Financial Coordinator

Financial Coordinator

Under direct supervision, the Financial Coordinator will be responsible for performing a variety of financial related activities which requires advance knowledge of analytical work and account reconciliation and approving procedures. Responds to and researches complex finance related inquiries. Creates and reviews financial reports to support financial analysis team.

Responsibilities include assisting with the review of pay applications, researching prior payment and contract information, and tracking and following up on outstanding pay application issues. The Financial Coordinator will also monitor, investigate, and reconcile any reporting discrepancies between the financial database and the accounting ledgers. They will prepare account create and close-out requests, reconcile contract balances, prepare journal entries and payment vouchers. Additionally, they will allocate, authorize, monitor, and control expenses, prepare projections and monthly reports, and maintain, oversee, reconcile, and correct errors in accounts.

The Financial Coordinator will maintain the database for project approval letters and other correspondences, prepare ad hoc reports, and coordinate the preparation of financial forms, ensuring all meet applicable internal and external requirements. They will input financial data and information into excel spreadsheets and other applicable finance software programs, propose solutions to problems and correct according to proper policy and procedures, assist with University's Employer-Assisted Housing Program, and provide customer service to program participants including responding to inquiries and documentation collection. They will receive and direct staff, customers, visitors and vendors in the walk-in area in a pleasant and professional manner, act as a primary account administrator for account owners in an intensive customer service environment, routinely prepare budgets, create accounts, and work with the financial accounting system to allocate, authorize, monitor, and control expenses. They will also perform other related work as needed.

Minimum qualifications include a college or university degree in a related field and knowledge and skills developed through less than 2 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree, two years of financial administration experience, fiscal administration in a university environment strongly preferred, computer literacy in Microsoft Applications and data queries, advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, strong mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, and competencies such as being highly organized and detail-oriented, resourceful and flexible, excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong customer service orientation, high level of Business Objects knowledge, decision quality and accountability, business acumen, performance and execution, and partnership and collaboration.