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    Accounting Staff - Cambridge, MA, United States - Lesley University

    Lesley University
    Lesley University Cambridge, MA, United States

    4 weeks ago

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    Staff Accountant - Endowment and Grant Reporting
    Lesley University is seeking a Staff Accountant - Endowment and Grant Reporting to join their team. Reporting to the Assistant Controller, the role involves endowment and grant reporting, journal entry recording
    in the monthly and quarterly close process , and maintaining accurate accounting of endowment funds

    including those that are restricted, temporarily restricted, and unrestricted is integral to the annual financial plan for the University .

    The Staff Accountant will collaborate with the finance and advancement teams, ensuring proper recording of gifts to the University.

    Responsibilities include generating journal entries for expense allocation among grants, overseeing grant fund utilization, invoicing for grant expenses, providing financial analytics, coordinating activities for account reconciliation, participating in audits, and preparing financial reports and budgets.

    Qualities and Capabilities
    Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Public Administration or a closely related field.

    Minimum of three (3) years of experience in grant preparation, research, program organization, or grant related financial support functions.

    Advanced proficiency in business applications, such as Microsoft Office; advanced Excel skills.
    Advanced knowledge of accounting systems and the internet; computer literacy.
    Ability to interpret and apply advanced accounting knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
    Demonstrated project management skills and ability to contribute to or lead part of a multi-functional team.

    Proven ability to apply knowledge to analyze and interpret business policies and external regulations and translate them into compliant and efficient accounting processes.

    Ability to observe trends in data, recommending and helping to implement solutions to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and accuracy of data.

    Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences.

    Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities.

    We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance.

    In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.

    Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley.

    In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference.

    Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.

    A letter of interest, CV/resume, and a statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, professional activity, and/or service must be included for full consideration.

    We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution.
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