Temporary Accounting Services - Evanston, United States - Northwestern University

Description

Department: Temp Center
Salary/Grade: TMP/01

Position: Temporary Accounting Services
Hours: This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week/ 7.5 hours per day onsite)
Pay: $26.00 per hour
Campus: Evanston
Approximate start date: 4/15/2024
Approximate end date: 7/31/2024

Northwestern University is seeking a temporary full-time Accounting Services for the Evanston campus.

Temporary Job Description:

• Chart of accounts maintenance
• Various reconciliations related to cash, capital assets, investments, gifts, and endowments
• Quarterly financial statement workpaper preparation assistance
• Communications to external and internal partners
• Quarterly general ledger accuracy review
• Journal preparation - capital assets, cash, investments, gifts, and endowments
• Monthly reporting to external parties
• Process month close for endowment systems
• Audit support

Qualifications Required:

• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel).
• Attention to data entry (careful, accurate, complete)

Preferred skills:

• NUFinancials, Cognos, OnBase

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or related field; OR 2 years financial administration work experience; OR equivalent combination education and experience where similar knowledge, skills, and abilities may be acquired.
• Not-for-profit Accounting Experience
• Proficient conceptual understanding of accounting theory and financial systems. Proven ability to understand and build account reconciliations.

Software Required:

MS Office suite 2013 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Northwestern University seeks to employ a varied and diverse range of dynamic people who understand the importance of our mission and vision. When you consider a temporary opportunity at Northwestern University, you know that you are joining an institution with a deep history of academic, professional and personal development.

Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness. More information can be found on the webpage.

The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Click for information on EEO is the Law.