Accountant Iii - Payroll

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
* 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
* Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
* The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
* Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
* Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
* Free financial and legal counseling
* Free mental health counseling services
* Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
* Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
* Resources for child and elder care
* Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Provides professional level accounting skills and assistance in cash management, financial reporting, and special projects to ensure the sound management of a department.
Position Key Accountabilities:
1. Sets up and administers accounts.
2. Prepares complex regular and special financial reports and statements.
3. Performs on a regular basis: reconciles the institution's bank accounts, writes department reports, approves and processes budget modifications, monitors expenditures, approves allowability of goods and services requests, performs billing collections, ensures submission of technical reports, minimizes audit disallowances, and resolves audit issues.
4. Maintains data for the Monthly Report of Time Deposits, the Quarterly Report of Investment Transactions, Miscellaneous Income Statements, and the Annual Report of Investment Transactions of Local Institutional Funds.
5. Maintains the Title File of Accounts which is completed through on-line computer transactions.
6. Assists in the preparation of the Annual Financial Report at the end of the fiscal year.
7. May provide work direction and guidance to personnel within the department. May lead projects and activities.
8. Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
None.
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or its equivalent with at least twenty-four (24) hours of college level accounting credit.
Minimum Experience:
Five (5) years of experience in accounting.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.