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Finance Specialist

Finance Specialist

Company: The University of Arizona

Job Location: Tucson, 85724

Category: Business and Financial Services

Type: Full-Time

Posting Number: req23572

Department: Finance Strategy & Solutions

Location: Main Campus

Address: Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights

Are you looking for a new challenge, to push yourself, and for great career growth opportunities? Do you enjoy working with financial data, but also love being part of a highly collaborative team that works on difficult and important work? Then consider joining the Finance Strategy & Solutions team, in the university's Finance & Budget division, as our next Finance Specialist.

Finance personnel on the Finance Strategy & Solutions team provide excellent financial and business support to administrators and staff in the units we partner with to accomplish the university mission. This position will support a portfolio of central units at the university with their financial needs while also collaborating within the larger finance community of Finance & Budget. A successful candidate will apply general business theory and principles to daily operations. This position will work on the Payments team to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished in accordance and within established policies, procedures, and priorities.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

The University of Arizona has been recognized for our innovative work-life programs. For more information about working at the University of Arizona and relocations services, please click here.

Duties & Responsibilities

Daily Operational Support:

  • Manages daily financial activity including PCard reconciliation, monthly account reconciliation, cash handling, and fund management.
  • Provides support in the coordination of a financial function.
  • Responds to routine financial inquiries and escalates complex issues to appropriate departments or staff.
  • Assists in the preparation of departmental financial reports.

Review & Compliance:

  • Completes routine review and reconciliation duties, generally with low complexity and variation.
  • Reviews all documentation to ensure all necessary documents are submitted; including payment support, travel documents, and accounting support documents.
  • Ensures all submitted and supporting documentation meets compliance standards and policy requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with university financial policies and procedures.

Transactional Support:

  • Initiates routine and standard financial transactions and billing documents including but not limited to: Disbursement Vouchers, Purchase Orders, Interdepartmental Billings, Cash Receipts, etc.
  • Under direction of supervisors, submits supporting transactions as needed depending on unit function.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

  • Ability to use Microsoft Office programs.
  • Basic knowledge of financial functions.

Minimum Qualifications

  • High school diploma or high school diploma equivalency is required.
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience using the University's enterprise systems (e.g., Financials and Analytics).

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.0

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Finance

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: $22.77 - $28.46

Compensation Type: hourly rate

Grade: 6

Career Stream and Level: OC3

Job Family: Finance Business Partner

Job Function: Finance

Type of criminal background check required: Fingerprint criminal background check (security sensitive due to title or department)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Contact Information for Candidates: Jose Garcia | jgarcia3@arizona.edu

Documents Needed to Apply: Resume and Cover Letter

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