Fixed Asset Fiscal Technician

All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes: comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave granted up front, generous tuition benefit, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more. Learn more about VCU’s benefits here.

The VCU Financial Reporting department has an exciting opportunity for a Fixed Asset Fiscal Technician to join our team!

VCU is unlike any university you have ever seen. We bring curiosity, passion and an unrelenting drive to discover the ideas others can’t. We envision a future that is unbound by tradition, that seeks to disrupt the way things have always been. A premier, urban, public research university nationally recognized as one of the best employers for diversity, VCU is a great place to work. It’s a place of opportunity, where your success is supported and your career can thrive. VCU offers employees a generous leave package, career paths for advancement, competitive pay, and an opportunity to do mission-driven work.

All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes: comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave granted up front, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, generous tuition benefit, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more. Learn more about VCU’s benefits: https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/benefits/a-z-list-of-benefits/. 

Summary:

The Fixed Asset Fiscal Technician will assist in maintaining the University’s fixed asset system. This includes but is not
limited to:

• Assist in recording additions to fixed assets
• Maintain supporting documentation on capitalized assets
• Monitor paid invoices for fixed assets to add to the University’s inventory listing
• Assist departments in managing and certifying their inventory listings
• Monitor the Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund (HEETF) indexes
• Assist in compiling HEETF reports and reconciliations
• Verify data from the student workers in the RPA system
• Assist in preparation of training materials for the fixed asset system
• Prepare journal entries related to fixed asset purchases
• Maintain and update equipment locations
• Supervise and help student workers barcoding equipment
• Monitor department email account

Minimum Qualifications

• High school graduate
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work in a diverse environment
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff and student environment or commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with accounting coursework
• Experience accounting for fixed assets