Staff Accountant, Treasury

Job title: Staff Accountant, Treasury

About the Role

The Staff Accountant – Treasury supports the University’s financial integrity, liquidity, and regulatory compliance by performing advanced accounting and treasury functions. This role manages complex accounting activities, financial reporting, tax filings, and audit support, while overseeing cash management, electronic payments, and banking operations. They serve as a treasury subject-matter expert for systems and processes and act as a primary liaison with banking partners and campus stakeholders to ensure secure, efficient, and compliant financial operations.

What You'll Do

• Perform account reconciliations, journal entries, and related account maintenance to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial records.

• Perform a variety of accounting functions in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, accounting standards, and University policies.

• Compile data and independently prepare monthly sales tax returns and kilowatt tax filings, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.

• Assist with specialized accounting assignments, including preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial activity and reports.

• Support annual audit activities by preparing schedules, documentation, and responding to auditor inquiries related to accounting and treasury operations.

• Ensure appropriate documentation and internal controls are maintained to support compliance, audit readiness, and financial transparency.

• Treasury Operations, Cash Management & Banking Oversight – 40%

• Independently manage and review daily electronic payment activity, including ACH and e-check transactions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and proper authorization prior to submission to banking partners.

• Authorize and release ACH and wire transfer transactions within established approval levels, applying accounting judgment and internal control principles to safeguard University funds.

• Analyze and resolve ACH returns, rejected transactions, and direct deposit issues, exercising independent judgment to determine corrective actions and coordinating with departments and financial institutions as needed.

• Maintain and update banking and ACH routing information, ensuring adherence to treasury controls and verifying accuracy prior to use in financial systems.

• Monitor daily banking activity and cash balances, evaluate exceptions or unusual transactions, and conduct research to verify legitimacy and address potential risks.

• Support with the analysis of daily and projected cash positions to support short-term liquidity planning and operational decision-making as well as the coordination of timing of significant disbursements and deposits to ensure sufficient liquidity and efficient cash utilization.

• Serve as a treasury subject-matter expert for Banner, TouchNet, and banking platforms, supporting troubleshooting, testing, and implementation of process improvements.

• Review, reconcile, and settle marketplace refund and payment activity (TouchNet), ensuring financial integrity and proper recording within the general ledger.

• Serve as a primary operational liaison with external banking partners for treasury-related matters, including issue resolution, service coordination, and service optimization.

• Treasury Compliance, Risk Management & Process Improvement – 10%

• Maintain, monitor, and enhance treasury-specific internal controls related to cash management, electronic payments, banking access, and fraud prevention.

• Perform periodic reviews of payment authority levels, user access, and segregation of duties within treasury and banking systems.

• Support treasury-related audit activities, including bank confirmations, compliance documentation, and follow-up on findings or recommendations.

• Assist with treasury compliance activities related to tax reporting, regulatory requirements, and University financial policies.

• Participate in fraud prevention and investigation efforts by monitoring trends, reviewing exceptions, and recommending control enhancements.

• Develop, maintain, and update treasury-related procedures and documentation to promote consistency, continuity, and compliance.

• Provide guidance and training to campus partners on treasury-related processes, controls, and best practices.

• Participate in cross-functional initiatives related to payment systems, revenue collection, or financial process improvements.