General Accountant (GEN ACCOUNTANT 2)

About the Role

The General Accountant (GEN ACCOUNTANT 2) position at the University of California, Davis, supports the General Accounting Supervisor in performing essential accounting functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Bank Reconciliations (15%)
• Recurring Journals (20%)
• Organization Support (20%)
• Customer Support (20%)
• Inter Campus Transfers (25%)
• Perform monthly bank reconciliation functions.
• Review departmental inquiries on a broad spectrum of ledger and policy issues.
• Prepare inter-campus journals including orders, charges, and fund transfers.
• Prepare recurring monthly journals.
• Manage several General Accounting accounts.
• Approve documents that route to General Accounting.
• Handle all aspects of agency account and other university related event account processes.
• Monitor reports for compliance and advise departments on how to correct report errors.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Associate degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience / training.
• Experience working with accounting fundamentals and understanding of the relationship between income, expense, and balance sheet accounts and ledger reconciliation.
• Experience preparing complex reconciliations involving large quantities of data.
• Experience analyzing, defining, and resolving complex accounting problems within an electronic environment.
• High level of experience using electronic financial accounting systems.
• High level of experience using spreadsheet, word processing, and electronic email and calendaring applications.
• Experience with higher functionality of Excel spreadsheets including V-Lookups and pivot tables.
• Knowledge and skill to work in a customer service environment, including assisting clients by phone or in person.

Preferred Qualifications

• Accounting experience in a higher education environment, preferably UC.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Financials.
• Experience using Customer Relationship Management Systems.
• Organizational skills to organize, plan, coordinate and set priorities effectively; multi-task and adapt to changing priorities on multiple projects.

Position Information

• Salary or Pay Range: $28.98 - $49.95/hour
• Salary Frequency: Hourly
• Salary Grade: 19
• UC Job Title: GEN ACCOUNTANT 2
• UC Job Code: 007736
• Number of Positions: 1
• Appointment Type: Career
• Percentage of Time: 100%
• Shift (Work Schedule): M-F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Location: Remote Worksite (REMOTE)
• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• This position is 100% remote.

Physical Demands

• Sitting - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Keyboard use/repetitive motion - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Standing - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Walking - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Lifting/Carrying 0-25 Lbs - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Pushing/Pulling 0-25 Lbs - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Bending/Stooping - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Squatting/Kneeling - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Twisting - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Reaching overhead - Occasional Up to 3 Hours

Mental Demands

• Sustained attention and concentration - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Ability to organize & prioritize - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Communication skills - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Constant Interaction - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Customer/Patient Contact - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Multiple Concurrent Tasks - Frequent 3 to 6 Hours
• Complex problem solving/reasoning - Occasional Up to 3 Hours
• Numerical skills - Occasional Up to 3 Hours

Work Environment

• Must maintain a work schedule during core business hours and provide additional time as needed to meet project deadlines or operational needs.
• Restricted vacation usage during peak workload periods and during fiscal closing, specifically in the months of January, July and August.
• Must be able to work and maintain concentration in an office with frequent interruptions and distractions, and frequent traffic and noise from telephone conversations, visitors, staff, etc.
• Must be available to travel to meetings on an as-needed basis.

Special Requirements

• This is a critical position, as defined by UC Policy and local procedures, and as such, employment is contingent upon clearing a criminal background check(s) and may include drug screening, medical evaluation clearance and functional capacity assessment.
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.