Case Western Reserve University · 1 day ago
Assistant Director of Accounting
Cleveland, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$22.13/hr - $22.13/hr
1+ years expCase Western Reserve University is committed to providing a transparent estimate of the salary for this position at the time of its posting. The Assistant Director of Accounting supports the Weatherhead School of Management's accounting and financial processes school wide, performing monthly reviews, reconciliations, and authorizing expenditures while ensuring compliance with university policies.
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Responsibilities
Provide in-depth financial analysis and forecasting to aid in executive decision-making. Collaborate with senior leadership to establish and implement financial priorities and strategies. Perform monthly and year-end reconciliations to review financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and completeness. Investigate discrepancies and resolve any issues promptly, in collaboration with stakeholders within the school. Develop and implement procedures to ensure smooth flow of data between departments, while maintaining data integrity and appropriate internal controls
Manage accounts for Executive Education and Corporate Relations, including but not limited to: monthly reconciliations and financial reporting, procurement, and ensuring faculty, staff and independent contractors are paid in a timely manner
Collaborate with department heads, department assistants and staff to manage the procurement process. Review and approve purchasing documents for availability of funding within the departments. Ensure compliance with university policy and any other state/federal funding requirements. Serve as a subject matter expert in procurement and assistant staff members as needed. Provide training as needed to educate staff members on how to properly process purchase orders / invoices within the university procurement system
Serve as a subject matter expert in the expense reimbursement process for the school. Provide training as needed to educate staff members on how to properly utilize the university's expense reimbursement system. Provide coverage to the departments as needed to assist with expense reimbursement processing. Develop, monitor, and manage departmental and school-wide non salary budgets to ensure financial efficiency and resource optimization
Create, review, and enforce financial policies and procedures to ensure compliance with university and regulatory standards. Development and implementation of policy and procedure, conducting regular audits to ensure adherence across all departments. Identify potential financial risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure business continuity and minimize risk. Utilize Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and understanding of university policy and procedures to effectively create and/or review journal entries prepared by department users and appropriately resolve issues as necessary
Evaluate adequacy of current reports and processes and develop new reports or processes, as needed, in collaboration with the Assistant Dean of Finance and Business Intelligence, Utech, the ERP Systems team and department users. Function as a technical resource and advisor exercising discretion and independent judgement on creative ways to define analysis parameters or creating meaningful data used for executive decision-making, policy analysis, assessment and strategic planning
Act as a liaison between the Dean's Office and other departments with whom the Dean's Office interacts. Exercise independent judgement about issues encountered and determine options for issue resolution to be reviewed and agreed upon by the dean's Office
Prepare ad hoc financial reports and provide written descriptions for other reports for use by management. Ad hoc reports may include new reports to use an interpret internal or external data to perform analyses to assist academic administrators, faculty, and staff in order to evaluate needs and/or information decisions
Support faculty and staff with administrative functions. Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior leadership, faculty, staff and external partners
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's and 1 OR High school and 5 yrs of experience in accounting or auditing, bookkeeping
Rigorous analytical skills; Ability to review and interpret large amounts of data with strong attention to detail
Ability to apply knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Inquisitive, pro-active, thinker
Well-developed abilities in oral and written communications, including both remote and in-person presentations. Must be able to convey complex ideas, data, and analyses to audiences with varied backgrounds. Must be able to tailor communications to fit the audiences, which can include staff, faculty, senior level administrators, donors, or alumni. Ability to structure analytical results and present information in a manner that is clear and conveys the key messages in written reports
Advanced computer proficiency with MS Office, and general ledger systems
Ability to learn new programs and protocols quickly
Advanced project management skills and ability to multi-task: demonstrated ability to balance multiple concurrent projects of varying priorities and shift focus from one project to another with minimal loss of productivity or quality
Adheres to the highest ethical standards (FERPA, etc.) regarding access to and knowledge of highly sensitive and confidential information
Demonstrated history of successful support, education, and advocacy for all students, aligned with the values, mission, and messaging of the university, while adhering to the staff policy on conflict of commitment and interest
Ability to meet consistent attendance
Ability to interact with colleagues, supervisors, and customers face to face
Willingness to learn and utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Preferred
Financial experience in an academic setting
ERP experience
Benefits
Excellent healthcare
Retirement plans
Tuition assistance
Paid time off
Winter recess
Company
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is among the nation's leading research institutions.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.2MKey Investors
National Cancer Research Institute
2018-10-18Grant· $3.2M
Leadership Team
Caden Kacmarynski
Co-Founder and President - Case Quantum Computing
Christine Kush
Associate Dean, Corporate Partnerships and Executive Education
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