What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Asset Accountant position at State of South Carolina?
Job Responsibilities
The Senior Asset Accountant is accountable for overseeing Capital Assets in the General Accounting department of the Controller’s Office. This role encompasses the daily review of capital assets, conducting physical inventories, preparing asset reports, and managing depreciation. Additionally, it involves researching and analyzing assets and capital projects associated with these assets, verifying and documenting financial transactions, and reconciling and reporting on capital assets and projects. This includes the review and preparation of both monthly and annual reports.
Minimum And Additional Requirements
Requires a bachelor’s degree in a job related field and 3 or more years of job related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job related certification, training, education, and/or experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Licensed CPA preferred
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Additional Comments
The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender (including transgender), gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV /AIDs status, military status, national origin, pregnancy (false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, childbirth, recovery therefrom or related medical conditions, breastfeeding), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other bases under federal, state, local law, or regulations.
The Senior Asset Accountant is accountable for overseeing Capital Assets in the General Accounting department of the Controller’s Office. This role encompasses the daily review of capital assets, conducting physical inventories, preparing asset reports, and managing depreciation. Additionally, it involves researching and analyzing assets and capital projects associated with these assets, verifying and documenting financial transactions, and reconciling and reporting on capital assets and projects. This includes the review and preparation of both monthly and annual reports.
Minimum And Additional Requirements
Requires a bachelor’s degree in a job related field and 3 or more years of job related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job related certification, training, education, and/or experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Licensed CPA preferred
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Additional Comments
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, theories and terminology of accounting, capital financing, debt management, tax, banking, budgeting, financial management or investment.
- Knowledge of capital assets and GAAP capitalization.
- Knowledge of state capital budgeting accounting processes.
- Knowledge of state government fiscal accounting processes.
- Knowledge of financial statement analysis.
- Ability to analyze and interpret complex financial data and reports.
- Ability to plan, organizes, review and supervise the work of subordinates.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender (including transgender), gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV /AIDs status, military status, national origin, pregnancy (false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, childbirth, recovery therefrom or related medical conditions, breastfeeding), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other bases under federal, state, local law, or regulations.
