Accountant/Financial Analyst

Job no

493417

Work type

Full-time

Location

Chester

Categories

Administrators

Widener University is seeking an Accountant/Financial Analyst in the Accounting department. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, this role requires strong analytical and data management skills, as it involves working with large volumes of financial data, downloading, organizing, and analyzing data in Excel to perform reconciliations, variance analysis, and data-driven reporting. The Accountant/Financial Analyst will support the Administration and Finance division by performing reconciliation of the University's treasury activities, recording monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries, and collaborating closely with various departments across campus to complete financial reporting functions.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

*(including, but not limited to)*:

Essential Duties

• Responsible for oversight, management, reconciliation, and communication of the University's treasury activity, which requires extracting, downloading, and analyzing large data sets in Excel to research transactions, identify variances, and record journal entries.
• Perform detailed data analysis to reconcile subledgers to the general ledger and explain variances, using advanced Excel functions and tools (PivotTables, SUMIF, lookups, and formulas) to manage high volumes of transactional data. Assist in preparing entries, reconciliations, and analysis for monthly and annual close.
• Identify, propose and collaborate to implement process improvements with the goal of streamlining routine activities.
• Assist with employer related tax reporting and compliance. Assist in generating, printing and mailing annual 1098T’s.
• Extensive problem solving, data querying, data extraction, and data analysis.
• Preparation of various financial reports and regulatory reporting for the University and its affiliates.

Secondary Responsibilities

* Perform other job-relate