Accounting Specialist

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Piscataway, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $68K - $101K

💻 Finance

🗓️ October 2nd, 2025

GAAP

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring an Accounting Specialist for the Bureau of Engineering Research at the School of Engineering. The role involves independently managing and processing financial transactions, analyzing financial data, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with GAAP, applicable regulations, and university policies while providing professional support to faculty and staff clients.

Highlights

Ensure accurate and timely processing of financial transactions.
Analyze and review financial data and prepare financial statements and reports for internal and external use.
Provide professional, prompt, and courteous service to faculty and staff clients.
Interpret, communicate, and implement accounting policies and practices serving a diverse client population.
Work independently with broadly defined objectives and apply specialized accounting knowledge, particularly in sponsored research and scholarship.
Familiarity with sponsored project accounting and reporting is required.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field or equivalent education/experience.
Minimum two years of relevant professional financial/accounting experience; five years preferred.
Excellent communication skills and computer literacy are essential.
Salary range: $68,278.48 to $100,509.48, with final offer based on qualifications and funding availability.