This is a full-time, administrative position.
Example of Duties:
- Maintain the general ledger, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and timely in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
- Prepare, review, and post journal entries, including recurring, adjusting, accrual, prepaid, and deferral entries.
- Process and review financial transactions in Colleague, ensuring proper account coding and supporting documentation.
- Prepare monthly reconciliations of bank accounts, balance sheet accounts, and fixed assets.
- Research and resolve accounting discrepancies with internal departments and external parties.
- Ensure accurate and complete records of all financial transactions and supporting documentation.
- Assist in developing and maintaining internal controls and policies to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of accounting operations.
- Maintain fixed asset and capital asset records, including additions, disposals, and depreciation schedules in coordination with the Accountant.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies, assisting the Controller with audits and providing necessary documentation and schedules.
- Assist with grant accounting and reconciliation, supporting compliance with federal and state funding requirements.
- Assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing, including accruals and account analysis.
- Handle sensitive information in a confidential manner.
- Reconcile subsidiary ledgers to the general ledger and support budget-to-actual variance analysis.
- Assist Controller in identifying opportunities to automate processes and create efficiencies in documentation of process improvements and related SOP creation.
- Performs all other duties assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required. CPA-track preferred.
- Higher education experience (Community College preferred), with knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles: fund accounting, familiarity with governmental (GASB) and (FASB) accounting preferred.
- Strong analytical and reconciliation skills with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience using ERP systems (Colleague preferred); ability to learn new systems quickly and support transitions between platforms.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction with internal departments and external parties.
The completion of a background check will be required for the selected candidate.
Compensation: Salary is determined by a variety of criteria, including but not limited to, previous relevant experience, education level, and certifications. The salary range for this position is $58,000-$63,000.
Benefits: PCCC offers a variety of benefits which include:
- Excellent New Jersey State health insurance plans
- Dental Plan options 100% covered by employer
- Retirement systems through New Jersey State
- Tuition waivers for PCCC courses for employees and eligible dependents, per terms of the relevant labor contract (Some fees may still apply.)
- Tuition reimbursement for all full-time employees, excluding grant-funded positions, per terms of the relevant labor contract
- Short-term disability providing up to 26 weeks of paid leave, per terms of carrier (excluded for faculty and grant-funded positions)
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Floating Holiday hours (*Prorated based on hire date)
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The college also offers optional programs such as:
- Employee Assistance Program provides free, confidential, limited counseling services, work-life assistance, legal and financial guidance.
- Commuter Benefits: Free parking access is provided on site. An optional Transit Pre-Tax Plan is available which allows employees to use pre-tax dollars to purchase eligible transit expenses.
- Flexible Spending Account allows employee to contribute pre-tax dollars to use for eligible out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses.
- Supplemental insurance provides cash benefits to assist with out-of-pocket expenses when hurt or sick.
- Voluntary Annuity Programs: Additional contributions to retirement account
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles
- Higher education experience, preferably in a community college
- Knowledge of fund accounting
- Familiarity with governmental GASB and FASB accounting
- Strong analytical and reconciliation skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience using ERP systems, preferably Colleague
- Ability to learn new systems quickly and support platform transitions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- CPA-track status or progress
- Successful completion of a background check
What We Do
Since its beginnings in the 1970s, Passaic County Community College has maintained its commitment to offer students the opportunity for a quality education at an affordable tuition. Today, PCCC operates four campus locations throughout Passaic County, each equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. PCCC offers over 60 degree and career programs and an award-winning faculty, as well as continuing education and community-based programs. The College has also been the recipient of significant federal grant awards to fund enhanced learning and employment opportunities for its students and the businesses and residents of Passaic County. One of the most diverse colleges in the state, PCCC enrolls over 13,000 students in both traditional and online programs. The College offers a rich multi-cultural environment, vibrant extracurricular life, and supportive academic and advisement network to encourage student success. PCCC maintains articulation agreements with numerous four-year colleges and universities, assuring a smooth transfer process for students who plan to continue their studies at the baccalaureate level and beyond. An education at PCCC provides students with individual attention, a friendly atmosphere, and a holistic learning experience that respects the whole person. PCCC is proud to be an Achieving the Dream (ATD) community college and to be named a 2014 Leader College by ATD.
