Accounting Student Assistant

Position Summary:

Assists with updating financial and business transactions data, supports Finance department with administrative tasks, and helps prepare reports to ensure accurate accounting records.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this position.

• Assist with ad hoc reports and other projects

• Assist with administrative accounting duties

• Update/prepare various financial spreadsheets

• Prepare journal entries

• Assist with quarter-end close and year-end close

• Data mining and analysis

• Maintain familiarity with strategic District levels of service

• Continuous improvement monitoring and innovation efforts

• Perform other duties as required

Required Experience:

• Less than one (1) year of experience

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products

Desired Experience:

• Accounting experience in an office environment

Required Education/Certification/License:

• Junior or Senior working towards an Accounting Degree

• High school diploma or GED

• Valid Texas driver's license

Desired Education/Certification/License:

• None

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

• Strong attention to detail

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee typically resides within an office or cubicle and may have occasional field work that will expose the employee to weather conditions prevalent at the time.

For HR Use Only (POS# T58)