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Senior Financial Accountant

Senior Financial Accountant

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 7 days ago

Bowling Green State University rating

8.5

Company rating: 8.5 out of 10

Based on 6 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

64th of 532 rated colleges and universities

Job description

Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Main Campus (BG), OH
Job Type: Full-Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: BGSU01628
Division: Finance & Administration
Department: Controller's Office
Opening Date: 05/01/2026
Pay Grade: 356
Summary
The Senior Financial Accountant performs advanced analytical review and reconciliation of financial information and transactional data procedures, provides guidance to campus budget administrators; supports monthly and annual financial reporting; and serves as a power user of the University's financial management system.The role is directly responsible for maintaining and reconciling key accounting areas, including but not limited to cash and treasury operations, capital assets, construction project accounting, financing and debt, and federal, state, and local financial reporting and tax analysis.
The Senior Financial Accountant role is structured to support multiple functional accounting areas across the University. While individual Senior Financial Accountants may develop subject matter expertise in a primary area of focus, such as debt, capital assets, treasury operations, or auxiliary accounting, each team member is expected to maintain a working knowledge of all functional areas. This cross-functional approach ensures continuity of operations, promotes collaboration, and enables team members to provide backup support and surge capacity as needed. Accordingly, incumbents must demonstrate the ability to learn, adapt, and effectively perform responsibilities across a broad range of accounting functions while contributing specialized expertise within their primary assignment.
Essential Functions
General Accounting & Reporting
  • Ensure conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board), and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) requirements; evaluate and assist with the implementation of new accounting standards.
  • Support accounting operations across all fund types (operating, plant, restricted, loan, auxiliary funds, etc.), ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to established internal controls.
  • Analyze financial data including investigation of unusual transactions and variances in financial reports.
  • Prepare financial schedules for use in fund accounting reports in conformity with GASB or FASB.
  • Support monthly close processes, including standard and non-standard month-end entries, system interfaces, and related reporting.
  • Support year-end financial statement preparation, including financial statements, footnotes, audit schedules, and year-end adjustments.
  • Support external audit process of the University and related entities, including responding to auditor requests.
  • Assist in preparation of annual financial reports for the University and related entities.
  • Assist with state and other external reporting (e.g. HEI, ODHE, Senate Bill 6 Ratios, IPED)
  • Ensure proper accounting procedures are consistently applied across the University.
  • Serve as a power user of the PeopleSoft Financial Management System (FMS), including data entry, retrieval of information, analysis, and query writing.
  • Assist in the design and coordination of system implementations and troubleshooting and resolution; test system upgrades, develop procedures, training manuals, and operations manuals for new systems and processes.
  • Provide guidance and instruction to campus budget administrators and stakeholders on accounting practices.
  • Maintain and support electronic accounting information and reporting capabilities, including reporting in Power BI.
  • Assist in training new and existing FMS users on system functionality and updated processes.
  • Provide guidance on accounting system inquiries and support continuous process improvement.
Capital Assets
  • Maintain fixed asset and capital project accounting records, ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable standards.
  • Ensure proper accounting for fixed asset additions, disposals and capital project costs.
  • Calculate and monitor depreciation for 2,000+ assets and coordinate the annual physical inventory process.
  • Collaborate with Planning, Construction, and Campus Operations department to ensure accuracy of construction-in-progress, proper capitalization upon project completion, and required accruals at year-end.
  • Prepare daily and monthly journal entries related to fixed assets and capital activity.
Treasury, Treasury Operations, and Debt Management
  • Complete daily bank reconciliation and accounting for activity.
  • Prepare daily, weekly, long-term cash forecasting.
  • Reconcile bank accounts and investment statements in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Ensure proper accounting for investment activity and cash transactions.
  • Maintain debt schedules and record long-term and short-term debt transactions, including issuance and related activity.
  • Ensure accurate recording of interest accruals and debt payments.
  • Reconcile detailed debt schedules to the general ledger and prepare related journal entries as needed.
  • Participate in the University's PCI compliance working group while leading campus-wide training and compliance initiatives, including evaluating new payment methods, managing Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs).
Auxiliary Operations Support
  • Assist with regulatory compliance issues related to University Auxiliary departments.
  • Prepare and file monthly sales tax returns in support of auxiliary operations.
  • Prepare the University's Unrelated Business Income Tax (Form 990-T) filing.
  • Prepare other tax and compliance related filings for the University and related entities as needed, including PCORI, Forms 990 and 990-T, and Ohio Charitable Registration.
  • In collaboration with Athletics, prepare documentation to support the University's NCAA Agreed-Upon Procedures (AUP) engagement, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with reporting requirements.
Additional Responsibilities
  • Supervise and mentor student employees, providing guidance and training to support the completion of basic to intermediate accounting functions and ensure accuracy and understanding of fundamental processes.
  • Complete additional duties, special projects, and cross-functional assignments as needed to support departmental operations and ensure adequate coverage across all functional areas within the Controller's Office.
  • Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications
The following Degree is required:
  • Bachelor's Degree

The following Degree is preferred:
  • Bachelor's in Accounting
The following Experience is required in one of the following:
  • 3 years of general accounting
  • 2 years in public accounting

The following Experience is preferred:
  • Demonstrated proficiency in Power BI, including building interactive dashboards, transforming data with Power Query, creating data models, and developing insightful visualizations to support data-driven decision-making
  • 2 years with external or internal audits

The following Licensure is preferred:
  • CPA or eligible to sit for CPA exam

Additional Information
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Thorough knowledge of GAAP, GASB, FASB, as well as internal control framework, fund accounting principles, and the basics of taxation
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated analytical thinking skills
  • Demonstrated ability to perform financial analysis, interpret data, and provide actionable insights to support decision-making
  • Working knowledge of complex financial ERP systems, including related business processes and procedures
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and work effectively with limited supervision; demonstrated ability to see projects through to completion
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal University departments and external partners
  • Capacity to learn new systems, develop and improve financial/accounting processes, and lead and document process changes
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues, develop solutions, and implement improvements
  • Demonstrated commitment to providing excellent customer service
  • Advanced proficiency in spreadsheets (e.g., Excel)
  • General proficiency with personal computing tools (e.g., email, internet)
This is a full-time position located in Bowling Green, Ohio, which offers the option for a flexible/hybrid work schedule (remote/on-campus).
Application Deadline
The search committee will review applications until the position is filled; however, for best consideration, applications should be provided by May 15, 2026
Required Application Materials & Evaluation
  • Experience must be fully documented on the official application
  • The application will be used to evaluate if candidates meet the minimum requirements for the position and for consideration when determining starting pay rate.
  • Experience requirements are inclusive of relevant professional experience, or experience attained through relevant internships, co-ops, student employment positions, or graduate assistantships.

Uploads
  • Required: Resume (for supplemental information only)
  • Optional: Cover Letter

Essential Requirement: Work Authorization
BGSU does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire andmaintainwork authorization throughout the employment term.
Bowling Green State University is an equal opportunity employer. The University is committed to maintaining an employment and educational environment that is free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of protected class: age (40 years of age or older), ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity and expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, military status, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Bowling Green State University, please call 419-372-8421 or email .
BGSU is an E-Verify employer. If hired into this position, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I-9 employment verification process. A list of acceptable documents can be seen here:
Benefits
Bowling Green State University provides a comprehensive benefit program as part of a total compensation package. This includes medical, prescription, dental, vision, health accounts (medical & dependent), life & disability insurance, retirement plans, employee assistance program and tuition fee waivers for employees and their eligible dependents as well as paid time off, flexible work options, holidays and parental leave. For more information, please visit Benefits-at-a-Glance.

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