State of Colorado
(Auraria) Auxiliary Financial Specialist
State of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80285
Welcome to the Auraria Campus located in the Platte River Valley in downtown Denver. The Auraria Campus is the service provider for 43,000 students and approximately 5000 faculty and staff working at and attending the
Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver
and the
University of Colorado Denver . Learn more about us through this link:
The Auraria Campus .
Auraria employees enjoy an excellent benefits package which includes paid vacation, holidays and sick leave, discounted RTD Eco-Pass, Benefit Hub (medical, dental, disability, life), and outstanding retirement plan. Learn more through this link:
Non-Classified Employee Benefits .
If you're interested in a great job working alongside great people, this may be the opportunity for which you've been waiting!
Auxiliary Financial Specialist
The Auxiliary Financial Specialist position in the Controller’s Office, within Finance and Business Services, will report to the Accounting Manager for Auxiliary Services. The position will create, review, approve and post various financial transactions related to the Auxiliary Departments within the Auraria Campus including, but not limited to, Daily Sales Reports, accounts receivable, and reconciliation of various accounts to ensure accuracy of accounting transactions.
Essential Job Functions:
Provide accounting support for the Auxiliary Departments and other units as necessary.Use judgement and reasoning to determine and select the most appropriate operation for processing accounting transactions in the financial system including disbursements, interagency transactions, cash receipts, journal vouchers, and receivables.Ensure supporting documentation complies with agency and audit standards including appropriate approvals.Determine or review account coding such as fund, cost center, object, activity code, and encumbrance number to ensure its conformity with agency approved coding.Process transactions timely and within period close deadlines, ensuring they are recorded in the correct accounting period and are in compliance with applicable fiscal and procurement rules.Collaborate with, advise, and guide Auxiliary accounting staff to investigate and resolve issues with account coding, source documentation, vendors, invoice discrepancies, and timeliness.Provide research, reporting, and analysis for the Auxiliary Departments as needed.Use critical thinking and problem solving to resolve issues as they arise.Build and utilize working relationships with internal business partners across the organization.Assist the Accounting Managers and Controllers in maintaining appropriate internal control structure alternatives if weaknesses are identified in daily operations.Keep Accounting Manager and Controller informed of any issues that may require action, be pertinent to their duties, or improve business processes that may impact existing policies or procedures or require new policies or procedures to be developed.Create and maintain a desk manual of procedures for duties. Procedures are written in a clear and professional manner using proper grammar and language. Desk manual is organized and readily available for review or use as needed.Provide insight into process inefficiencies and recommend process improvement strategies.Other duties as assigned.Professional Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of job-related experience.Financial accounting experience with an Institute of Higher Education is preferred, including campus business revenue accounting.Knowledge of accounting principles.Attention to detail and highly organized.Intermediate Excel skills, experience reconciling accounts, professional and positive attitude.Ability to communicate well both verbally and in written form.Flexibility to work overtime to meet deadlines (such as monthly close and fiscal year end close), aptitude for finding and implementing efficiencies within the work unit.Preferred Qualification:
Financial accounting experience with an Institute of Higher Education is preferred, including campus business revenue accounting.
Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act information:
After careful review of this position and the duties that it performs, it has been designated in accordance with the Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act as a "Not Covered" position, it does not fall in the category of employees that are eligible for representation by COWINS, also known as the union. To learn more about this designation please visit this link:
COWINS .
Applicant Checklist & Minimum Qualifications:E-mail Address:
All correspondence regarding your status in the selection/examination process will be conducted by email.Applicant Checklist:
We request that you include the following in your application:Cover Letter
detailing how your experience & education meet minimum and preferred qualifications.Resume
detailing a summary of work history.Applications submitted will be reviewed and given consideration.
Minimum Qualifications
Your application as submitted is used to determine if you meet Minimum Qualifications. Please read the Minimum Qualifications and ensure that information in your application "draw correlations" to the Minimum Qualifications. Human Resources Analysts will not infer that you meet the Minimum Qualifications if information isn't detailed in your application.*Years of experience will be expressed in terms of full-time equivalent service with full-time workload equal to one (1) Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) year. No more than 1.00 FTE year may be credited in any twelve (12) month period. Positions working 40 hours or less per week will be pro-rated (30 hrs/wk=0.75 FTE=9 mos credit; 20 hrs/wk=0.5 FTE=6 mos credit; 10 hrs/wk=0.25 FTE=3 mos credit.) *
Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
The Auraria Campus is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to Mary Kate Schwien at
MaryKate.Schwien@ahec.edu .
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Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver
and the
University of Colorado Denver . Learn more about us through this link:
The Auraria Campus .
Auraria employees enjoy an excellent benefits package which includes paid vacation, holidays and sick leave, discounted RTD Eco-Pass, Benefit Hub (medical, dental, disability, life), and outstanding retirement plan. Learn more through this link:
Non-Classified Employee Benefits .
If you're interested in a great job working alongside great people, this may be the opportunity for which you've been waiting!
Auxiliary Financial Specialist
The Auxiliary Financial Specialist position in the Controller’s Office, within Finance and Business Services, will report to the Accounting Manager for Auxiliary Services. The position will create, review, approve and post various financial transactions related to the Auxiliary Departments within the Auraria Campus including, but not limited to, Daily Sales Reports, accounts receivable, and reconciliation of various accounts to ensure accuracy of accounting transactions.
Essential Job Functions:
Provide accounting support for the Auxiliary Departments and other units as necessary.Use judgement and reasoning to determine and select the most appropriate operation for processing accounting transactions in the financial system including disbursements, interagency transactions, cash receipts, journal vouchers, and receivables.Ensure supporting documentation complies with agency and audit standards including appropriate approvals.Determine or review account coding such as fund, cost center, object, activity code, and encumbrance number to ensure its conformity with agency approved coding.Process transactions timely and within period close deadlines, ensuring they are recorded in the correct accounting period and are in compliance with applicable fiscal and procurement rules.Collaborate with, advise, and guide Auxiliary accounting staff to investigate and resolve issues with account coding, source documentation, vendors, invoice discrepancies, and timeliness.Provide research, reporting, and analysis for the Auxiliary Departments as needed.Use critical thinking and problem solving to resolve issues as they arise.Build and utilize working relationships with internal business partners across the organization.Assist the Accounting Managers and Controllers in maintaining appropriate internal control structure alternatives if weaknesses are identified in daily operations.Keep Accounting Manager and Controller informed of any issues that may require action, be pertinent to their duties, or improve business processes that may impact existing policies or procedures or require new policies or procedures to be developed.Create and maintain a desk manual of procedures for duties. Procedures are written in a clear and professional manner using proper grammar and language. Desk manual is organized and readily available for review or use as needed.Provide insight into process inefficiencies and recommend process improvement strategies.Other duties as assigned.Professional Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of job-related experience.Financial accounting experience with an Institute of Higher Education is preferred, including campus business revenue accounting.Knowledge of accounting principles.Attention to detail and highly organized.Intermediate Excel skills, experience reconciling accounts, professional and positive attitude.Ability to communicate well both verbally and in written form.Flexibility to work overtime to meet deadlines (such as monthly close and fiscal year end close), aptitude for finding and implementing efficiencies within the work unit.Preferred Qualification:
Financial accounting experience with an Institute of Higher Education is preferred, including campus business revenue accounting.
Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act information:
After careful review of this position and the duties that it performs, it has been designated in accordance with the Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act as a "Not Covered" position, it does not fall in the category of employees that are eligible for representation by COWINS, also known as the union. To learn more about this designation please visit this link:
COWINS .
Applicant Checklist & Minimum Qualifications:E-mail Address:
All correspondence regarding your status in the selection/examination process will be conducted by email.Applicant Checklist:
We request that you include the following in your application:Cover Letter
detailing how your experience & education meet minimum and preferred qualifications.Resume
detailing a summary of work history.Applications submitted will be reviewed and given consideration.
Minimum Qualifications
Your application as submitted is used to determine if you meet Minimum Qualifications. Please read the Minimum Qualifications and ensure that information in your application "draw correlations" to the Minimum Qualifications. Human Resources Analysts will not infer that you meet the Minimum Qualifications if information isn't detailed in your application.*Years of experience will be expressed in terms of full-time equivalent service with full-time workload equal to one (1) Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) year. No more than 1.00 FTE year may be credited in any twelve (12) month period. Positions working 40 hours or less per week will be pro-rated (30 hrs/wk=0.75 FTE=9 mos credit; 20 hrs/wk=0.5 FTE=6 mos credit; 10 hrs/wk=0.25 FTE=3 mos credit.) *
Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
The Auraria Campus is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to Mary Kate Schwien at
MaryKate.Schwien@ahec.edu .
#J-18808-Ljbffr