- Maintains & tracks individual budget accounts.
- Completes reconciliation procedures.
- Prepares account, budget, cost, expenditure &/or funds analysis.
- Provides reports to managers/PIs in tracking payment status & notification when balances & activities do not comply with policy, procedures or are inadequately prepared.
- May analyze open encumbrances that are no longer valid & recommend appropriate modifications to ensure smooth processing of financial transactions.
- Completes & maintains transactions in enterprise systems.
- Provides review and oversight of all types of financial transactions some of which may be complex in regard to size or duration of account.
- Reviews; ensures approval based on alternatives regarding practice & policy.
- Troubleshoots problems.
- Performs vendor/account research as needed.
- Obtains additional information from or provides instruction & guidance for customers/vendors; corrects or escalates.
- Accesses multiple banking systems to process transactions, retrieve information, &/or initiate wire transfers.
- Provides financial policy interpretation to determine the validity of customer requests & ensure compliance.
- Contacts outside agencies, banks &/or banking systems to obtain clarification of rules &/or regulations.
- Enters information into database.
- Provides assistance regarding grant financial administration such as preparing financial information for grant submission.
- Completes post award accounting.
- Sets-up sub-contracts &/or start-up research accounts.
- Approves expenditures on travel, consulting &/or equipment, along with various forms, such as Intra Institutional Vouchers, Requests for Accounting Corrections, the Research Assistant and Scholarship Appointments, &/or payroll adjustments, in accordance with granting agency guidelines & University policies & procedures.
- Processes subcontract payments according to rules & regulations of granting agencies.
- Reconciles subcontract payments.
- Verifies payroll funding entries.
- Corrects charges to various accounts.
- Provides excellent customer service, over the phone and in person answering standard questions regarding status of requests, policies and procedures for processing transactions, &/or instructions for completing forms, and provides referrals to appropriate staff members in the Undergraduate Engineering Office.
- Instructs & advises regarding options and appropriate courses of action & follows-up inquiries to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Coordinates office repairs & maintenance.
- Maintains inventory.
- Assists with training of new staff members
- Creates & provides financial training on practice, procedure, policy &/or laws & regulations to customers.
- Supervises or leads temporary, part-time or work study students.
- Provides guidance to junior employees.
- High school diploma or the equivalent.
- 3 years accounting &/or bookkeeping or other relevant experience.
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
- Excellent computer skills including proficiency in the use of spreadsheet, database and word processing software.
- Familiarity with financial reporting.
- Bachelor's degree
- One year of accounting or bookkeeping or other relevant experience
- Experience working within academic setting
- Experience working with PeopleSoft applications
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office suite and overall computer/technical aptitude.
- Ability to build collaboration by encouraging trust, mutual respect, and a sense of shared purpose.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal).
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Financial Assistant - Evanston, United States - Northwestern University
Description
Job ID49882LocationEvanston, Illinois
Department: MCC Undergraduate Engineering
Salary/Grade: NEX/11
Job Summary:
This position is the initial point of contact for the Office of Undergraduate Engineering, offering support to students, staff, and faculty by performing financial, reception, and administrative functions.
Provides day-to-day financial & accounting, payroll and student funding support for the Office of Undergraduate Engineering, using an advanced knowledge of applicable skills, methods & practices & some innovation, analysis, & reasoning to choose appropriate alternatives from among pre-defined policies & procedures to complete work that includes successive steps & involves some non-routine problems &/or decisions.
Applies industry and professional standards, university policy and procedure, federal and state laws and other regulations.
Accounting policy & procedure
Accounts payable
Additional/special pay
Bank deposits
Chart &/or account coding
Expense reimbursement
Financial Statements
Grants &/or awards
Inventory
Journal &/or ledger
Payroll
Procurement card program
Purchase orders
Wire transfers
Please note: Supervisor provides objectives & deadlines. Work is reviewed for fulfillment of objective & deadlines & overall compliance with policy & procedures. EE completes some activities without direction, informing supervisor only of potentially controversial matters, &/or far-reaching implications.
Specific Responsibilities:
Budget:
Analysis, Statements & Reporting:
Transactions:
Grants &/or Awards:
Administration:
Training:
Supervision:
Miscellaneous
Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)
Target hiring range for this position will be between $ $27.16 per hour. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Benefits:
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