| Position Title: | Account Specialist | |
| Location: | Big Rapids (Main Campus) | |
| Department: | 70000 - Univer Advance and Mktg VP Office | |
| Advertised Salary: | $23.43 hourly rate pursuant to the FSU and CTA/MEA-NEA Agreement | |
Benefits:
| Comprehensive benefit package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. Clerical Tech Association (CTA) | |
| FLSA: | Non-Exempt | |
| Temporary/Continuing: | Continuing | |
| Part-Time/Full-Time: | Full-Time | |
| Union Group: | Clerical-Technical Association (MEA-NEA) | |
| Term of Position: | 12 Month | |
| At Will/Just Cause: | Just Cause | |
| Summary of Position: | Independently perform a variety of complex accounting duties to facilitate budgetary management and planning, including balancing between various forms of accounting software and Banner. Oversee budget activity in all departments within the Division to ensure consistency with procedures and policies. Communicate and implement procedures and policies for all accounting functions within the Division; propose procedural changes when deemed appropriate and efficacious. Communicate constructively and effectively with all constituents, both internal and external to the Division. | |
| Position Type: | Staff | |
| Required Education: | Bachelor’s degree.
The listed requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, abilities, and skills may be considered. Equivalency for education is two years of work experience is equal to one year of education. | |
| Required Work Experience: | Two years of full-time advanced accounting experience in an office setting or equivalent. Strong computer knowledge, including proficiency in Microsoft Office and web-based transactions. Previous experience using electronic record-keeping system. | |
| Required Licenses and Certifications: | | |
| Physical Demands: | - Office Environment
- Bending
- Carrying
- Moving
- Reaching
- Sitting
- Twisting
- Driving
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Repetitive movement
- Standing
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| Additional Education/Experiences to be Considered: | Higher education work experience. Previous experience processing gifts through the Millennium Donor Database System or Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT. | |
| Essential Duties/Responsibilities: | Perform all duties as listed in Account Clerk 1, 2 and 3 position descriptions.
Balance a variety of transactions to Banner, as required.
Independently evaluate, analyze, investigate, and resolve budgetary transactions and issues.
On-campus and local travel will be required to ensure bank deposits are made in a timely manner.
Collaborate with others on budget reporting, planning, and forecasting.
Identify and evaluate problems and propose solutions to budgetary, procedural, and policy issues.
Spot-check to monitor compliance with various policies and procedures.
Serve as the main resource for office accounting issues.
Train clerical and administrative staff on accounting-related issues, including policy, procedures, and accounting applications.
Provide quality control through real-time monitoring and auditing of accounting activities at all levels.
Assist with special projects and reports, including responding, as appropriate, to institutional audit requests.
Represent Division by attending meetings, as assigned.
Assist in developing department procedures for the Division employees regarding FSU accounting policies and assist in implementation.
Differentiate between and operate according to the policies associated with several types of funds, to include general, designated, developmental, supplemental, grant, project, and scholarship funds, and between base budget, self-funded budgets, and one-time monies.
Collaborate with outside agencies and respective college entities on research and development projects, including grants and contracts, as needed.
Independently answers inquiries from a variety of internal and external
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