Temporary Financial Assistant

4 weeks ago


Evanston, United States Northwestern University Full time
Job ID50059 LocationEvanston, Illinois

Department: Temp Center
Salary/Grade: TMP/01

Position: Temporary Financial Assistant
Hours: This is a part-time position (20 hours per week/ 9am-5pm / M-F)
Pay: $23.00 per hour
Campus: Evanston
Approximate start date: ASAP
Approximate end date: 6/22/2024

Northwestern University is seeking a temporary Part-time Financial Assistant for the Evanston campus.

Temporary Job Description:

As part of the role, this person will be responsible for supporting the business administrator by performing financial and administrative tasks. These tasks include:

  • Acting as an expense report proxy for specific employees
  • Assisting employees with time-sheet access and data entry
  • Processing payment requests
  • Creating supplier identification codes
  • Distributing monthly procurement card limits and aging reports.
  • Review request checklist and return inaccurate submissions
  • Assist staff with obtaining completed documents from non-residents a month prior to their arrival.
  • Managing iBuyNU assigned carts
  • Reviewing current chartfield1's and account codes to identify areas for improvement.
  • Creating purchase orders.
  • Contacting employees with unsubmitted time-sheets

Qualifications Required:

  • Bachelor's degree or 3-5 years of excellent finance and accounts payable skills
  • Excellent experienced with entering data into databases.
  • Keeping financial records to track weekly transactions.
  • Support additional financial responsibilities upon request.
  • Review and modification of current in-house documents.

Northwestern University seeks to employ a varied and diverse range of dynamic people who understand the importance of our mission and vision. When you consider a temporary opportunity at Northwestern University, you know that you are joining an institution with a deep history of academic, professional and personal development.

Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness. More information can be found on the webpage.

The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Click for information on EEO is the Law.



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