Senior Financial Analyst

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We invite you to join William Paterson University: a wonderful community to learn, work, grow, and thrive. William Paterson University has been named to Forbes' prestigious "Best Employers by State" list for 2024, recognizing the institution as one of the best-ranked employers in New Jersey based on nationwide surveys. WP is one of four education institutions on the Garden State's list this year. Here is the link to the article forbes-best-in-state-employers-new-jersey-2024. William Paterson University is among more than 40 companies and organizations that will be honored with a 2024 NJBIZ Empowering Women Award for their commitment to supporting and elevating women employees.

William Paterson University employs approximately 1000 full time employees in the state who work in a variety of positions ranging from professors to administrative assistants and administrators, physical plant operations, campus police, athletics coaches, academic advisors, and more.

Spanning more than 400 wooded acres in suburban Wayne, New Jersey - just 20 miles from New York City - our campus is one of the most diverse in the nation and it ranks in the top 4 percent of colleges for social mobility. William Paterson is a strong proponent of employees growing their careers there. More than fifty percent of the University's roles are filled by promotions from within. We're not only committed to social mobility for our students, but also for our employees.

Your work as a member of our team is important to our students and to the progress of our University. What you do here matters, and we value every contribution.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages and oversees Foundation accounting, which includes Investments, Endowment, Scholarships, monthly and year end entries.
• Provides fixed asset accounting including tagging, capitalization and depreciation. Supervises periodic verification and updates records as appropriate.
• Maintains current and firm understanding of accounting principles, in particular (but not limited to) GAAP and GASB relevant to higher education and public universities.
• Ensures all work is adequately documented and compliant with audits.
• Oversees periodic reconciliations of those areas as assigned by the Controller. These areas may include (and may change from time to time): Foundation, receivables, fixed assets, other liabilities, debt, fund balances, revenues and expenses.
• Interacts in a proactive and effective way with other University departments to ensure productive communication and working relationships.
• Assigns and supervises the work of Professional Services Specialists II, III, IV, and program assistant, clerical, part-time and/or student aids, if needed.
• Monitors the work of students and/or staff; identifies problem areas and takes steps necessary to effect improvement.
• Performs special assignments as needed for the Vice President, which include analysis for confidential projects.
• Performs special projects or work as assigned and appropriate to the position.
• Completes confidential research, including but not limited to labor costs and personnel matters. Assists in the compilation of data for external parties including, but not limited to OSHE, Baker Tilly, Moody's, Fitch, and NJEFA.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in accounting or business.
• Four years' experience in an accounting environment; experience in an institution of higher education is preferred.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.

Competencies/Skills Required

• Demonstrated working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, financial statement preparation and financial operations, systems and internal controls as well as experience with enterprise accounting systems is required.
• Knowledge of Workday is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, accuracy and attention to detail are required.

Other Information

• This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Invitation to apply

Interested candidates will be prompted to: Complete an application and submit a cover letter

Submission of all documents listed is required for consideration.

General questions related to this application process, please contact talent@wpunj.edu

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EEO Statement

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