Accounting Specialist, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine: UTIA

The College of Veterinary Medicine invites applicants to apply for the position of Accounting Specialist. The Accounting Specialist is responsible for daily accounting activities within the department. While maintaining the integrity of the University's fiscal policies and procedures, this position's primary responsibilities are travel reimbursements, accounts payable and receivable, ledger reconciliation, and contract processing. This position also assists the Business Manager in managing a 20-million-dollar expense budget.

Responsibilities

Travel:

• Submits travel requests
• Processes travel reimbursements (expense reports)
• Monitors departmental travel spending
• Processes conference registrations for payment

Accounts Payable/Receivable, Pay Funding Changes, Equipment:

• Processes procurement card transfer vouchers, invoices, petty cash reimbursement requests, client adjustments, client refunds
• Manually reposts expenses
• Processes entertainment expenses as per UT policy
• Assigns appropriate account and G/L code to accounts payable and transfers
• Prepares and processes bank deposits
• Makes effort certification entries, obtaining approvals
• Coordinates inventory surplus
• Processes pay/funding changes
• Manages Shelter Medicine and CAIT invoices and payments received
• Creates Purchase Requisitions for equipment and service contracts over $5,000

Procurement/Contracts:

• Distributes procurement card expenses
• Reconciles procurement card expenses
• Serves as cardholder for conference registration fees for the department
• Request purchase orders
• Initiate/renew contracts

Gifts, Ledger Reconciliation, Payroll, Other:

• Reviews gifts and verifies account assignment
• Reconciles Center of Excellence and gift accounts
• Updates departmental account list
• Assists Business Manager, faculty, and office staff as needed

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Education:
  • High school diploma
• Experience:
  • 2 years of relevant accounting experience
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Knowledge of accounting principles.
  • Knowledge of ERP financial systems.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Suites.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize.
  • Ability to solve problems.
  • Ability to pay close attention to detail.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment visa status.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience:
  • UT experience preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Knowledge of UT policies and procedures.
  • Knowledge of DASH.

Work Location:

• Knoxville, Tennessee
• On-Site

Compensation and Benefits:

• UT market range: 06
• Anticipated hiring range: $45K-$52K
• Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
• Find more information on UT Benefits here

Application Instructions:

To express interest, please submit an application with the noted below attachments.

• Resume
• Cover Letter

About The College:

The UT College of Veterinary Medicine (UTCVM), located in Knoxville, was established by an act of the Tennessee Legislature in 1974 and is part of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.

UTCVM is one of 33 veterinary colleges in the United States and provides opportunities for Tennessee students while serving pet owners and the livestock industry as well as protecting public health, enhancing medical knowledge and generating economic benefits to the state and nation.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.

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