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Teachers College, Columbia University · 13 hours ago

Financial Systems Assistant Manager

New York, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$96K/yr - $113K/yr

4+ years exp

Teachers College, Columbia University is seeking an Assistant Manager for Financial Systems who will serve as the subject matter expert and liaison between the Finance, Accounting and Budget departments and the Teachers College Information Technology office. The role involves managing financial systems operations, supporting customer service standards, and supervising a Financial Systems Analyst.

Higher Education

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Trevor Justin Isaac

Responsibilities

Responsible for maintenance and administration of all FIS supporting the College’s Disbursement functions, as well as providing support for other FIS including the College’s Enterprise Resource Planning system (Ellucian Banner), and related third-party systems

Perform system maintenance tasks and collaborate with the TCIT support team to ensure maximum system reliability and performance; and proper information technology security protocols

Manage user acceptance testing for system patches and upgrades to existing software and implementation of new technical software solutions

Provide end user training across FIS systems and related applications for new users or for updated systems and applications

Assist the Financial Systems Manager in developing, formalizing, implementing and improving customer service standards and support

Responsible for creating and maintaining technical system requirements, project planning, and process and system documentation for the College’s Disbursement systems

Identify and recommend business process and system improvements to the Financial Systems Manager driving efficiency and productivity, maximizing automation solutions and addressing potential FIS issues

Support the Financial Systems Manager in the performance of monthly and year end FIS closings, tax regulatory reporting, internal and external audit requests, ad hoc and other periodic reporting and assignments

Responsible for the maintenance of the Controller’s area website

Supervise and delegate tasks to the Financial Systems Analyst, including but not limited to data entry across the FIS systems, including general ledger journal uploads, creation and maintenance of structural accounting elements in Banner (index/fund/organization/account codes, Accounts Receivable and Financial Aid detail codes, etc.), creation of routing approval chains for procurement and employee expense reimbursement systems, and other tasks

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Financial Information SystemsSQLEllucian BannerAccounting operationsCustomer serviceEmployee managementDesktop software skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information technology or other business-related field of study

4-5 years' related experience

A strong functional understanding of finance and accounting operation functions and systems including General Ledger, Human Resources/Payroll, Accounts Payable, Budgeting, Purchasing, and Accounts Receivable

Broad technical knowledge and skills of relational database scripting and reporting (SQL) and application support

Strong desktop software skills and application troubleshooting

Preferred

Experience with Banner (Ellucian)

Experience managing and supervising staff

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance plans

Flexible and hybrid work schedules

Tuition remission

Life insurance

Short and long-term disability insurance

An exceptional employer retirement matching program

Health savings accounts (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSA)

Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility

A robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Company

Teachers College, Columbia University

The official account of Teachers College, Columbia University, the first & largest grad school of education in the US.

Founded in 1887

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.tc.columbia.edu/admission

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