[Hiring] Senior Reporting Accountant @University of Miami

Role Description

The Senior Reporting Accountant is a highly technical accounting professional responsible for complex accounting and financial reporting activities within the University's Financial Reporting & Accounting function. The position researches, interprets, applies, and documents U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidance related to complex, significant, and nonroutine accounting matters.

• Analyzes transactions and agreements, determining appropriate accounting treatment.
• Prepares and reviews complex accounting analyses, reconciliations, journal entries, rollforwards, financial statement schedules, and supporting documentation.
• Assists with the preparation of the University's financial statements and related disclosures.
• Independently exercises professional judgment in evaluating accounting issues and developing technically supportable conclusions.
• Serves as a technical accounting resource to the department and other University business units.
• Works closely with management, external auditors, and cross-functional teams.
• Areas of responsibility may include:
  • Debt and financing transactions
  • Leases
  • Capitalized interest
  • Pension accounting
  • Trusts and beneficial interests
  • Contributions and pledges
  • Net assets and NARRs
  • Consolidations and intercompany activity
  • Capital assets
  • Other complex accounting and financial reporting matters

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or other relevant field required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) a plus.
• Minimum five years of relevant accounting, financial reporting, external audit, or related professional experience required.
• Preferred experience in:
  • Financial reporting and preparation or review of financial statements and disclosures.
  • Technical accounting research and application of U.S. GAAP.
  • External financial statement audit or public accounting.
  • Analysis of complex or nonroutine accounting transactions.
  • Preparation of technical accounting documentation and support for external auditors.
  • Large, complex, decentralized organizations.
  • Higher education, healthcare, not-for-profit organizations, public accounting, or similarly complex accounting environments.
  • Enterprise resource planning and financial reporting systems, including Workday or comparable systems.

Requirements

• Advanced knowledge of U.S. GAAP and demonstrated ability to research and interpret FASB Accounting Standards Codification and other authoritative accounting guidance.
• Ability to evaluate complex transactions, identify relevant accounting issues, analyze facts and circumstances, and develop technically supportable accounting conclusions.

Benefits

• Full-time position.
• Staff employee type.

Company Description

The University of Miami is recognized as one of the nation’s premier research institutions and academic health systems and is among the largest employers in South Florida. With more than 20,000 faculty and staff, the University is committed to excellence and guided by a mission to positively impact the lives of students, patients, and communities locally and globally.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture where every individual feels valued and empowered to contribute meaningfully. United by shared values, the University community works together to build an environment defined by purpose, collaboration, and service.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.