Senior Accountant, General Ledger & Endowments

Job description

Position: Senior Accountant, General Ledger & Endowments
Department: Accounting
Status: Full Time
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Comptroller (or Asst Controller), the Senior Accounting Analyst is a professional exempt position responsible for general ledger activities. This position will have significant focus on philanthropic gifts, pledges and endowment accounting. This role will serve as a key accounting resource and liaison to the Office of Advancement. This position is well-suited for a CPA candidate seeking continued growth in nonprofit and higher education accounting. This position will require strong general ledger skills and experience in endowment/gift accounting.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Perform advanced accounting and analysis for gifts, pledges, endowments.
• Analyze donor agreements and gift documentation to determine appropriate accounting treatment and restriction classification.
• Create accounts for new Endowments and monitor any modifications or amendments to existing Endowments to ensure proper accounting treatment.
• Assist the Accounting leadership team with the day-to-day, quarterly and fiscal year-end operations of the Accounting Office, focusing on balance sheet support and reconciliation.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Complete monthly journal entries for utilities, credit cards and internal allocations.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of policies, procedures and internal controls related to gift accounting.
• Identify process improvements and support system enhancements related to gift and Advancement financial data.
• Maintain and reconcile pledge receivables, including discounting, allowances and aging analysis.
• Serves as the primary point of contact for Advancement staff on accounting related questions, gift structures and financial reporting and audit needs.
• Serves as a resource regarding unique gift vehicles including, but not limited to, charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities and insurances.
• Prepare workpapers for quarterly financial statements and assist with providing auditors with required documentation.
• All other related duties that maybe assigned from time to time.
• Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor at all times
• Uphold and abide by Campbell University policies and procedures, including, but not limited to; Title IX and Information Security, including FERPA and other state and federal mandates. duties, UPMIFA legislation, FASB disclosures.

Education/Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; CPA candidate preferred.
• Comprehensive computer experience with advanced Microsoft Excel skills and familiarity working with large data sets.
• Three years of relevant experience in a higher education institution required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Communicate effectively to all groups through both oral and written channels
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
• Ability to maintain accuracy and attention to detail is essential
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and standard methods of digital communication
• Demonstrate tact, a positive attitude, courtesy and discretion in dealing with faculty, staff, students, high-level university officials and the public
• Work independently as well as function effectively in a team and within a diverse group of people
• Exercise independent judgment in complex and new situations
• Manage multiple, concurrent projects, and meet strict deadlines
• Adaptability, flexibility and a willingness to work in a changing environment
• This position demands accuracy, honesty, integrity, and the ability to work within the Christian mission of Campbell University