Accountant I, Department Family and Community Medicine

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Job Summary

The Department of Family and Community Medicine is seeking an Accounting Clerk I to join their team. This role prepares expenditure reports, recaps expenditures for salaries, travel, M&O, etc. Pays invoices, including matching invoices and purchase orders, receiving reports, and calculating correct amount for payment. Prepares monthly/quarterly bills for contracts. Monthly general ledger reconciliation.

Education and Experience

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Job Duties

• Creates and prepares journal vouchers, cash receipt vouchers, and other documents affecting transfer/payment of cash funds.
• Assembles, prepares, and posts debits and credits to individual account records, ledgers, subledgers, and journals.
• Checks and proofs entries. Balances with predetermined totals.
• Makes correcting journal entries. Pays purchase order invoices, including matching invoices and purchase orders, receiving reports, and calculating correct amount for payment.
• Prepares expenditure reports; recaps expenditures for salaries, travel, M&O, etc.
• Processes and reconciles travel advance requests in amounts not exceeding estimated expenses; compares final expense vouchers with actual expenses to calculate refunds or additional payments. Audits travel expense claims, standard invoices, telephone charges, and other like documents.
• Prepares monthly bills for contracts or telephone service to subledgers and code classes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code •51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.