FINANCE ADMINISTRATION & BUDGE (BL-BAP-IUBLA)

The Accounting Analyst works within the Office of the Campus Controller at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington, supporting essential financial compliance, chart of accounts oversight, and user routing access management. As part of IU Finance's Project Horizon initiative, a multi-year effort focused on modernizing financial operations, improving organizational structures, and preparing for future enterprise systems, this position plays an active role in driving process transformation.

Department Specific Responsibilities:

• Leverages emerging technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to automate routine compliance checks, optimize financial workflows, and enhance operational efficiency across the Bloomington campus.
• Assists in monitoring campus-level financial transactions to ensure adherence to university financial policies, GAAP standards, state/federal regulations, and internal controls.
• Reviews accounting reconciliations, journal entries, and financial adjustments submitted by campus units for accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Helps identify compliance risks and works with senior accounting staff to remediate issues promptly.
• Monitors, reviews, and maintains Chart of Accounts (COA) account setups, sub-accounts, object codes, and organizational structures to ensure standardized usage across Bloomington campus units.
• Assists with routine audits of active/inactive accounts and ensures proper alignment with institutional and departmental reporting requirements.
• Serve as a point of contact for campus departments regarding appropriate COA usage and account creation guidelines.
• Reviews, validates, and processes requests for financial system routing access, fiscal officer delegate permissions, and approval authority rules.
• Maintains internal control standards by verifying appropriate segregation of duties before approving routing access or role modifications.
• Conducts regular access control reviews to ensure permissions align with departmental staff transitions and institutional security guidelines.
• Explores, evaluates, and adopts emerging technologies and AI tools (e.g., generative AI co-pilots, automated workflow scripts, data analytics tools) to streamline, automate, and optimize accounting and compliance procedures.
• Identifies manual, repetitive tasks within compliance and routing workflows and design modern, AI-assisted processes to increase speed and accuracy.
• Supports Project Horizon team objectives by testing new financial tools, contributing to shared services standardization, and documenting updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Provides customer-focused guidance to Bloomington campus staff regarding financial compliance and routing procedures.
• Participates in special financial projects, audits, and modernization´s as assigned by the Campus Controller.

General Responsibilities

• Applies Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Performs detailed accounting assignments requiring knowledge of accounting theory and principles.
• Assists in developing and installing accounting systems, procedures, and controls to safeguard the organization's assets.
• Performs a variety of accounting assignments such as the preparing, maintaining, and reconciling complex ledger accounts and related financial, regulatory, and management reports, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, depreciation statements, cash flow, repayment schedules, and regulatory reports and filings.
• Provides specialized analysis for various accounting activities, including gathering, processing, analyzing, and evaluating data for monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, reconciliations, and balance sheets.
• Verifies accuracy and makes recommendations for corrections.
• May provide guidance to lower-level accounting employees.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years relevant experience.

Preferred

• Familiarity with higher education accounting, public institutional financial operations, or Indiana University financial systems.
• Direct experience or coursework in financial technology, AI prompt engineering, robotic process automation, or data visualization tools.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

Preferred

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Indiana license or Indiana license eligible upon date of hire.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Analytical ability and a high level of numerical competence.
• Proficiency in IT and demonstrated skill in using Excel to produce financial reports.
• Ability to reconcile financial ledgers and process accounts payable/receivable.
• Organizational skills and ability to manage deadlines.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to communicate effectively.

Preferred

• Foundational knowledge of general accounting principles (GAAP), internal controls, and chart of accounts structures.
• Demonstrates interest in and adaptability toward emerging technologies, gerneative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Coppilot), data analytics, or process automation solutions.
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to manage user permissions and compliance documentation accurately.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet applications (e.g. Microsoft Excel) and financial software.

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Indiana University Bloomington Campus

Bloomington. Indiana

$65,000.00 - $75,000.00 on an annualized basis.

Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Finance

Job Family: Accounting & Tax

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