Financial Assistant

2 weeks ago

Evanston, Illinois, United States Northwestern University Full time
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LocationEvanston, Illinois
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Department: MCC Electrical & Computer Eng
Salary/Grade: NEX/11

Job Summary:

Provides day-to-day financial & accounting support of payroll and student funding at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Department of Electrical & Computer 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.

Provides administrative &/or clerical support.

Additional/special pay

Analysis

Endowment and gift accounting

Financial Statements

Grants &/or awards

Journal &/or ledger

Payroll

Reconciliation

Salary administration

Student accounts

Student funding

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:

  • Maintains & tracks individual budget accounts.
  • Coordinates annual budget process including tasks associated with the open/close processes.
  • Updates calendar, spreadsheets, templates & forms; monitors submissions.
  • Completes reconciliation procedures.
  • Creates summary reports.
  • Coordinates &/or provides information for annual salary review process.

Analysis, Statements & Reporting:

  • 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.
  • Creates reports & queries; reviews for incomplete records, data entry errors, &/or accounting mistakes.
  • May analyze open encumbrances that are no longer valid & recommend appropriate modifications to ensure smooth processing of financial transactions.

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 /account research as needed.
  • Obtains additional information from or provides instruction & guidance for customers/; corrects or escalates.
  • Provides financial policy interpretation to determine the validity of customer requests & ensure compliance.
  • Contacts outside agencies, McCormick Admin or HR Payroll office to obtain clarification of rules &/or regulations.
  • Enters information into database.
  • Level 1 NU Financials approval
  • Process TA appointments in SES and myHR

Grants &/or Awards:

  • 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.
  • Modifies grant budgets.
  • Closes grants.
  • Approves expenditures, Requests for Payroll 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.

Administration:

  • 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 paperwork.
  • Instructs & advises regarding options and appropriate courses of action & follows-up inquiries to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Provides administrative support in regard to HR matters such as hiring, onboarding, as it relates to student payroll.

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or the equivalent.
  • 3 years accounting &/or bookkeeping or other relevant experience.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

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

Target hiring range for this position will be between $19.31- $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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