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Job Description

Accountant – Law Foundation | University of Houston

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at the University of Houston, located in Houston, TX. The University of Houston Law Foundation supports the Law Center’s mission through sound financial management. This role is crucial for ensuring the integrity of financial records, supporting donor-restricted and endowed funds, and maintaining compliance with all applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements. The Accountant provides essential financial oversight and customer service to a variety of stakeholders.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Houston, TX

• Team: Law Foundation, reports to Law Foundation leadership
• Mission: To maintain accurate and compliant financial records, support donor funds, and ensure efficient financial operations for the Law Foundation.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office applications, Excel, financial or enterprise accounting systems

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounting: Perform professional accounting and financial management functions supporting the Law Foundation’s operations.
• Transactions: Process accounts payable transactions, vendor setups, payments, deposits, and cash management activities.
• Reconciliation: Prepare and maintain accurate financial records, including bank and general ledger reconciliations, and monitor fund statuses.
• Reporting: Assist in preparing financial reports, budget activity reports, and documentation for audits and regulatory requirements.
• Compliance: Review financial transactions for accuracy, compliance, adherence to donor intent, and accounting standards.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. Requires a thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and financial procedures. This is an early career position.
• Experience: No experience is explicitly required, but candidates must have experience using financial or enterprise accounting systems.
• Skills: Analyze financial information, maintain accurate records, strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, prioritize multiple assignments, proficiently use Microsoft Excel, communicate effectively both orally and in writing, work independently and collaboratively.
• Bonus: Professional accounting experience in a nonprofit, foundation, higher education, governmental, or healthcare environment; experience with fund accounting, donor-restricted funds, accounts payable, cash management, or banking reconciliations; experience supporting annual audits or preparing Form 990/1099; advanced Microsoft Excel skills including PivotTables and XLOOKUP.