Accountant
The Division of Administration and Finance is ultimately responsible for all financial and administrative activities of East Carolina University and its affiliated Foundations. The Division consists of Financial Services, Campus Operations, Enterprise Risk Management, Information Technology and Computing Services, Human Resources, Business Services and various support activities related to the ECU affiliated Foundations. The Division is led by the Vice Chancellor of Administration & Finance. The Vice Chancellor is responsible for oversight of the policies, personnel, budgets and administrative activities of all operations at East Carolina University and its affiliated Foundations. The Division is responsible for more than $800 million of activities within the University and its affiliated Foundations. Within the Division, Financial Services is responsible for all budget and financial activities of East Carolina University and its affiliated Foundations. The mission of Financial Services is: To provide for the financial needs of the University and its Foundations in a customer-oriented, friendly environment while assuring the proper stewardship of all fiscal resources. Within Financial Services, the Cash Control Unit provides oversight and policy and procedure development from a cash management perspective of general expense and payroll funds inclusive of requisitioning, claiming and certifying cash, moving of funds, transaction review and processing, cash reconciliation and month end financial close.
The primary purpose of this position is to perform specific cash management duties such as requisitioning funds for semi-monthly payroll and requisitioning funds for accounts payable expenditures including capital improvement projects. Additional primary responsibilities include, month end payroll cash close, performing compliance reviews as assigned by Financial Services management and processing Cash Management Control System transfers to other State agencies and Universities routinely. Monthly monitoring and reconciling clearing account activity, annual unclaimed property review, quarterly CI vendor sales tax reviews, and daily State fund expenditure/receipt posting and budget review are also primary responsibilities.
Secondary responsibilities include serving as a back-up for State fund month end close and security administration for the Core Banking, CMCS, Wells Fargo and Bank of America systems/sites in the absence of the Cash Management Manager. This position also serves as a backup for daily State fund receipt and financial aid reconciliations, as well as, Well Fargo EFT account monitoring and State fund journal entry review.
This position is vital to the success of Financial Services and the University on both the State and local level.
This position also helps manage the internal control assessment and assists on special projects.