Senior Accountant
About this role
Mission Driven, Community Focused About | Charles R.Drew University of Medicine and Science (cdrewu.edu)
Charles R. Drew University is located in the Watts-Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles and was founded in 1966 in the wake of the Watts uprising. CDU was founded to address inadequate medical care in the region and to provide equitable medical education opportunities for under-represented students.
CDU offers the only historically black Doctor of Medicine program west of the Mississippi, and is strongly invested in the local and regional community. The university leads multiple partnerships and programs to provide equitable healthcare resources in a variety of south Los Angeles neighborhoods.
TITLE: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
DEPARTMENT: Finance
JOB CODE: ACSR
DATE: 3/24/2026
REPORTS TO: Accounting Manager
GRADE: PS-9
DLSE STATUS: EXEMPT
Under the general direction of the Accounting Manager, the Senior Accountant will play an integral role in supporting departments across the business in all financial matters relating to daily, weekly, and monthly review and maintenance of reports, balance sheets, and Income Statement Accounts. This role will apply a high level of financial and accounting knowledge to create, review, analyze, and evaluate policies, procedures, systems, and reports relating to company finances.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Perform weekly deposit review with Cash Manager. • Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliation. • Bank Reconciliations • Petty Cash Reconciliations • All Other Balance Sheet Reconciliations
Prepare monthly journal entries, including:
• Payroll accrual & reversal. • Recognition of deferred revenue • Expense accruals: utility bills, insurance, SWAP interest • Prepaid expense amortization • Construction in Progress (CIP transfer from capital equipment 8001) • Willowbrook Apartments (monthly subsidiary JE) • Bond cost amortization • Wells Fargo bond payment account • Fixed asset additions and depreciation • Fixed Asset Inventory Count • Amex travel expense reallocation • Employee Health Insurance Adjustments • Cost Share Receivable • Vivarium expense transfer • Investments • Fringe Benefits • Indirect Cost (IDC) • Accounts Receivable & Revenue