Accounting Technician

Primary responsibilities: This is a responsible non-supervisory position. Provides administrative and accounting support to the Controller and accounting department.

Tasks Performed: Duties include providing administrative assistance to the Controller and accounting department, processing accounts receivable and serving as the payroll backup, and preparing and posting journal entries in a complex financial environment involving multiple funding sources and various contractual requirements.

Essential Functions: Provides administrative support to the Controller and accounting department, including typing, filing, and preparing bank deposits; processes accounts receivable from multiple funding sources, including verifying and posting invoices and payments to the accounts receivable ledger; reviews documentation for local mileage and out of town travel expense reimbursements, ensuring appropriate charges to grant accounts, and ensuring consistency with AACOG travel policies. Maintains the daily cash report by recording daily deposit and disbursement transactions; performs bank reconciliations as needed; reconciliation of accounts receivable sub-ledger to the general ledger; prepares month end accounts receivable aging report and monitors accounts for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities. Researches and resolves payment discrepancies; processes semi-monthly payroll and prepares payroll required payroll check requests; prepares and posts internal changes to various grants and serves as a backup in posting journal entries created by accounting staff; maintains financial reporting deadlines and requests for reimbursement calendar for the accounting department. Assists the accounting staff in gathering information for monthly financial reports and grant billings. Performs other duties as assigned.