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Financial Systems Accountant
Meredith
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Job Title
Financial Systems Accountant
I. Job Summary
| Major goals and objectives.
Responsible for the maintenance of the general ledger, payables, and the project module of the Oracle Financial system. Provide daily customer service to Oracle system users. Responsible for the month end and year end closing process of the financial system.
Large impact on every financial report generated by the Oracle financial system. Position completes all aspects of the month end closing. Requires interaction with all financial staff in all operating groups.
Primary customers are Oracle users. Provide support for all financial staff in all operating groups. Provide accurate and timely closing monthly of the Oracle Financial system.
Also serves as Blackline System Administrator and prepares certain balance sheet account reconciliations.
II. Essential Job Functions
Weight%
Accountabilities, Actions and Expected Measurable Results
30%
Responsible for the following functions related to the General Ledger module of the Oracle Financial systems:
• Verify posting of journal entries from payables and that the auto-posting is running on time daily. Research and correct any errors.
• Enable new account combinations and add new account segments as requested by Analysts. Maintain existing profit centers, departments, account numbers and issue codes. Maintain and/or create General Ledger hierarchies.
• Coordinate with the Hyperion Administrator any additions or changes to Units, Centers, Departments, Accounts, or hierarchies within Oracle General Ledger.
• Correct invalid code combinations generated by the Web Expense Report system. Work with the analyst and traveler to determine the correct combination and to prevent future problems.
• Identify errors from Payroll journal import. Work with payroll staff to get corrections and make the corrections.
• Communicate monthly closing schedule and other pertinent financial system messages to Oracle users and analysts.
• Run monthly closing processes. Frequently posting all journal entries and entries from Payables, Projects, Accounts Receivable, and Assets.
• Coordinate with Payables, Budgets, Accounts Receivable, and Financial System Administration departments on Year-end closing schedules.
• Reconcile assigned Corporate prepaid, accrual, lease, and departmental accounts on a monthly basis.
• Prepare Lease and Accounts Receivable year-end schedules for Blue Book reporting.
30%
Responsible for the following functions related to the Projects module of the Oracle Financial system:
• Add or change account segments to projects module when added to general ledger.
• Update autoaccounting rules as needed.
• Provide Users of Projects answers to questions regarding how to use the system or a problem with the system. If there is a problem - work with the user to correct the problem.
• Log bugs and follow up with Oracle Technical Assistance team.
• Run month end closing processes for projects.
• Monitor automated processes to be sure they are running timely. Identify and correct any errors from exception reports.
• Run daily processes:
1) Expense items in WIP projects with status delivered.
2) Transfer updated project information to G/L.
3) Identify and correct any errors from exception reports.
15%
Responsible for the following functions related to the Payables module of the Oracle Financial System:
• Reconcile 1099 Tape with 1099 Payment Report. Identify and communicate errors to the A/P Manager.
• Run month end closing processes for Accounts Payables.
10%
Responsible for the following functions related to the Blackline Reconciliation program.
• Add or remove Blackline Users and assign or remove approved entities and authorized roles.
• Maintain and update the Organizational structure as needed.
• Create and update Period End Dates and set due dates for Preparing, Approving, and Reviewing reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Reconcile total Blackline accounts to Oracle General Ledger accounts to make sure they are in sync.
• Schedule daily process to send Oracle General Ledger balances to Blackline monthly.
• Upload INR, NZD, and USD Currency Rates from Oracle Payables to Blackline monthly.
• Assist Users with any Issues or questions.
• Log Issues with Blackline staff on any system problems.
10%
Perform other accounting and analysis work, including special projects as assigned.
5%
Perform month end reporting and account reconciliations.
100%
III. Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements| All must be met to be considered.
Education:
Two-year degree in Accounting.
Experience:
2-4 years accounting experience with financial analysis experience.
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Basic accounting principles.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and Word at a minimum)
Oracle Financial systems experience a plus, not required.
Must possess attention to detail with ability to meet deadlines.
Self-directed, motivated, and goal oriented.
Strong verbal and written communication skills at all levels of management.
Ability to organize and identify pertinent information concisely, accurately, and within tight deadlines.
Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks.
Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment.
% Travel Required (Approximate): N/A