Troy University
Accounting Coordinator
🇺🇸 Troy, AL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Finance
🗓️ June 11th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Highlights
- Review financial requests and approve transactions.
- Reconcile accounts and prepare financial reports.
- Manage interactions with auditors and assist in annual report preparation.
- Utilize GAAP for financial transaction handling.
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and 3 years of professional accounting experience.
- Prefers a Master's degree or CPA certification.
- Experience in not-for-profit or public accounting is advantageous.
Accounting Coordinator Full Description
Position Title | Accounting Coordinator
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Endowment Accounting - Troy
Division | Financial Affairs and Online Education
Campus | Troy
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary
The Accounting Coordinator position in Endowment Accounting is responsible for professional Accounting duties and providing expertise related to Not for Profit organizations, including all aspects of reviewing financial requests presented from verifying balances, approving signature authority, and fielding questions related to these requests. This position is also responsible for reconciling all checking accounts, investment accounts, reporting sales tax, recording accounts receivable and payable, providing auditors with all information and work papers requested, and preparing financial statements and related reports on a quarterly basis. Acts as accounting liaison with the Controller’s Office and other departments and external agencies with respect to financial reporting, tax reporting & compliance, journal entry preparation/approval, audit/reconciliation of accounts, audit of requests for payment and assisting with the preparation of the annual financial report. The position is responsible for preparing and reviewing all types of transactions in compliance with approved budgets and University/department procedures, preparation of appropriate reports as needed for analysis, corresponding with other departments concerning accounting and financial information, reconciling and ensuring appropriate journal entry, and determining proper handling of financial transactions in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and approving within designated limits, policies or contracts.
Minimum Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
2. Minimum of three years of professional accounting experience
Preferred Qualifications
1. Masters Degree in Accounting or related field.
2. Certified Public Accountant.
3. Accounting experience in a not for profit setting or in public accounting.
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | No
Work Hours | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Monday – Friday
Some overtime required
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | n/a
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | Yes
Posting Date | 05/28/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/42557
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions
Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Social Media website
- Indeed
- Other employment website (please specify below)
- Employee Referral (please specify below)
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- Please specify:
(Open Ended Question) - * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following:
- Not a current Troy University employee
- Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
- Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
- Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees)
- * Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a minimum of three years of professional accounting experience?
- Yes
- No
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Unofficial Transcript 1
- List of References
- Unofficial Transcript 2
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
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