Job Description
General Description
Reporting to the Finance Managers, the Junior Staff Accountant assists in processing routine financial transactions, accounting duties and other assignments.
- Monitors, reviews and reconciles p-cards and other advance activities
- Communicates with clients to resolve outstanding balances
- Prepares journal entries and secures back-up documentation when accounting for advances
- Provides periodic p-card aging report to Accountants
- Assists with the administration of the Accounts Receivable Module (20%)
- Other duties as assigned.
Other Duties
Qualifications
- Minimum Associate Degree in Accounting
- Two to three years of work experience in Accounting
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work quickly, accurately and under pressure
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Spreadsheet and word processing)
- Ability to work with internal and external clients.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Finance
Part Time
Depends on Qualifications
Jun 04, 2018 (Or Until Filled)