Accountant 1 Jobs

Department: School of Law
Classification: Accountant 1
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing
Salary: $21.58 - $32.94 per hour
FTE: 1.0

Review of Applications Begins

May 10, 2023; position open until filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

Please complete the online application, including all your relevant work experience and education on the form. We will use that information to determine if applicants meet the minimum qualifications. Please also include three professional references.

Department Summary

The University of Oregon School of Law is a dynamic, ABA-accredited law school and Oregon’s only public law school. Degrees offered include Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Conflict and Dispute Resolution (CRES), and a minor in undergraduate legal studies. Oregon Law’s mission is to provide a world-class education. We prepare students through excellent classroom teaching paired with a multitude of practical experience opportunities and robust professional development. Our faculty produce exceptional research and scholarship. We accomplish our mission in a positive, inclusive environment where we strive to provide everyone with opportunities to grow, contribute, and develop. Our aim is to learn, teach, and practice the principles of equity and justice as critical foundations for our overall effort to achieve excellence as a top-ranked law school. Success in this work requires a diverse group of people in various faculty and staff roles working in one of our two locations, Eugene and Portland. The University of Oregon is located within the traditional homelands of the Southern Kalapuya. Learn more about Oregon Law at law.uoregon.edu, and consider joining our team.

Position Summary

The purpose of the Accountant 1 position is to provide accounting support to the Law School Business office. The primary functions of the accountant will be to allocate charges, audit, review, reconcile, analyze entries posted to accounts to ensure proper classification of expenditures and revenue to proper funds, and process journal voucher adjustments to correct entries as directed; ensure transactions conform with accounting system controls as mandated by institutional policies, state statutes, and audit stipulations; process deposits for state and foundation funds, prepare foundation transfers to state and monitor gift funds, manage the process of accounts receivable, personal services contracts and custom contracts; act as primary custodian for procurement card purchases including distributing charges to proper allocations, fulfill the role of department grant administrator, monitor a variety of funds, and download data monthly and import to the database for reporting.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of college-level Accounting; OR
• 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of Accounting courses and three years of Accounting experience*
• Bachelor's degree with CPA or PA certificate; OR

• Closing accounts at the end of an accounting period;
• Accounting experience must include at least 3 of the following:
• Processing data using a computer.
• Preparing transactions to be recorded in records of original entry;
• Summarizing data from a ledger to a trial balance;
• Applying PC spreadsheet, database, and word processing software;
• Preparing journal entries, posting from journals to general ledger, or preparing original general ledger entries;

Professional Competencies

• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles and methods.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, staff, and faculty from culturally diverse backgrounds and with multiple intersectional identities; and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the university community.
• Ability to analyze, report, and interpret complex financial information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant interactive database system (such as Banner) experience.
• Working knowledge of business intelligence (such as Cognos) for reporting.
• Advanced experience in Excel and Access.

FLSA Exempt: No

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background inquiry.

This is a classified position represented by the SEIU Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union.

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The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit http://hr.uoregon.edu/careers/about-benefits.

The University of Oregon is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply, and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status, including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact us at [email protected] or 541-346-5112.

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