjust control features for fixed assets and reconcile the reports. Maintain financial and non-financial internal controls in compliance with laws, policies, regulations, rules, procedures, and sponsor guidelines. Report any significant deficiencies, material weaknesses or fraud. Record and update accounting records. Score for risk assessment.
• Label Print and Distribution - Print bar code labels. Locate and print control record. Match and mail.
• Risk Assessment - Review and prepare data, including department personnel changes, number of missing assets reported, last audit date, if the last certification was late, the volume of assets involved, etc. Analyze data and apply weighted scores. Review and create audit lists.
• Inventory Audit - Conduct departmental physical inventory audit to assure compliance with State, System, & University rules and regulations.
• Other - Perform other duties as assigned.

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University and TAMHSC, must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution's verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution's procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

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