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Accountant IV

Position Number: 6638512
Location: Haverhill, MA
Position Type: Business - Accounting

Accountant IV
POSITION: Full-Time Accountant IV (Accountant IV): Accounting & Finance; Haverhill Campus; 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm; AFSCME Unit I Position

SUMMARY: The Accountant IV serves as the lead accountant and primary liaison for the Massachusetts Management Accounting and Reporting System (MMARS/MOSIAC) and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM). This role is responsible for managing and communicating financial matters with the Comptroller's Office, Assistant Comptroller, Finance team, and college-wide stakeholders. The position performs high-level financial analysis, makes independent decisions, and resolves complex issues in collaboration with internal departments, state agencies, external vendors, and auditors.

Key responsibilities include reconciling state funds exceeding $50 million annually, overseeing the PCARD program and related training, and ensuring compliance with college-wide financial procedures. This position also facilitates communication with state departments and agencies on significant accounting matters. Regular use of systems such as Banner, MMARS, LCM, Warehouse, Mobius, Workers Comp, State Intercept, SharePoint, Microsoft Office, US Bank, and Emburse is required to carry out responsibilities effectively.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Liaison for state financial accounting system Massachusetts Management Accounting and Reporting System (MMARS)/(MOSIAC)

Utilize state MMARS/(MIOSIAC) system
- Year-end/monthly reconciliation of appropriations
Maintain tracking sheet for college-wide monthly chargebacks from the state
Bi-weekly reporting for MMARS appropriation and expenditures for NECC Comptroller
Develop projection and calculate funding for College payroll as required
Create and implement access report of information from warehouse to track payroll spending
Track and issue payments for DCAMM projects, supporting Director of Procurement and Director of Budget and Grants
Review ISAs for completeness and validity
RT/TV- reconciliation of MMARS to Banner
Attend monthly training courses
Assist with the DynaCash open/close process
Maintain year-end payroll holds

Administrator and Accounting Lead for College Wide PCARD (credit card) Program

Mitigating fraud
Managing expenditures for all departments
Manage all users and PCARD holders in US bank
Issuing /managing PCARD
Train all users one on one
PCARD policy
Reallocation process/US Bank user training
Posting and reconciling of transactions
Maintain PCARD Change forms to track changes for audit
Maintain PCARD Delegation forms for approvals
Implementation of Instant card for Athletics
Observing misuse or excessive spending with PCARD analysis
Collaborate with IT to create and maintain error report to identify missing reallocations
Emburse implementation in progress which will utilize a new platform for users to reallocate transactions with a more user-friendly interface

Utilize LCM to assist Payroll in correcting errors

Generate LARQs to reallocate payroll in state finance system (MMARS)
Utilize LCM to identify payroll changes and adjustments
Regular communication with HR/Payroll leaders and the Finance team

Other Duties

Assist and support in all internal and external audit activities
Support finance system led projects
Support Accounts Payable
Complete monthly bank reconciliation for Money Market accounts
Pull intercepts and send to student accounts, monthly posting
Maintain Banner Requisition Approval Queue
Generate a variety of monthly journal entries
Maintain and reconcile Uncashed Check Report on a monthly basis
Reconcile Banner with MMARS monthly
Serve as backup for the Budget Director when he/she is not available
Play a key role on Finance IT Projects that are enterprise-wide initiatives
Other financial and operational projects as assigned by the Comptroller
The Classification Specification is available at: https://www.mass.edu/shared/classificationspecs/specspers/Accountant Series.doc

Job Requirements:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must have at least (A) four years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional experience in accounting or auditing, of which at least (B) two years must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity, or (C) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

Substitutions:

I. An Associate's degree with a major in accounting, business administration or business management may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required (A) experience.*
II. A Bachelor's degree with a major in accounting, business administration or business management may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience.*
III. A Graduate degree with a major in accounting, business administration or business management may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience and one year of the required (B) experience.*

*Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.

NOTE: Educational substitutions will only be permitted for a maximum of one year of the required (B) experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Mass State and higher education accounting experience
Solid accounting knowledge and experience in accounts payables, account receivables and budget processes and systems
Ellucian Banner experience
MMARS experience
Budget system/software experience
Bilingual English Spanish
Experience working with and supporting a culturally diverse population

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience has prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

BACKGROUND CHECK: Candidates will be required to pass a CORI and SORI check as a condition of employment.

Additional Information:
SALARY: $2,685.24 - $3,795.56 biweekly ($69,816.24 - $98,684.56 annually). Pay grade 20; An appointment from outside the bargaining unit (AFSCME) must start at Step I of the range. Complete fringe benefit package including competitive health insurance, free dental insurance, basic life insurance, long-term disability insurance, paid sick, vacation and personal leave, educational benefits for employee/spouse/dependents, and excellent retirement benefits.

ANTICIPATED START DATE: ASAP

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