Technical Operations Accountant

Job Summary

The Campus Controller's Office at CU Boulder welcomes applications for the Technical Operations Accountant position! The University of Colorado Boulder is a Tier One, nationally competitive research university with a $2.00B annual operating budget. The University is focused on cultivating its instruction and research, increasing its innovative impact at the national and international level through collaboration, transformation, and leadership. The Campus Controller’s Office (CCO) provides critical support to the mission by ensuring fiscal responsibility, accurate financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures, and contract requirements.

This full-time position reports to the Technical Operations Manager within the Campus Controller’s Office and works closely with campus departmental finance and accounting staff as well as system offices. This position maintains the accounting structure, known as chart fields, within the Finance System for the campus and ensures that all requests to create/modify chart fields are fully researched and vetted to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with all applicable standards and guidelines.

This position also acts as the Boulder campus finance access security coordinator, ensuring appropriate provisioning of finance access to CU finance systems, including the periodic review of sensitive access roles and annual certification of CU Marketplace incompatible access.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Campus Controller's Office maintains and supports the university's fiscal responsibility through accurate financial accounting and reporting and in compliance with laws, regulations, policies/procedures and contract requirements for sponsored projects. We provide oversight, assistance and training in financial stewardship for the campus.

Chart fields
Maintain the accounting structure in the Finance System and evaluate each change to that structure to make sure it is in compliance with NACUBO (National Association of College and University Business Officers), GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board), and GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) standards and guidelines, as well as the accounting policies and practices of the University of Colorado. Ensuring that the accounting structure remains in compliance with accounting standards mentioned above ensures the integrity of accounting data for the Boulder Campus and ensures that data correctly maps to the university’s financial statements.

It is therefore necessary for each change to the chart fields be thoroughly researched and carefully considered. This includes the review and creation/modification of programs, projects, speed types, subclasses, and orgs. Advise and mentor departments regarding the creation and maintenance of departmental chart fields.

Finance Access
Ensure appropriate access is provisioned accurately and timely to People Soft Finance and CU Marketplace. Access requests are reviewed for appropriateness and compliance with university policy and procedures. Review and act on reports (Terminated Employees and Recertification of Transferred Employees) provided by the Identity and Access Management team and provide timely feedback to IAM. Manage the annual review and certification of CU Marketplace incompatible access for Boulder campus.

Provide excellent customer service, going above and beyond to assist users with their access needs. Attend cross-campus security coordinator meetings and make suggestions to improve the provisioning process.

Documentation and Process Improvement
Document and update procedures handled by this position, including public facing web pages and other finance access content, such as instructional PDFs. Improve processes to eliminate duplication of effort and…