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[Remote] Accounting/Finance Associate

Remote Full-time Now Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stanford University is a renowned university whose School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology advances diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of human disease through research, education, and clinical care. The remote Accounting/Finance Associate will support the accounting and finance team by processing reimbursements, verifying transactions, reviewing financial data, generating reports, resolving inquiries, and ensuring compliance with university policies and regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Review, process, gather, and compile accounting transactions and documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
  • Review transactions, support documents, journal postings, etc. for accuracy, consistency, authorizations and compliance. Monitor transactions in accounting systems for clearing and outstanding items
  • Compile, maintain, and review data and daily reports for accuracy. Generate standardized financial reports
  • Resolve transactional inquiries, escalate broader issues
  • Respond to transactional inquiries from client groups
  • May be responsible for p-card administration, processing, travel cards and expendable reimbursements
  • May establish accounts in financial systems; prepare invoices
  • Participate in new initiatives, as needed such as user testing
  • Maintain accounting/finance departmental files and desktop procedures and process documents for area of responsibility. Ensure compliance with University policies, and federal regulations and requirements

Skills

  • High School diploma or equivalent and two years' work experience
  • Knowledge of basic accounting procedures
  • Ability to operate computerized office applications and accounting systems
  • Ability to clearly and effectively communicate information to internal audiences and client groups

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, retirement, and savings options
  • Events and program for children, sports camps, tuition options
  • Learning and development classes, workshops, and onsite conferences from leading-edge speakers and faculty
  • Work/life and family-friendly policies and reimbursement
  • Participation in Stanford’s social responsibility and sustainable programs
  • Remote work

Company Overview

  • Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. It was founded in 1885, and is headquartered in Stanford, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.stanford.edu.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Stanford University has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 146 in 2026, 548 in 2025, 498 in 2024, 472 in 2023, 390 in 2022, 336 in 2021, 260 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.