About the role
Position Summary:
Step into a vibrant university environment where your day-to-day accounts payable expertise directly supports the whole campus community. Keep routine travel and purchasing processing running smoothly during our big system upgrade.
The Financial Operations Specialist is a temporary backfill role designed to maintain operational continuity within the Procurement and Payable Services departments. As key personnel are transitioned to support the core ERP implementation project, this role ensures that day to day processes are sufficiently maintained.
Specifically, this role manages daily accounts payable, purchasing card, and travel reimbursement workflows.
This position is temporary through 6/30/2028.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or a related field OR 5 years of experience in accounts payable or financial operations.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify process improvements and troubleshoot technical errors.
- Technical Skills: High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including experience creating queries, compiling data, or generating reports from database systems.
- Communication: Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate with stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
- Citizenship Requirement: Due to requirements of research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates must be U.S. citizens.
Preferred Qualifications:
While not everyone may possess all of the preferred qualifications, the ideal candidate will bring many of the following:
- Higher Education Experience: Prior experience managing accounts payable, procurement, or financial operations within a Higher Education environment.
- System Expertise: Hands-on experience with Ellucian Banner, Jaggaer (Runway), Costpoint, or Emburse Enterprise ERP environments.
- Business Intelligence: Experience utilizing data visualization software (such as Power BI or Tableau) to analyze and present operational or spend data.
- Customer Support Systems: Experience working within a service call ticketing system to support technical troubleshooting and trace root causes.
- Compliance Knowledge: Deep understanding of AP-related tax compliance, including Form 1099 preparation, tax withholding, and sales/use tax.
- Adaptability: Demonstrated adaptability and a proven track record of maintaining team morale and operational stability through major organizational transitions.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
To apply please submit a cover letter addressing each minimum qualification and any applicable preferred qualifications that you meet.
Closing Statement:
Informed by its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the dignity of every human being. Informed by this commitment, we seek to increase diversity in all of its forms, achieve fair outcomes, and model inclusion across our campus community. The University is committed to policies of affirmative action designed to increase the employment opportunities of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1973.