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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Accounting Manager - Finance and Administrations in Austin, Texas
Leadership: Supervise business processing team, including three full time administrative staff members responsible for payment and invoice processing as well as all purchasing, contract, and travel activity.Management: Serve as manager for all travel, procurement, contracts, and payment processing. Guide processing staff and take the lead on higher level and more complex purchasing, travel, and contract requests. Ensure that all processing is compliant with university, state, and federal regulations and that staff are up to date on policies and procedures.Document Approvals: Serve as departmental approver for all payment, travel, contract, purchasing, and Amazon requests. Thoroughly review all requests to ensure accuracy, policy compliance, and processing timeliness.Reporting: Assist leadership and accounting team with the reconciliation of procurement and accounting transactions. Ensure encumbrances are managed, payments are reconciled, and reporting is accurate. Provide ad hoc reporting for travel, payments, and procurement as directed.Relationships and Communication: Maintain relationships with campus partners and departmental clients, serving as the liaison with purchasing, payment, and contracts offices. Provide high level customer service and strong communication skills.Document Review: Review entertainment expense forms for accuracy and route to appropriate office for approval. Understand and maintain all entertainment expense policy and procedure and able to communicate updates and changes with the accounting team and departmental customers.Other duties as assigned.