Senior Admin Finance Coordinator

Job Description

The School of Aviation is seeking a Senior Admin / Finance Coordinator. This position will provide management, administration, and / or analysis and evaluation of financial activities within a college or complex university department.

Essential Duties :

• Oversees and provides professional administrative support, financial management and budget planning for the department.
• Processes new hire and termination paperwork. Maintains personnel files and update the incoming and outgoing employee information.
• Oversees records maintenance (inventory, personnel, office files, etc.
• Submits all paper PAF, EPAF, EDR, travel, and PETs. Update time supervisor approver in PeopleSoft, assign required trainings, and run reports as needed.
• Manages approval process for payroll, leave accounting / reporting, and other financial matters
• Assists with developing, implementing, and interpreting policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with federal, state and university policies and regulations.
• Assists with coordination and planning of program hosted events and programs / logistics, negotiates with contractors and vendors.
• Selects, supervises, trains, and evaluates performance of assigned staff.
• Coordinates and executes department events.
• Maintains budget and grant administration, account reconciliation, Pcard management, OU Foundation funds, and other departmental support.
• Performs account reconciliation to balance financial statement transactions to source documents and forecast cash flow and account balance
• Prepares and reconciles Grant / Foundation reports and check over cash balance in accounts.
• Provides Faculty support with purchases, travel and faculty liaison, policies and procedures, faculty awards, funding requests, reimbursement requests.
• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position.

Job Requirements

Required Education : Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Management, or related field, AND :

Equivalency / Substitution : Will accept 48 months experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree for a total of 72 months related experience

Skills :

Certifications : None

Department Preferences :

Ability to demonstrate strong Excel skills including financial modeling, data analysis, pivot tables and macros

Minimum of two (2) years relevant experience in accounting and finance systems and processes including : financial statement preparation, budgets, and financial and cost analysis

Special Instructions : If you are selected as a final candidate for this position, you will be subject to The University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Tuberculosis Testing policy. To view the policy, visit

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