Financial Associate

Financial Accounting Specialist

This role involves working with multiple sources of funding, which may include donor or research-restricted funds. The position requires performing or coordinating several areas of financial accounting, recordkeeping, processing, or administration. The selected candidate may conduct one or more of the following duties:

• Prepare budget for department, unit, or school, working with core or sponsored research funds, usually utilizing information and assumptions provided by others.
• Review or reconcile accounts, transactions, or balances.
• Provide research and basic data analysis for use in financial planning and decision-making.
• Prepare complex financial reports that may require selection, preparation, and interpretation of data using a complex data query tool and spreadsheet application.
• Generate entries to accounting and record-keeping systems, and establish procedures for tracking and reporting.
• Process or assist with payments of vendor invoices and individual reimbursements.
• Research accounting discrepancies.

The role is primarily focused on high-volume invoice processing and expense reimbursement processing. The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail and the ability to process a large volume of transactions accurately and efficiently.

Please focus on candidates with demonstrated experience handling administrative or financial processing tasks in a fast-paced environment where accuracy and attention to detail are critical.