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Catholic University of America
Manager of General Accounting
🇺🇸
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Full-Time
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$100K
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Finance
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February 3rd, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
The Catholic University of America is hiring a Manager of General Accounting. The role involves reviewing and analyzing financial data and reconciliations, preparing financial reports and regulatory filings, and coordinating audits while providing project coordination and leadership within the accounting team.
Highlights
- Review daily, weekly, and monthly financial analyses and reconciliations
- Prepare and oversee journal entries and accruals for the monthly close process
- Develop relationships with business owners to improve internal controls and financial reporting transparency
- Coordinate external audits and prepare financial statements, footnotes, and internal reports
- Assist in implementing new accounting standards and process improvements
- Use software including Excel, Word, Peoplesoft Financials, HR-Payroll, and Cardinal Students System
- Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred
- 3-5 years of experience in a business-side analytical finance or accounting role
- Strong verbal and written communication, analytical skills, and ability to work in teams
- Salary projected at $100,000 annually
Manager of General Accounting Full Description
Posting Title: Manager of General Accounting Overview:
The General Accounting Manager’s primary responsibilities are to review, analyze financial data, and reconciliations; prepare financial reports and regulatory filings, prepare complex financial statement disclosures, coordinate activities and requests from internal and external auditors. This position is also responsible for providing effective project coordination and leadership.
The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position which represents the full range of anticipated compensation is: $100,000.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Duties in this role will consistent of operational (accounting based) finance duties including, but not limited to the following:
- Review of daily, weekly and monthly analyses and reconciliations for designated staff and areas
- Understanding of Financial Statements / general ledger accounts to be able to prep journal entries appropriately
- Preparation of various journal entries and accruals relating to monthly close process
- Help close process in reporting actuals, overseeing JE’s prepped by the accounting staff
- Develop and maintain relationships with business owners and stakeholders for designated areas such as standing meetings and monthly financial reporting packages that foster continuous improvement and monitoring of internal controls and facilitate transparency and connectivity between financial reporting and business operations
- Provide oversight in individual tasks to maintain controls surrounding designated business cycles
- Coordination of external audit;
- Preparation of financial reports including financial statements and footnotes, internal board/mgmt. reports, annual report, and external reports as identified;
- Assist in the analysis and implementation of new accounting pronouncements
- Identify system/procedure problems, conduct researches, and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions;
- Process improvement, standardizing and streamlining procedures;
- Ad hoc analyses as requested by the Management
- Occasional long hours may be required in accordance with deadlines or special projects
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
- Certified Public Accountant Preferred
- 3-5 years experience in business-side analytical role on finance or accounting team
- Proficiency in excel, word, Peoplesoft Financials, HR-Payroll and Cardinal Students System
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
- Strong analytical skills in interpreting reports.
- Extremely detail-oriented and high attention to accuracy
- Able to develop positive rapport with key contacts across the team/organization/network
- Self-directed and proactive - must aim to understand the ‘flow’ of the monthly process and work ahead of this process as urgent ad-hoc items tend to pop up
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