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Position Number:
101226
Title:
Accountant I
Functional Title:
Accountant I
Category Status:
20-Nonexempt,Regular
Applicant Search Category:
Staff
University Authorized FTE:
1.000
Unit:
VPF-CON-Accounts Payable
Hiring Range Minimum:
43404
Hiring Range Maximum:
52085
Benefits Summary
Top Benefits and Perks:
Nonexempt Benefits Summary
Campus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the flagship institution in the University System of Maryland. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
Background Checks
Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify you from employment.
Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
Under general supervision, performs the review and audit of the accounts payable batches that are processed by the Invoice Processing Team, submission of the AP Batch Review documents to System Control, batching the invoice images and performing the upload of the batches to GAD, process the vendor maintenance documents for UMCP, UMCES, USM, and Shady Grove. Respond to customer inquiries that are submitted to the central AP email account and interface with GAD for any issues related to the batch submission. Learn and become acclimated with the process of Workday, which will replace KFS.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelors degree in accounting or related field with a minimum of nine (9) credits in Accounting.
Bachelors degree in accounting or related field with a minimum of nine (9) credits in Accounting.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Working knowledge of and ability to apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Ability to apply basic analytical skills; to operate manual and automated office equipment, personal computers and financial software to input data; to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; to prepare and present working papers and supporting documentation.
Other:
Except for qualifications established by law, additional related experience and formal education in which one has gained the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for full performance of the work of the job class may be substituted for the education or experience requirement on a year-for-year basis with 30 college credits being equivalent to one year of experience.
Preferences:
Preferences:
- Four years accounting/clerical/personal computer experience.
- Experience working in a large university setting or complex organization is strongly desired.
- Strong data entry skills.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills; ability to communicate effectively.
- Thorough knowledge of bookkeeping principles, mathematical computations, using analytical techniques to reconcile financial data, reviewing and processing financial documents, operating calculators, basic personal computers and related software, including Microsoft Suite. and preparing written records and reports.
- Ability to work independently with little supervision
- Ability to train others in assigned accounting & clerical work
- Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships
- Ability to operate manual and automated office equipment and possess the ability to navigate through web-based and mainframe computer applications.
- Customer service skills.
Additional Certifications:
Additional Information:
Job Risks
Not Applicable to This Position
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
The position is primarily sedentary work. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; Other vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
The position is primarily sedentary work. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; Other vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Posting Date:
03/11/2024
Closing Date:
03/25/2024
Open Until Filled
No
Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
