The Accounting Manager is responsible for the timely and accurate financial reporting of the University’s activities related to tuition, expenses, investments, and accounts payable. Duties include preparing daily and monthly journal entries to ensure accurate financial statement presentation; overseeing the accounts payable function and supervising a team of clerks to ensure timely processing of invoices, payments, and expense reports; tracking and reporting quarterly sales and use tax returns; managing vendor relationships and resolving payment related issues; working with Business Services staff to ensure all cash activities are recorded accurately and consistently with revenue and expense recognition policies; analyzing accounts payable reports such as aging schedules, cash flow projections, and vendor performance metrics; managing daily treasury operations, including cash flow, bank relations, and cash position reporting; developing and implementing solutions to complex accounting issues; preparing monthly balance sheet account reconciliations; providing documentation, explanations, and audit support for external and credit-related auditors; preparing monthly internal and external grant reports; managing debt repayment schedules; and drawing down federal funds based on authorized disbursements.
Skills
1. analyze business, scientific, or technical problems in electronic data processing systems
2. explain what financial assistance is available
3. examine expenditures to ensure activities are within budget
4. compute taxes
5. determine tax liability according to prescribed laws
6. inspect account books or system for efficiency, effectiveness, or acceptability
7. prepare audit reports or recommendations
8. prepare tax reports
9. prepare tax returns
10. use accounting or bookkeeping software
11. use accounting terminology
12. analyze applicant's financial status
13. explain credit application information
14. advise clients on financial matters
15. analyze financial data
16. conduct financial investigations
17. develop or maintain budgeting databases
18. prepare budget reports
19. prepare correspondence relating to financial discrepancies
20. prepare financial reports
21. prepare periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs
22. verify data from invoices to ensure accuracy
23. evaluate degree of financial risk
24. develop budgets
25. report information to supervisor verbally
26. review records for completeness
27. gather physical evidence
28. conduct legal searches or investigations
29. conduct legal research
30. follow professional ethics principles in law practice
31. evaluate personnel benefits policies
32. publicize job openings
33. analyze budgets
34. monitor operational budget
35. pay out winnings
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
EXPERIENCE: Five years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate work experience in the job offered, as an Accountant, Financial Analyst, or related occupation.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Any experience in the following:
- Applying state and federal tax and regulatory codes.
- Performing data mapping, validation, and reconciliation to support accurate financial reporting and GAAP compliance using Ellucian Colleague or another higher-education ERP system.
- Developing and maintaining structured financial models and automated reports for variance analysis and forecasting.
- Working with external auditors to prepare, review, and validate supporting schedules for financial audits and NCAA agreed-upon procedures audits.
- Designing or implementing automated solutions within an ERP system to enhance efficiency and strengthen internal controls.
Additional Position Information:
- Open until filled
- Must be willing to consent to a background check
About the University
Dominican University of California is committed to academic excellence, social justice, and community engagement. The University values diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourages applications from candidates who share these commitments.
Dominican University of California is an independent, international, learner-centered university, offering both undergraduate and graduate programs. Dominican has a 1:10 teacher-to-student ratio, an average class size of 16, with a small-town feeling in a park- like campus. We blend interdisciplinary core courses, real-world studies, and small classes with close and supportive academic advising and mentoring.
Dominican University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through diversity, and takes pride in its multicultural environment. We are committed in thought, word, and deed to recruiting and retaining a workforce that values the diversity of its student body. The University actively promotes an institutional culture that practices equity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from members of all under-represented groups in higher education.
Dominican University of California participates in E-Verify, an online system used to verify the employment eligibility of all new hires in accordance with federal law.
