Job Title: Junior Staff Accountant
PVN ID: RF-1804-002453
Category: Administrative Services
Location: RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF C.U.N.Y.

Job Description

General Description

Reporting to the Finance Managers, the Junior Staff Accountant assists in processing routine financial transactions, accounting duties and other assignments.

  • Monitors, reviews and reconciles p-cards and other advance activities                        
  • Communicates with clients to resolve outstanding balances
  • Prepares journal entries and secures back-up documentation when accounting for advances
  • Provides periodic p-card aging report to Accountants
  • Assists with the administration of the Accounts Receivable Module (20%)
  • Other duties as assigned.

Other Duties

Qualifications

  • Minimum Associate Degree in Accounting
  • Two to three years of work experience in Accounting
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to work quickly, accurately and under pressure
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Spreadsheet and word processing)
  • Ability to work with internal and external clients.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

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
Jun 04, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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