Accountant or Senior Accountant – NEW
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA
Full-time
Accounting
Posted on May 2, 2024
(posted 4/30/24)
Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia seeks applications for an Accountant or Senior Accountant.
About the Role
The Accountant/Senior Accountant assists in performing the university's accounting operations and internal controls through monitoring and reconciling the general ledger activity for accuracy, preparing journal entries, and helping with monthly/fiscal year-end closes, financial statement preparations, and audits. This position reports to the Accounting Director and supervises approximately two work-study students.
Specific duties include the following:
Successful applicants must have the following qualifications and experience:
Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to hollinshr@hollins.edu. Candidates are encouraged to comment in their cover letter on how their contributions will further the university's efforts to ensure the success and inclusion of all members of its community. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Semi-final candidates will be asked to submit contact information for three references. Once the selected candidate accepts a contingent employment offer, credit and criminal history background checks will be conducted.
About Hollins
Hollins University is dedicated to academic excellence, creativity, belonging, and preparing students for lives of purpose. Hollins provides an outstanding and academically rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education for women and entrepreneurial and innovative graduate programs for all in a gender-inclusive environment. The university promotes opportunities for research, study abroad, and leadership training, and offers real-world experience through global internships supported by an extensive alumnae/i network.
An equal opportunity employer, Hollins fosters diversity and inclusiveness at every level of the university. Persons of all genders, gender identity/expression, and sexual orientation; persons with disabilities; persons of all racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; and first-generation college graduates are encouraged to apply.
Visit www.hollins.edu for more information.
Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia seeks applications for an Accountant or Senior Accountant.
About the Role
The Accountant/Senior Accountant assists in performing the university's accounting operations and internal controls through monitoring and reconciling the general ledger activity for accuracy, preparing journal entries, and helping with monthly/fiscal year-end closes, financial statement preparations, and audits. This position reports to the Accounting Director and supervises approximately two work-study students.
Specific duties include the following:
- Prepares balance sheet reconciliations within 45 days of close for cash, short-term investments, receivables, payables, payroll, and fees paid in advance, as well as prepaid, suspense, loan, and agency accounts. Requests support from system responsibility owners to investigate variances.
- Books journal entries including credit card transactions and mail, copier, and van activities.
- Closes the ledger monthly and updates and distributes the operational calendar.
- Serves as the primary contact for the accounting@hollins.edu email account.
- Supports the campus community on questions regarding their ledger and budget accounts.
- Assists with fiscal year-end close, preparation of financials statements, audit requests, and tax return preparations as needed.
- Reviews property, facilities, and equipment for correct application of relevant generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to the acquisition, disposition/sale, and depreciation of assets.
- Assists in ensuring appropriate accounting of donor restricted funds.
- Aids with system enhancements, documenting and testing internal controls, and implementing new policies and procedures.
- Helps train and guide the part-time Cashier/Accounting Assistant and work-study students for accounting matters.
Successful applicants must have the following qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum three years of relevant experience for Accountant position and minimum six years of relevant experience for Senior Accountant position.
- Strong knowledge of accounting and reporting policies and procedures.
- Excellent communication, customer service, detail, accuracy, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
- Proven abilities to meet deadlines, make sound judgments, manage confidential and sensitive matters, and work effectively with internal and external constituents.
- Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting.
- Current or pursuing CPA certification.
- Proficiency with query tools (e.g., Power BI or Orbit).
- Experience working at a private higher education institution or other non-profit organization.
- Experience with Ellucian Banner as an ERP system.
Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to hollinshr@hollins.edu. Candidates are encouraged to comment in their cover letter on how their contributions will further the university's efforts to ensure the success and inclusion of all members of its community. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Semi-final candidates will be asked to submit contact information for three references. Once the selected candidate accepts a contingent employment offer, credit and criminal history background checks will be conducted.
About Hollins
Hollins University is dedicated to academic excellence, creativity, belonging, and preparing students for lives of purpose. Hollins provides an outstanding and academically rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education for women and entrepreneurial and innovative graduate programs for all in a gender-inclusive environment. The university promotes opportunities for research, study abroad, and leadership training, and offers real-world experience through global internships supported by an extensive alumnae/i network.
An equal opportunity employer, Hollins fosters diversity and inclusiveness at every level of the university. Persons of all genders, gender identity/expression, and sexual orientation; persons with disabilities; persons of all racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; and first-generation college graduates are encouraged to apply.
Visit www.hollins.edu for more information.
