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Position Summary:
The General Accounting section of the Controller's Office is responsible for auditing, keying and imaging departmental paper journal entries; completing daily batch uploads to Banner Finance; reconciling the university's bank accounts, reconciling the Banner Finance system to the State's Accounting System, reconciling various other funds; month-end close; year-end close; supporting the Banner Finance help line; and providing training for new employees in the areas of Banner Finance navigation, general accounting query, and monthly department reports.
Primary responsibilities for this position include:
Quality Control Review and Processing of Journal Entries
• Ensure all journal entries recorded in the general ledger are in compliance with university and state policies and procedures, processed within established timeframe, and accurately keyed into Banner Finance.
• After quality control review of journal entries, liaise with university departments as necessary to gather missing information, clarification, or obtain supporting documentation.
• Provide exemplary customer service to departmental users by answering questions concerning journal voucher procedures and processes.
• Maintain proper procedures and documentation for journal entry processes.
• Mentor wage employee responsible for scanning and indexing journal entries and provide back-up assistance as necessary.
• Annual review of budget letters and create monthly entries for allocations
Fiscal Reconciliation and Audit of Select Fiscal Transactions
• Perform monthly verification and reconciliation of assigned accounts applying knowledge of basic bookkeeping and accounting principles, analyzing information to identify anomalies and resolve discrepancies. These reconciliations include the university bank account reconciliations for check disbursements, payroll and loan accounts and various Banner fund reconciliations. Prepare reconciling entries to include interest, service fees, etc. to general ledger. Maintain proper procedures and documentation for reconciliations.
• Perform periodic quality control review of financial transactions to identify aging encumbrances, funds with insufficient balances, unsettled funds and purchase orders, etc. Liaise with department representatives to resolve.
• Distribute error fund transactions from the automated interface batches to responsible employees in the Controller's Office for resolution.
Customer Service Support (Internal and External)
• Service as primary contact for telecommunication encumbrance adjustments
• Serve as primary contact for Records Management Records Retention
• Provide backup support to teammates which may include daily cash reconciliation, review of online bank notifications for positive pay, processing user requests for HokieMart, keying Banner fund attribute requests.

Required Qualifications:
• Demonstrated knowledge of basic bookkeeping, accounting principles and methods
• Ability to read, understand, and apply complex state and university policies and procedures
• Demonstrated data entry experience
• Demonstrated ability to identify and determine source of discrepancies and resolve
• Demonstrated initiative to independently plan, organize and prioritize workload
• Proficient utilizing various computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, electronic mail and databases
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to provide customer service in a courteous manner and work effectively with diverse groups of people

Preferred Qualifications:
• Associate's degree in accounting or related field OR equivalent level of training and/or experience
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) Finance systems such as Banner Finance
• Experience using automated workflow and imaging systems
• Knowledge of state or university accounting procedures
• Experience with query tools such as Microsoft Access or SAS



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