Accounting Specialist
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Title: Accounting Specialist
Agency: Rappahannock Community College
Location: Gloucester - 073
FLSA: Nonexempt
Hiring Range: $35,000 to $45,000, commensurate with experience
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
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Minimum Qualifications:
Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,259 credit students and over 1,000 workforce and community development students are supported by over 120 full-time employees and 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and four satellite sites.
RCC serves a rural and diverse 12-county area in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia, whose mission is to provide inclusive access to exceptional training and educational opportunities meeting the community’s needs and preparing individuals for success as learners, employees, and citizens.
Are you someone who wants to help students achieve their educational and professional dreams? RCC invites you to apply for our Accounting Specialist opening. RCC seeks applicants who share our values of integrity, diversity, equity, and inclusion, excellence, access, and learning for life. This is a 12-month, classified staff position. RCC has an excellent benefits package, and the anticipated hiring range is $35,000 to $45,000, commensurate with experience. This position will be located at the Glenns campus.
The College desires candidates with a commitment to the community college mission. The successful candidate will be committed to academic excellence, continuous improvement through professional development, and creating a collegial environment of civility, collaboration and open communication.
Reporting to the Senior Accountant, the Accounting Specialist will be responsible for processing routine invoices for local funds and federal checks and will reconcile their financial records. The incumbent will process purchases for various departments to include using the small purchasing charge card within state compliance. The position will assist end-users with travel reimbursements. This position will ensure invoices are cleared for payment processing. The incumbent will assist in monitoring budget balances and related transactions in direct or indirect support of accountants or administrators, including making routine account adjustments for variances. The incumbent will identify, tag, record and update all college inventory records, to include Equipment Trust Funds. All inventory shall be fully identified every two years at a minimum. This position will process manual check requests, and complete other duties as assigned.
- Work experience in accounting, accounts payables, procurement, and inventory.
- Working knowledge of state accounting principles and practices.
- Knowledge of cash management principles and procedures.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel with the ability to create and maintain spreadsheets, Word, Adobe, and PeopleSoft (Oracle) applications or similar software.
- Ability to balance and reconcile financial data.
- Experience in higher education or public sector experience.
- Experience with Chrome River, Perceptive Content, Cardinal, and eVA.
- Knowledge of the Commonwealth Accounting Policies and Procedures (CAPP).
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