reporting, budgeting, etc.) * This is a fixed-term, one year appointment.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Manages payables for campus clients, including monthly P-Card reconciliations and procurement.
• Coordinates financial and budget procedures for campus clients; analyzes funding for salaries and ensures annual budgets comply with established guidelines.
• Creates and communicates policies and procedures, as required.
• Prepares ongoing budget to actual related financial reports; monitors actuals versus budget; advises clients regarding variances and salary/operating issues impacting the budget.
• Prepares rolling five-year forecast for clients for use in planning and capital spending.
• Manages assigned unit salaries and works with Human Resources and Payroll to ensure that salaries and distributions are correct.
• Provides ad hoc financial analyses as requested; performs information research and analysis for special projects and new programs, as needed.
• Processes reimbursement requests, invoices, billings, and deposits.
• Prepares and evaluates monthly reports customized for unit needs to report financial condition, strengths, and weaknesses of various units.
• Monitors transactions, reviews and approves requisitions, reimbursements and procurement activity within assigned units. Uses independent judgment in the evaluation and approval of transactions.
• Prepares account reconciliations and journal entries as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Associate’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline plus 3-5 years finance-related experience in a university setting. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable.
• Solves problems that are generally not recurring in nature and that require innovative thinking/reasoning and in-depth analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the Internet. Knowledge in Workday hiring and financial transactions, a plus.
• Excellent work ethic along with the ability to work long hours, when needed.
• Ability to maintain the security and confidentiality of any proprietary or sensitive data.
• Ability to analyze and interpret policy and procedural questions.
• Knowledge of budget development and fiscal management.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, detail orientation, and a proven ability to follow projects and issues through to completion.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills; must have the interpersonal finesses to interact effectively within the university and with external vendors.

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline with five or more years of related and progressively more responsible financial work, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of U.S. accounting principles (GAAP) and practices. Knowledge of Workday.
• Familiarity with higher education administration current best practices.

Accountabilities:

Works independently. Reports to the Director, Budget and Campus Financial Services.

Physical Requirements:

Work primarily involves sitting/standing, communicating with others to exchange information, operating a computer, and assessing the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned.

Additional Job DescriptionTime Type RequirementFull time

reporting, budgeting, etc.) * This is a fixed-term, one year appointment.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Manages payables for campus clients, including monthly P-Card reconciliations and procurement.
• Coordinates financial and budget procedures for campus clients; analyzes funding for salaries and ensures annual budgets comply with established guidelines.
• Creates and communicates policies and procedures, as required.
• Prepares ongoing budget to actual related financial reports; monitors actuals versus budget; advises clients regarding variances and salary/operating issues impacting the budget.
• Prepares rolling five-year forecast for clients for use in planning and capital spending.
• Manages assigned unit salaries and works with Human Resources and Payroll to ensure that salaries and distributions are correct.
• Provides ad hoc financial analyses as requested; performs information research and analysis for special projects and new programs, as needed.
• Processes reimbursement requests, invoices, billings, and deposits.
• Prepares and evaluates monthly reports customized for unit needs to report financial condition, strengths, and weaknesses of various units.
• Monitors transactions, reviews and approves requisitions, reimbursements and procurement activity within assigned units. Uses independent judgment in the evaluation and approval of transactions.
• Prepares account reconciliations and journal entries as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Associate’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline plus 3-5 years finance-related experience in a university setting. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable.
• Solves problems that are generally not recurring in nature and that require innovative thinking/reasoning and in-depth analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the Internet. Knowledge in Workday hiring and financial transactions, a plus.
• Excellent work ethic along with the ability to work long hours, when needed.
• Ability to maintain the security and confidentiality of any proprietary or sensitive data.
• Ability to analyze and interpret policy and procedural questions.
• Knowledge of budget development and fiscal management.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, detail orientation, and a proven ability to follow projects and issues through to completion.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills; must have the interpersonal finesses to interact effectively within the university and with external vendors.

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline with five or more years of related and progressively more responsible financial work, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of U.S. accounting principles (GAAP) and practices. Knowledge of Workday.
• Familiarity with higher education administration current best practices.

Accountabilities:

Works independently. Reports to the Director, Budget and Campus Financial Services.

Physical Requirements:

Work primarily involves sitting/standing, communicating with others to exchange information, operating a computer, and assessing the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned.

Additional Job DescriptionTime Type RequirementFull time