Accountant
Qualifications:
Education or Equivalency Required
A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum six months of compliance, accounting or financial experience, to include account reconciliations, analysis of financial reports, and monitoring accounts.
- Demonstrate extensive proficiency with Microsoft Office software, (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship management skills.
- Experience gathering and organizing data from a variety of systems/sources to perform a task.
- Demonstrate careful attention to detail and accuracy, strong organizational skills, ability to handle multiple tasks quickly and effectively, proactively establish priorities, and meet non-negotiable deadlines.
Highly Desirable Qualification
- Professional experience with the University of Iowa policies, procedures, financial systems, IT services, and operations manual.
Desirable Qualification
- Knowledge of policies, procedures, IT services, and standards, within an academic or higher education setting.
- Experience with the financial systems of an academic or higher education institution.
- 1 year recent and relevant experience with applicable policies and regulations related to research budgets and grant accounting.
- Knowledge and experience with Microsoft PowerBI-Business data analytics.
Application Details and Instructions:
Upload the following required documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check and verification of academic credentials. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
Contact: Sarah Tillman (sarah-tillman@uiowa.edu)
Equal opportunity employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, or associational preferences.
Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, (319) 335-2660 or fsds@uiowa.edu. For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543.
