Accountant II 

Reconciliation Tier I Review
Serve as a Tier 1 reconciler across all funds for SFFGS including but not limited to State appropriated, cash-based, and sponsored project funds. Download and save monthly financial reports. This will include but not be limited to monthly transaction verification ensuring allowability and accuracy, support documentation verification, compile missing documentation if needed, and purchase approval verification. Responsible for adding notes for any items needing explanation, investigation, or correction. Research and collaborate with fiscal and research teams to correct any errors. Ensure all documentation is saved in SFFGS fiscal repository, utilizing SFFGS naming convention. Collaborate with faculty, staff, and administrators on missing documentation. Educate and train faculty, staff, and administrators on accuracy, supporting documentation, and allowable and not allowable expenses on all funds.

Financial Dashboards and Reporting
Design, implement, and coordinate financial dashboards, reporting, and resources. Maintain and refine dashboard to meet the needs of the department. Ensure data is updated in a timely manner with accuracy. Troubleshoot errors and misalignments within the data, reporting, and dashboards. Prepare budget reports and/or dashboards for faculty, staff, and administrators. Actively engage in technology advances that provide efficiencies, data analytics, and business intelligence for SFFGS. Be a Unit leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations. Train staff on financial reporting and technology tools, compliancy, and best operation procedures.

Budget & Fiscal Liaison
Assist Assistant Director, Administrative Services, fiscal team, research team, and human resources team to establish and analyze budget. Provide accounting support, and excellent customer service and ensure clear communication channels between core offices (IFAS and UF) and end users. Assist departmental administration in fulfilling core values by analyzing current processes and make recommendations for improvement. Proactively identify and communicate problems and opportunities; seek input and participate in implementing solutions. Liaise with fiscal staff regarding the timely processing of PCard transactions, accounts payable, requisitions/purchase orders, expense reports, travel authorizations, and journal entries. Address expense to expense corrections and expense to reimbursement needs. Assist in training and problem solving allowability standards for expenses. Assist with training faculty, staff, and fiscal assistants how to properly input information to ensure a sound budget.

Internal Controls, Compliance, and Reporting
Assist Assistant Director, Administrative Services with internal controls and compliance in the areas of deposits/accounts receivable, purchasing, accounts payable, travel, effort reporting/faculty assignment reporting, reconciliation, contracts and grants (pre and post award). Develop recommendations to improve SFFGS internal controls and compliance.

Procurement
Assist SFFGS as back-up Approver for SFFGS procurement across all funds. This requires the individual to be familiar and comfortable with UF's procurement systems including MyUFL Marketplace and UFGO

Other duties as assigned.

$58,000 - $60,000 commensurate with education and experience

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience.

Knowledge of Federal, State, and University fiscal policies and procedures.
Knowledge or PeopleSoft and Enterprise Analytics.
Knowledge of Federal State, and University fund allowability.
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with faculty, staff, students, IFAS financial team, UF core offices, and administrators.
Ability to effectively communicate fiscal policies and procedures to faculty, staff, and students through verbal and written communications.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to analyze financial data and maintain financial record keeping.
Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives.
Knowledge of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).
Knowledge of Microsoft excel, word, office suite, teams.
Knowledge of PowerBi.

Knowledge of SharePoint Sites, edit permissions, forms.

 In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.