Accountant - Coral Gables Campus

The University of Miami is an academic institution and university-based health system serving South Florida. The Accountant oversees internal accounting and reporting for assigned departments, supports budgeting and fiscal management, and manages financial activities for Facilities Design & Construction capital projects.

What you'll do:

• Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports
• Analyzes trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses
• Reports assigned department's finances to management and offers suggestions about resource utilization, tax strategies, and assumptions underlying budget forecasts
• Verifies the accuracy of journal vouchers and accounting classifications assigned to various records
• Examines and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts
• Reviews and approves all reimbursements, check requisitions, and purchase orders
• Assists with fiscal year end process including entries for the necessary accruals
• Develops, analyzes, audits, reconciles, and monitors fiscal reports based upon current and historical financial revenues and expenditures
• Participates in planning long- or short-term business objectives
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets
• The Accountant is responsible for applying principles of accounting to manage project accounts associated with the campus operations of Facilities Operations & Planning with a primary focus on Facilities Design & Construction capital projects. Duties include, reviewing purchase orders, invoices, supplier contracts, progress payment requests and review change orders
• Liaise between vendors, contractors, UM Purchasing, UM Accounts Payable, client financial representatives and project managers as needed to ensure that all financial activities associated with projects are accurate at all times

What they're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting procedures and principles
• Knowledge of budget control methods, policies, and procedures
• Ability to prepare financial and accounting records
• Ability to analyze, consolidate, and interpret accounting data
• Ability to compile, organize, interpret, and communicate accounting data and results concisely
• Ability to manage a budget and work within the constraints of that budget
• Advanced skills in MS Excel are a must
• Proficient in MS Office products, including Word and Outlook
• Previous experience with using Adobe Acrobat
• Solid Analytical, Communication and Customer Service Skills

Benefits:

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Tuition remission