Accounting Specialist

Accounting Specialist

Completion of financial transactions. Serve as expert on processing partner expenses, including complex transactions and bid processes. The following lists of responsibilities are expectations but not all inclusive:
• Process travel requests, purchase card expense, requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, virtual shopping carts, cash advances, reimbursements, deposits, and similar expense and account payable responsibilities.
• Analyze and evaluate financial trends. Based upon findings, assist with developing procedures to enhance the financial processes.
• Serve as an expert in foreign and domestic travel processing.
• Serve as an expert and advisor within the financial transactions and budget areas.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance with each transaction.
• Maintain and monitor financial reporting.

Serve as an IFAS leader within accounting.  Duties may include processing the below requests types:
• Departmental ID
• Flex code
• Payroll combination code
• Chartfield
• Budget transfers
• Payroll distribution
• Payroll retros
• Expense to expenses
• Expense to revenues
• Other similar accounting transactions

Analyze data and procedures. Utilizing critical thinking skills.  Incumbent will review data, locate trends, make recommendations, adjust procedures, and communicate findings. Through conducting reconciliations, this position will review expenses and funding allowability to ensure compliance. When warranted, concerns will be addressed in a timely manner and expense to expense corrections may be required. Stakeholder investment and communication is essential. This individual will be the leader in communication with our partner units.  Effective and approachable communication verbally, written in-person and virtually is required.  Crucial conversations will occur and staff are expected to navigate these in a professional manner.  Often solution finding, compassion, and resolve will be required.

Other duties as assigned. With evolving work environments, special projects, travel, and temporary assignments may be expected

$50,000 – $60,000; Commensurate with experience 

A bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization and one year of appropriate experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Must possess critical thinking skills.
Skilled in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and Teams programs.
Skilled with virtual communication.
Skilled in accurate data entry.
Knowledge of PeopleSoft functions, SAP Concur, OnBase, Adobe, and myUFMarket.
Ability to learn UF policy and procedures.
Effective verbal and written communication.
Excellent customer service, time management, record-keeping and organizational abilities required.
Easily adapts to new and updated software.
Must be able to work well in a team environment.

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume. 

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.