Duties: Under the direction of the Director, is responsible for the total management and accounting of the fiscal resources appropriated and made available to the FSM Fisheries and Maritime Institute; is responsible for maintaining control over income, expenditures and budgetary accounts for all the operations of the Institute; serves at times as a purchasing and receiving agent, prepares employee time and attendance reports and necessary documents for employee payrolls; prepares reconciliation statements, financial statements, and reports including a financial monthly report; assists in the development of the annual budgets, and administers the adopted budget for the Institute; reconciles appropriation accounts with monthly statements; reviews and audits fiscal transactions for conformance with existing policies and procedures; maintains internal fiscal information in accordance with established procedures and on directions from the Director and the President of the College; prepares specific responses, reports and other periodic summary reports and maintains document files of fiscal transactions. Assists in the review of fiscal accounting systems; analyzes charts of accounts, records and financial reports; drafts basic procedures for specific transactions or activities; and prepares flow charts and tables.

Minimum Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with major coursework in Business Administration, Business, Public Administration, Accounting or related field including coursework in financial accounting, cost accounting and/or government accounting. One year progressively responsible professional experience in accounting or related field. Knowledge of: modern accounting and other fiscal principles and practices as applied to a public institution of higher learning; knowledge of any Accounting System and program; generally accepted methods of evaluating financial performance, such as income statement preparation and analysis, cost accounting and variance analysis, and breakeven analysis; basic statistical analysis methods and techniques applicable to the analysis of administrative problems and processes; purchasing principles and practices; modern office equipment including computers. Skills in: analyzing accounts and making adjustment entries; preparing trial balances by fund and group accounts; adding financial transactions data from manual and computer prepared ledgers, and general statement of condition; analyzing financial transaction recording systems to discern internal control and related problems; and revising positions of a complex accounting system; assisting in the installation and maintenance of accounting systems; operating standard office equipment, including the ability to use computer hardware and software such as spreadsheet program; communicating effectively in writing and speaking; following and meeting deadlines and timelines for financial financial reporting; preparing clear and maintaining effective working relationships; and performing accurate and speedy mathematical calculations. OR, any equivalent combination of education and/or experience which provides for the above.

Application forms can be obtained from the College of Micronesia-FSM Personnel Office.esia-FSM Personnel Office. Please forward completed application, resume, transcript and three letters of recommendation to the Personnel Office at the above address. OR send application package via E-mail to persofficer@comfsm.fm.