Accountant – General Accountant

Job Description:Job Purpose:
Maintain accounting records, perform cash management,

account analysis, and compilation of quarterly/annual

financial reports for Collin College.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Prepare bank reconciliations on District bank

accounts, including monitoring outstanding checks

and maintaining a valid outstanding check listing.

• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare

entries on general ledger accounts, documenting

business transactions. Review and analyze various

accounts on the general ledger and the subsidiary

ledger for accuracy.

• Assist with the preparation of audit schedules,

financial statements, and statistical data related

to the annual audit and Comprehensive Annual

Financial Report (CAFR). Assist with annual budget

development.

• Prepare journal vouchers, journal entries, cash

receipt, and disbursement entries.

• Review monthly journal entries and assist in

month-end accounting close process. Prepare journal

entries to record telephone and utility allocations

to cost centers.

• Review and prepare payment requests for the bank

service charges and credit card discount fees.

Review monthly account analysis from the depository

bank.

• Review Positive Pay bank notification daily, and

provide information to the bank on regular and

manual checks issued and voided.

• Reconcile monthly third party billing statements to

payments posted and the receivable accounts for

third party billing on the general ledger.

Responsible for reviewing and approving third party

billing and other check requests.

• Prepare the annual unclaimed property report and

submit to the State Comptroller

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform all duties to maintain all standards in

accordance with College policies, procedures, and

Core Values.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Accounting knowledge
• ACCESS banking system knowledge
• Banner system knowledge
• Microsoft Excel knowledge
• Public Funds Investment Act knowledge
• Board approved investment policy and strategy

knowledge

• District policy knowledge
• Accounting systems knowledge
• IRS tax code knowledge
• FASB, GASB, GAAP, UPMIFA, and Accounting best

practices knowledge

• Microsoft Excel skills
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills
• Computer skills
• Research/Reading/Listening skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Reconciliation skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Ability to prioritize
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to perform accurate mathematical

calculations

• Ability to work under pressure and time constraints

to meet deadlines

• Ability to communicate effectively with personnel

and with professional partners outside the college

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force

occasionally, a negligible amount of force

frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry,

push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the

human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of

the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing

are required only occasionally and all other

sedentary criteria are met.

• Positions in this class typically require talking,

hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and

repetitive motions.

• Relatively free from unpleasant environmental

conditions or hazards. Office environment.

• Little physical effort required

The intent of this job description is to provide a

representative summary of the types of duties and

responsibilities that will be required of the positions

given this title and shall not be construed as a

declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities

of any particular position. Employees may be requested

to perform job-related tasks other than those

specifically presented in this description. Fair Labor

Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by

position. The employer actively supports Americans with

Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable

accommodations.

Job Requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Accounting or a directly related

field received from a regionally accredited institution

required.

Three (3) years of directly related experience in

accounting.

***This is a Security Sensitive position. Therefore

candidates will be subject to a criminal background

check.***

updated: 06/9/2016 kk