Accountant II - Cash and Investments

Join our Team at Portland Community College

Please Note: PCC currently limits employment to individuals residing in Oregon and Washington. Employment offers are contingent upon the ability to establish residence in Oregon or Washington.

Portland Community College will also ensure that applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for the hiring process are provided for. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the PCC Talent Acquisition Team at pccjobs@pcc.edu.

Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and 19th largest in the nation, serving approximately 80,000 full- and part-time students. With four comprehensive campuses, five workforce training and education centers, and 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area, our unique role is to make high-quality education accessible to everyone, creating opportunities for our students and contributing to the economic development of our community.

The Portland Community College has an exciting opportunity for the Accountant II position. The Accountant II performs complex accounting activities requiring the selection and broad use of generally accepted accounting principles and standards, financial analysis and procedures relating to major program areas. Coordinates accounting matters with other departments, divisions and campuses. Develops and/or recommends accounting methods and procedures as needed and as a result of conducting special studies and/or projects.

See the classification description for additional information: https://www.pcc.edu/hr/employment/academic-pro-jobs/acct2/

What You'll Do and Who We Are Looking For

Principal Accountabilities (includes some or all of the following)

• Maintains comprehensive and complex accounts and funds requiring the analysis of accounting transactions and the establishment or maintenance of internal controls.
• Develops, installs and modifies accounting systems, records, methods, and procedures.
• Recommends and evaluates changes or enhancements to financial management systems and policies. Assists in assuring that the college financial records are in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Processes the month end and year end closings.
• Prepares monthly financial statements and operating reports for distribution to management and other college personnel and federal and state entities as required.
• Prepares monthly reconciliations and balance sheets.
• Prepares a variety of comprehensive narrative reports, financial analysis, and forecasting.
• Reviews and verifies the accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications.
• Assists college administrators and staff in solving complex problems regarding tracking and evaluation of revenues, expenditures and encumbrances.
• Assures compliance with federal, state and/or local regulations, inclusive of the Oregon Budget Law, the Single Audit Act and OMB Circular 133 and OMB Circular A-21.
• Prepares and presents information to auditors and federal and state officials.
• Responds to inquiries and defends accounting practices when appropriate.
• May lead projects or oversee lower level accounting staff; reviewing work of adequacy, methods, and conformance and giving performance input to the supervisor.
• Designs and produces ad-hoc reports and financial models as requested by administrators and supervisor.
• Translates complex financial information and technical language into clear and concise documents from which administrators can make decisions.
• Acts as a technical resource to other Financial Services personnel.
• Participates in special projects as requested by management and performs other related duties as assigned.

These qualifications, skills and abilities are critical for success in this position. Throughout the screening process, you will be evaluated based on the demonstration of these qualifications.

• Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting complex financial/accounting information and preparing reports
• Demonstrated experience preparing daily reconciliations of automated financial systems such as an ERP system, banking software, eCommerce, merchant systems, and POS systems
• Experience in government and/or college fund accounting systems and principles.
• Experience providing technical information to departmental managers and other staff regarding college accounting requirements and college accounting software.
• Experience working with diverse academic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff. This also includes working directly with both internal and external departments and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of banking regulations, federal financial aid processing (in particular related to nursing loans), FERPA and PII compliance, as well as processing posting errors, reversals, chargebacks, and completing reconciliations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field…