Financial Reporting Accountant - Fresno State at Another Source in Fresno, California

Job Description:

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Another Source’s client, Fresno State University is recruiting a Financial Reporting Accountant to join their Accounting Services team in Fresno, California.    

Internally this will be titled Accountant III (3)  

About Fresno State:  

California State University, Fresno is one of 23 campuses in the California State University System. The University's mission is to boldly educate and empower students for success through our values of Discovery, Diversity and Distinction. The current student population is more than 25,000, including a large percentage of students with diverse and culturally rich backgrounds. The University serves the San Joaquin Valley while maintaining deep involvement with the state, nation, and across the globe. 

Metropolitan Fresno, with a multi-ethnic population of over 527,000, is located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. The campus is within driving distance of Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, San Francisco, Los Angeles, the Monterey Peninsula, beaches, sailing, lakes, and numerous ski resorts. Fresno boasts one of the most reasonable housing markets in California and offers a wide array of locally grown fruits and produce. 

Compensation and Benefits:    

Fresno State also offers a rich benefits package

More info: https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/benefits/Documents/employee-benefits-summary.pdf 

About the role: 

This position reports directly to the General Accounting and Reporting Manager and is a member of Accounting Services. Accounting Services is under the Division of Administrative Services, which reports to the Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer. 

Incumbents in the Accountant III classification perform advanced professional accounting work involving the implementation and application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and practices to the resolution of a wide variety of complex accounting problems. The Accountant III serves as a high-level individual contributor providing expertise and direction to other professional and/or technical staff.  

Learn more:  

https://adminfinance.fresnostate.edu/accountingservices/index.html 

The anticipated salary range for this position is $6,800 - $7,500/monthly, which equals to 81,600 - 90,000. 

Responsibilities:  

Monthly close duties: 

• Coordinate the monthly close and ensure all transactions for the month have been recorded. 
• Ensure all reconciliations have been prepared timely and all prior month reconciling items have been resolved prior to closing the month. 
• Open and close accounting periods. 
• Review staff’s work for accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, and prepare review notes for staff to resolve deficiencies and signoff that all review notes have been resolved. 
• Analyze fixed asset transactions for accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, and reconcile to the ledgers and financial reports and schedules. 
• Run reports, queries, and review for abnormal balances, accuracy, completeness, appropriateness and investigate and resolve findings and report results to the manager. 
• Perform other monthly close duties as assigned. 

Year-end legal close duties: 

• Coordinate the year-end close and ensure all transactions for the year have been recorded. 
• Prepare closing task list and assign tasks to staff. 
• Prepare and coordinate the year-end closing memo to the campus. 
• Lead weekly year-end closing meetings. 
• Ensure all reconciliations have been prepared timely and all reconciling items have been resolved prior to closing the year. 
• Ensure all annual legal analysis, reports, entries, and year-end trees, closing rules, and year-end processes have been successfully and accurately completed. 
• Read and understand the Legal reporting manual. 

GAAP and financial reporting duties: 

• Coordinate the GAAP close and assign related tasks to staff. 
• Ensure all transactions have been recorded. 
• Review the reporting package for completeness and accuracy. 
• Prepare and/or review auxiliary GASB and FASB financial statements in accordance with GAAP. 
• Review/Prepare Prepared By Client (PBC) schedules. 
• Review fluctuation analysis. 
• Review/Prepare GAAP entries. 
• Review sample selections. 
• Read and understand the GAAP reporting manual. 
• Lead campus implementations of new accounting pronouncements. 
• Perform other financial reporting duties as assigned. 

Minimum Requirements:  

• Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting, business administration, finance, or a closely related field; or a combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge and abilities. 
• Equivalent to five years of professional level accounting experience; Governmental accounting experience is desirable. 

Equal Employment Statement 

The California State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, race, religion or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, transgender, or protected veteran status consistent with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all CSU students, faculty and staff programs and activities. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and certain other federal and state laws, prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in all education programs and activities operated by the university (both on and off campus). 

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