Temporary Financial Assistant

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• Provides day-to-day financial and accounting support using an advanced knowledge of applicable skills, methods and practices and some innovation, analysis, and reasoning to choose appropriate alternatives from among pre-defined policies and procedures to complete work that includes successive steps and involves some non-routine problems and/or decisions.
• Applies industry and professional standards, university policy and procedure, federal and state laws and other regulations.
• Provides excellent customer service, over the phone, via email, and in person answering standard questions regarding status of requests, policies, and procedures for processing transactions, and/or instructions for completing paperwork. Instructs and advises regarding options and appropriate courses of action and follows-up inquiries to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Provides financial policy interpretation to determine the validity of customer requests and ensure compliance.
• Completes and maintains transactions in enterprise systems.
• Provides review and oversight of all types of financial transactions, some of which may be complex.
• Reviews; ensures approval based on alternatives regarding practice and policy.
• Troubleshoots problems.
• Performs vendor/account research as needed.
• Obtains additional information from or provides instruction and guidance for customers/vendors; corrects or escalates.
• Accesses multiple systems to process transactions, retrieve information, and/or initiate wire transfers.
• Completes reconciliation procedures.
• Creates summary reports.
• Assists with training of staff members
• Provides administrative and/or clerical support. Updates calendar, spreadsheets, templates and forms; monitors submissions.

Qualifications Required:

A bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience;

Strong writing skills;

High level of organizational skills and attention to detail;

Diligent and can work independently;

Experience working with confidential information;

Professionalism;

Flexibility, adaptability in a fast paced environment.

Software Required:

• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in the use of spreadsheet, database, and word processing software.
• Familiarity with accounting and/or financial reporting.

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