Accounting Manager

Under the general direction of the Controller, the Accounting Manager partners closely with the Controller to oversee the period-end close process, financial reporting, and monthly accounts review and analysis. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of the university's financial information. The Accounting Manager will assist in managing the accounting department's workflow, coordinating priorities, and ensuring deadlines are consistently met.

Key responsibilities include preparing and updating revenue and scholarship recognition models, processing monthly journal entries and reconciliations for payroll, conducting a first-level review of accounts payable submitted through Colleague Self-Service to ensure proper accounts coding, and performing general ledger accounts reconciliations with a high level of accuracy and efficiency. Success in this role requires possession of a strong technical accounting foundation, excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to meet both internal and external reporting deadlines while maintaining a high standard of quality and professionalism.

The Accounting Manager provides thought-leadership to the university while leveraging industry knowledge and best practices to promote the mission and vision of the finance and accounting department and the university.

Education/

Experience:

* Minimum educational requirement of a bachelor's degree or master's in accounting or finance.

* At least 8 years of experience in accounting and finance.

Certifications/Licenses:

* CPA preferred but not required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

* Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal control procedures.

* Experience and knowledge of not-for-profit accounting, reporting & compliance.

* Must possess excellent communication and management skills, professional written and verbal skills, including report writing and organizational skills.

* Software knowledge of accounting systems, preferably Colleague, Business Objects, and Power BI.

* Experience and knowledge of not-for-profit accounting, reporting, and compliance.

* Demonstrates a strong proficiency using Microsoft Excel, including (but not limited to): pivot tables, pivot charts, INDEX/MATCH (or XLOOKUP), V/HLOOKUP, IFERROR, SUMIFS, conditional formatting, concatenating text strings, cell and workbook protections, algorithms, what-if analysis, forms, importing .csv or .txt files, etc.

* General understanding of accounting software, including the underlying application controls that are integral to our control environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting:

* Prepares revenue and scholarship models, including deferred tuition and fee revenue and scholarship for each academic term, for review by the controller before they are posted into Colleague.

* Prepares debt and lease (finance and operating) schedules, records, and reconciles to ensure the GL accounts tie to the various schedules.

* Supports month and year-end closing activities, including reconciliations of various revenue and expense accounts before the month-end closing.

* Prepares and records Vancouver financial reports, including foreign currency translation, and intercompany transactions for consolidation with Chingo campus operations.

* Supports the preparation and presents accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.

* Payroll monthly journal entries and reconciliation (payroll taxes and benefits payments by the bank), for the Controller's review.

* Maintains general ledger accounts codes and reviews payroll object codes in Ulti Pro to ensure consistency with the Adler chart of accounts.

* Assists with the implementation of internal controls for various accounting policies and procedures.

* Supports the year-end accounts closing and compliance filings, including GAAP financial audit and IRS Form 990 filing.

* Generates and records weekly authorized net transactions and reconciles with the students' accounts department to ensure all transactions are captured and correctly recorded.

* Reviews and records interest income and other income (application and other fees processed through Authorized…