Accountant - West Coast University
Irvine, CA 92617
About the Job
Summary:
- Maintains accurate student ledger and ensures all tuition and fee charges are accurately billed to student ledgers. Processes and reconciles all cash transactions on a student level detail to provide an accurate daily cash position. Performs day-to-day operational tasks as requested from other departments.
- Performs professional accounting activities for a specialized and complex assignment or functional area requiring application of professional, competent knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
- Performs all accounting duties to include accounts receivables, general ledger, account reconciliations and maintenance of schedules.
- Exercises broad discretion and creativity as to work details on assignments of a varied, diverse, and difficult nature.
Responsibilities:
- Processes the daily/weekly/bi-weekly tasks of accounting systems and cycles.
- Recommends alternatives to management when accounting data indicates trends or situations requiring action to be taken beyond scope of responsibilities.
- Reviews and controls accounts and records to ensure accuracy, proper documentation, and compliance with all pertinent procedures and regulations.
- Maintains regular and timely attendance, reports to work as scheduled and assures time worked and/or time-off is recorded properly.
- Maintains established department policies, procedures and attends required meetings.
- Maintains confidentiality of all students, associate, and/or company information as required.
- Adjusts to changing needs of Company operations or need to provide specialized or individualized reports.
- searches, analyzes, and uses independent judgment in a variety of daily and non-routine decisions affecting assigned function.
- Assists with month end closing procedures related to revenue, bad debt, variance analysis and other accounting functions.
- Executes day-to-day requests specific to students accounts as requested from other departments.
- Ensures correct tuition and fee charges for American Career College and West Coast University students are accurately posted to student ledgers in a timely manner.
- Verifies balances between American Career College and West Coast University and Tuition Options, and Third-Party Agencies for separated students.
- Research case studies to identify cause of discrepancy between CampusVue and Tuition Options.
- Reconciles all receivables at a student level detail: credit cards, checks, Title IV funds, ACH wires, stipends, scholarships.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent experience.
- One to three years of diverse accounting experience with exposure to different areas of accounting and accounting principles, practices and procedures.
- Thorough knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, practices and procedures in for-profit settings, internal accounting controls.
- Knowledge of database, financial and accounting reporting computer application systems, specifically Great Plains and education/student accounting systems such as CampusVue is preferred.
- Experience with MS Office and internet research.
- Strong analytical skills and intermediate excel knowledge is preferred.
- May not be in default on a federal loan or owe repayment on a federal grant.
Compensation:
- $33.73 - $48.91
- Great Benefits Package
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Source : West Coast University