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Accounting Manager

Maricopa Community College district
long term disability, tuition reimbursement
United States, Arizona, Tempe
2411 West 14th Street (Show on map)
Nov 02, 2024


Accounting Manager

Job ID: 320668
Location: District Support Services Cntr
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

Salary Range

$82,790.00 - $107,627.00/annually, DOE

Grade

121

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
Summer Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7am-6pm

Work Calendar

12 Months

Maricopa Summary

Are you looking for a place to work where you can make a real difference in the lives of over 200,000 college students every year?

Would you like to be part of an organization that adds $7.2 billion dollars to the economy and supports nearly 100,000 jobs in the fastest growing county in the United States?

Whether you're teaching, working, or learning Make It Happen At Maricopa County Community Colleges!

About Us

What's Currently Happening at Maricopa

  • Many of our campuses have received grant awards through the National Science Foundation to improve undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving institutions program (HSI Program).
  • Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and employee groups to create an environment of shared governance
  • One of the largest community college systems in the country
  • 2020 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program recipient
  • Named 19th Best Employer for Women by Forbes
  • 2019 No. 42 in Arizona's Best Employers


Benefits

The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is committed to providing you with a competitive, comprehensive benefits program that provides the care you and your family need to lead healthy and productive lives. Our benefits are designed to provide support for every life stage and lifestyle in our community.

Benefits & Perks Options:
  • 20 paid observed holidays
  • Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) & 12% Employee Contribution Match (Pension, Long Term Disability, and Health Insurance)
  • Paid vacation, sick, and personal time
  • Maricopa Employee Store: Perks & Gears (exclusive discounts and offers for Maricopa Community Colleges faculty and staff)
  • Annual professional development growth funding
  • Tuition reimbursement for employees and dependents
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Maricopa Employee Health & Wellness Program:
    • Sight-On-Site Eye Care Services
    • Diabetes Empowerment Education Program
    • Mobile On-site Mammography Screenings
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Wondr online program that teaches clinically-proven, healthy habits that lead to less stress, better sleep, weight loss, and more.
    • Pre-Retirement Events
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (may forgive the remaining balance on a federal student loan made directly by the U.S. Department of Education after qualifying).
  • 10+ Maricopa Affinity Resource Employee Groups (Celebrates diversity, embraces inclusion, and supports employees, students, and community!)


Job Summary

The Accounting Manager will plan, direct, administer, and organize all aspects of general accounting and fiscal services to ensure consistency and compliance with district policies and procedures as well as federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This position will perform a wide range of advanced professional and highly technical accounting work of a varied nature related to fiscal services and internal controls in the management of accounting, finance, and budgeting functions. The Accounting Manager also oversees fiscal operations, cashiering, and district-wide third-party billing at the District Office. This position will manage a team of four.

Essential Functions

40% - Plans, organizes, assigns, supervises, reviews and evaluates the work related to the General Accounting department, including District Office fiscal and cashier; and district-wide third-party billing/payments. Directs, plans, evaluates and coordinates functional and organizational standards and practices, policies and procedures in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Serves as knowledge expert, overseeing, reviewing and providing analysis and recommendations regarding function-specific and district-wide issues.

20% - Maintain the fiscal integrity and accuracy of the Financial Management System (FMS); general ledger, centralized allocation entries; and ensure all processes are in accordance with GAAP, applicable standards, regulations, policies, and procedures.

20% - Investigate, research, and answer concerns or questions from the colleges, other district office divisions, or third-party billing customers.

20% - Review and post complex journal entries, including interfaces from Maricopa's payroll system (HCM), student information system (SIS), and budget system. Review and analyze data to prepare complex fiscal year end audit work papers and journal entries.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited institution in finance, accounting, auditing or directly related field and five (5) full-time equivalent years of experience with the application of GAAP theory and practice, tax laws as they apply to accounting transactions and reporting, exposure to governmental accounting, and use of computerized accounting systems, and two years of supervisory experience.

OR

An equivalent combination of the conferred degree and directly related full-time work experience as described above sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation, may be considered.

Desired Qualifications

A. Master's degree in Accounting or Business Administration or related field.

B. Five (5) or more years of General Ledger, Fiscal services, and Third-Party billing/payments experience.

C. Four (4) or more years of supervisory experience.

D. Two (2) or more years experience in a higher education or government environment.

E. One (1) or more years of experience with PeopleSoft-Financial Management (FMS), Human Capital Management (HCM), and Student Information Systems (SIS) or equivalent systems.

F. Three (3) or more years experience reconciling, providing analytical and fiscal support to other work groups.

Special Working Conditions

This position may be required to work evenings and weekends.

This position may be required to sit for a prolonged period of time, viewing a computer monitor.

How to Apply

Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and resume showing how the applicant meets the minimum and desired qualifications. All minimum requirements must be met at the time of the application.

Additional materials will not be accepted after the job posting has closed.

Missing materials or incomplete employment history will not be considered.

Please ensure your materials clearly provide the following information.
  • Clearly illustrate how prior experience, knowledge and education meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position.
  • Indicate whether former or current employment is Full-Time or;
  • Part-Time employment, to include Adjunct or Associate Professor (must include number of hours worked, contact hours or load)
  • Provide employment history in a month/year format (e.g., 09/07 to 10/11) including job title, job duties, for each position held and name of employer for each position.
  • Three professional references, preferably current and/or former supervisors. If references are not provided in resume upon application, they will be requested at time of interview.


Posting Close Date

Open until filled.

First Review: October 14th, 2024.

Applications received after the review date may not be screened.

EEO, Title IX, & Clery Act

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

The policy of the MCCCD is to provide an educational, employment, and business environment free of gender discrimination. Incidents of misconduct should be reported to the college Title IX Coordinator, as outlined in policy, contact information is available at this link Title IX Coordinators.

The Clery Act is a Federal law requiring United States Colleges and Universities to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. Crime reporting data for each of the Maricopa Community Colleges, as required under the Clery Act, is available at this link Clery Act.

To apply, visit https://jobs.maricopa.edu/psp/MCPAHPRD/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1000&JobOpeningId=320668&PostingSeq=1

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