Position Vacancy ID:
104888

Employment Class:
University Staff-Ongoing

Working Title:
FINANCIAL SPECIALIST SENIOR

Official Title:
FINANCIAL SPECIALIST SENIOR(00162)

Hiring Department:
A487000-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/GERMAN NORDIC & SLAVIC

FTE:
100%

Term:
This is an Ongoing appointment

Advertised Salary:
Minimum $18.03

Job Summary:
Starting pay is based on experience, with a minimum starting rate of $18.03 an hour.

Responsible for the day-to -day administrative activities, including payroll, benefits, e-reimbursement; manage fund accounts and provide support for faculty and student employees.

Provide advice regarding the regulations, policies, rules and guidelines to faculty, staff and graduate assistants pertaining to accounting services within the University System.

Monitor and maintain a computer-based accounting and financial reporting system that is responsive to the needs of the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic and all of its associated programs. Provide financial management, purchasing and reporting for the Department's various accounts, including GPR (101), gifts and endowments (233), and UW System Trust Fund accounts.

Provide general administrative assistance in support of Departmental operation.

Department faculty and academic staff generate many projects, including grant-driven ones. This position requires advanced multi-tasking skills and collegial interaction with a range of staff in an extremely busy office with many interruptions.

This department had expenditures in 2014 of $4.4 million.

Requirements:


Additional Requirements:


Schedule Comment:
7:45-4:30; M-F with some flexibility

Contact:
Nicole Senter
nicole.senter@wisc.edu
608-262-2192
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )

Instructions to Applicants:
Please click on the "Apply Now" button to start the application process.

For questions on the position, contact: Nicole Senter, nicole.senter@wisc.edu, 608-262-2192.

To apply for this position you will need to upload a cover letter, resume and contact information for at least three professional references, including your current supervisor. References will not be contacted without advance notice.

Cover letters will be used as a writing sample and to determine the best-qualified applicants. Thus, your cover letter should address your qualifications as they pertain to this position including your work experience in the following, if applicable, and where it was performed:

Developing and maintaining financial spreadsheets; Developing and preparing financial reports; Interpreting and applying policies and procedures related to financial transactions; Monitoring and auditing financial transactions; Ability to use Microsoft Office products at an intermediate level

Additional Link:
Full Position Details

NOTE: A Probationary Period will be Required

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Applications Open: May 18 2018 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Jun 1 2018 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time


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