Job Title: Junior Staff Accountant
PVN ID: RF-1801-002303
Category: Administrative Services
Location: RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF C.U.N.Y.

Job Description

General Description

SUMMARY:

This is a part-time junior accounting position. The incumbent performs routine financial transactions, accounting duties and special assignments. The incumbent maintains exemplary standards of personal and professional ethics, communicates effectively, and assists others by participating in team-based projects as assigned.

 

Other Duties

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Assist in the monitoring and maintaining of all bank activities daily and communicate with various departments. Prepare the collateral report and ensure that the cash control procedures are adhered to.
  • Assist in the Research Foundation bank reconciliations and take corrective action.
  • Assist in analysis and verification of monthly bank billing statement.
  • Communicate with bank to perform various transactions such as stop payment, cancellation and inquiry of payment status.
  • Assist in providing supporting documentation for program audit requests.
  • Prepare and process daily, month-end and year-end journal entries.
  • Assist in the analysis of all payroll activities and preparation of journal entries.
  • Prepare schedule for stale dated checks, send letter to payees and transmit unclaimed funds to New York State.
  • Assist in the processing of garnishee payments.
  • Analyze and reconcile various general ledger accounts and reports.
  • Assist in the preparation of schedules for year-end financial statement audit.
  • Assist in the documentation of policies and procedures.
  • Other accounting duties and special assignments as assigned.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • The selected candidate should be working towards an accounting degree; with a minimum of 12 accounting credits required.
  • Working knowledge of high volume reconciliation and journal entries
  • Strong analytical and writing skills
  • Demonstrated ability to take the initiative in solving problems
  • Working knowledge of MS Excel and Word
  • Candidate should be a team player and possess the ability to interact with external contacts and various departments.

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Finance
Status
Part Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Apr 10, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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