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Operational Accountant
Posted: 05/27/2026
Employment Type:
Contract To Hire
Industry: Accounting
Job Number: 44694
Pay Rate: 40.00
Job Description
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The Panther Group is seeking an experienced Operational Accountant for a consulting opportunity supporting a leading university environment in Boston, MA. This role focuses on fixed assets, capital projects, financial reporting, and Workday Finance support within a collaborative and fast-paced accounting team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional with experience in capital assets, financial analysis, and ERP systems who enjoys working cross-functionally with multiple departments and stakeholders.
What You’ll Do Fixed Assets & Capital Projects
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The Panther Group is seeking an experienced Operational Accountant for a consulting opportunity supporting a leading university environment in Boston, MA. This role focuses on fixed assets, capital projects, financial reporting, and Workday Finance support within a collaborative and fast-paced accounting team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional with experience in capital assets, financial analysis, and ERP systems who enjoys working cross-functionally with multiple departments and stakeholders.
What You’ll Do Fixed Assets & Capital Projects
- Manage the full lifecycle of capital assets within Workday and related systems
- Review and identify capital purchases from:
- Requisitions
- Purchase orders
- Invoices
- Change orders
- Assign and verify accounting information including:
- Spend categories
- Worktags
- Asset locations
- Depreciable life
- Asset descriptions
- Process asset accounting transactions including:
- Cost adjustments
- Transfers
- Reclassifications
- Impairments
- Reinstatements
- Disposals
- Prepare and reconcile financial reports and asset-related reporting
- Support management reporting and external audit requests
- Assist with preparation of financial statements and annual audit activities
- Analyze large volumes of financial and operational data with accuracy and attention to detail
- Serve as a Workday Finance subject matter expert for university stakeholders
- Track CIP (Construction in Progress) phases and coordinate capitalization activities
- Maintain the Capital Project Workbench in partnership with facilities and operations teams
- Participate in weekly PP&E status meetings and support ongoing team initiatives
- Collaborate closely with accounting, finance, operations, and facilities teams
- Supervise co-op and part-time student staff
- Support hiring, onboarding, training, and regular team check-ins
- Contribute to process improvements, documentation, and operational best practices
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred
- Experience in operational accounting, fixed assets, or capital project accounting
- Strong financial reporting and reconciliation experience
- Ability to manage and analyze large data sets with high attention to detail
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a team-oriented environment
- Strong Microsoft Excel and ERP system experience
- Workday Finance experience strongly preferred
- Higher education or university accounting experience
- Grant accounting or grant management experience
- Experience supporting audits and financial statement preparation
- Experience with fixed asset accounting and PP&E processes
- Strong understanding of capital asset lifecycle management
- Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills
- Comfortable balancing independent work with collaborative teamwork
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented approach
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Meet Your Recruiter
Amanda Krafcik
Amanda is a Client Success Manager and has 10+ years of experience in the staffing industry. She focuses on finding the best talent for our clients and is a passionate team player. Fun fact: Amanda loves movies and is always watching them or talking about them on podcasts.
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