STAFF ACCOUNTANT, GIFTS & ENDOWMENT, Financial Affairs, Comptroller's Office, General Accounting
STAFF ACCOUNTANT, GIFTS & ENDOWMENT, Financial Affairs, Comptroller's Office, General Accounting
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20-06-2025
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Job Description
The Staff Accountant Gifts & Endowments is a key member of the General Accounting and Financial Reporting team at Boston University. This position has the potential to work a hybrid schedule under the Universitys remote work guidelines.
Major duties of this position include:
Responsible for reconciling all pledge endowment and annuity accounts; examines transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy distributes monthly reconciliation reports to and works to resolve reconciling items in a timely manner.
Creation and maintenance of restrictive gift accounts in SAP and Blackbaud CRM
Reviewing and maintaining paperless document filing system for restricted gift recordkeeping
Prepare activity-based schedules on restricted accounts to assist in donor reporting
Preparation of support and annual tax filings for charitable gift annuities and trusts including Form 1099-R Form 5227 K-1s.
Coordinates with other members of General Accounting and other various departments to ensure month-end closing procedures are completed in a timely manner.
Assist in the preparation of the annual external audit including preparing schedules and support related to audit selections.
Other duties as needed to help drive to our vision fulfill our mission and support our team.
Pay Rage:
Minimum $53200 Midpoint $71900 Maximum $90500. Salary is based on related experience expertise and internal equity; generally new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.
Required Skills
Bachelors degree in accounting or related field
1-3 years of accounting experience preferably public accounting experience
Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices
Advanced skills utilizing Microsoft Office Suite specifically Excel including complex formulas to acquire organize and analyze data.
Ability to analyze data to determine relevant conclusions and suggest appropriate actions to management.
Ability to prioritize tasks and ad-hoc requests to meet or exceed deadlines.
Strong oral and written communication skills
Detail oriented demonstrating accuracy and quality of work output.
Ability to work independently and/or collaboratively in team environment.
Self-motivated proactive intellectually curious
Preferred Skills:
CPA or CPA candidate
Experience with ERP and/or SAP
Experience in non-profit industry or higher education
Benefits/Other Information:
Boston Universitys generous benefits package includes health dental life insurance and paid time off! Full-time employees are also eligible for tuition remission for courses at Boston University. Note: the remission benefit extends to dependents as well. For more details on benefits please refer to the Boston University benefits page at The department of Financial Affairs at Boston University values intellectual cultural and social diversity among its staff and students. We remain steadfast in our dedication to building a team that is inclusive and equitable and a place where all constituents can thrive.
For all positions we are looking for individuals who enjoy working with colleagues in a collaborative environment and who are flexible and creative. We strongly encourage applications from women and under-represented groups who share our interest in serving a university community with diverse needs backgrounds ethnicities and abilities.
Interested applicants are asked to upload a resume list of references (if available) and submit a cover letter addressed to Hiring Manager Staff Accountant Gifts & Endowment.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color natural or protective hairstyle religion sex age national origin physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information military service pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition or because of marital parental or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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