Accountant

Position Details

WSU's Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Weber State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment welcoming to all individuals. We strive to create a culture where everyone feels valued and appreciated. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected categories, such as disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, national origin, veterans status, or others, as required by law and university policy (see Weber State University's Policy and Procedure Manual 3-32).

Position Information

Position Title

Accountant

Requisition Number

S02500P

Position Category

Staff

Campus Location

Weber State University - Ogden, UT

Hours per week

40

Months per year

12

Alternate work schedule

Pay Grade

E31

Salary

FLSA

Exempt

Job Summary/Basic Function

The Accountant provides professional accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance support for both the MARS Center and Weber State Financial Services. This position supports financial operations, grants and contracts, purchasing activities, account reconciliations, and fiscal reporting while ensuring compliance with university, sponsor, state, and federal requirements. This position reports to the Weber State Financial Services team with approximately 50% of the position supporting MARS operations and 50% supporting university-wide accounting functions. This position will split their time between two locations, spending part of their time at the MARS Center, with the remaining hours based at the Ogden campus. Reliable personal transportation is required to commute between or report to both sites.

Job Responsibilities:

MARS Financial Operations: Perform comprehensive reconciliation of all MARS facility financial activities, including monthly transactions, budget allocations, and fund balances.

Accounting responsibilities: verifying financial transactions; preparing and posting journal entries; preparing asset reports; verifying asset tags; reviewing expenses for capitalization; processing and documenting asset disposals; providing general accounting support to departments; and assisting with special financial projects as assigned.

Reporting & Forecasting: Develop detailed monthly financial reports and long-term expenditure forecasts to assist MARS leadership in strategic decision-making.

Procurement & Encumbrance Management: Support the central Procurement Office by monitoring active encumbrances, auditing open purchase orders, and providing high-level financial assistance for procurement workflows.

Required Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors Degree in accounting or related field
• 1-year full-time accounting or general business experience

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred:

• 3 years Higher education/regulatory experience
• Masters Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Experience in a manufacturing, research, laboratory, or technical environment.
• Experience with procurement transactions, contracts, and travel
• Experience with grant, contract, sponsored project, or research accounting.
• Experience preparing and analyzing financial reports, conducting account reconciliations, and researching, interpreting, and applying relevant financial policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Experience working with computerized financial management or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, specifically Banner Ellucian.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CMA, or progression toward certification.

A successful candidate will be willing to

Background Check?

Yes

Benefits Summary

WSU offers a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, long-term disability, life insurance, retirement, a wellness program with release time and paid incentives, tuition benefits, free tickets to athletic and performing arts events, and paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Posting Detail Information

Job Open Date

10/15/2026

Review Date

10/29/2026

Job Close Date

Open Until Filled

Yes

Notes to Applicant

If you are passionate about what you could offer and accomplish here at WSU, we would love to hear from you. The position comes with a generous benefits package. The position will be filled as a grade E31 or E32 depending on candidate qualifications.

To apply, please complete the online application and attach a cover letter, current resume, and the names and contact information for three professional references.

For qualification determination, your application and/or resume must address the required and preferred qualifications and must contain average number of hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be considered incomplete.

Screening of applications will begin October 29, 2026. Position will remain open until filled.

Criminal background check required as a condition of employment.

Quick Link for Direct Access to Posting

https://jobs.weber.edu/postings/29575

ADA Essential Job Function

ADA Essential Job Function

Physical Activity of this position

Expressing or exchanging ideas. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately or quickly. , Ability to receive detailed information with or without assistance., Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Physical Requirements of this position

Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or consistently to move objects, including the human body. Sitting most of the time. Walking and standing only occasionally if ever.

Visual Acuity Requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision.

Required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; using a computer terminal; extensive reading.

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position.

None. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).