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Texas A&M AgriLife · 2 months ago

Financial Specialist III

positionHouston, TX
timePart-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
date6+ years exp

Texas A&M AgriLife is dedicated to providing education and support in disaster resilience and recovery. The Financial Specialist III plays a crucial role in ensuring accurate financial records and compliance, while also supporting project leadership with financial tracking and reporting.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Retrieves, records, verifies, and reconciles financial transactions to assist the project management team
Researches and resolves discrepancies for expenses, encumbrances, program income, and invoices
Maintains accurate, auditable records of project financial activity
Reconciles vendor and subaward invoices against contracts and budgets; maintains support documentation
Flags invoice discrepancies or compliance issues for leadership review
Tracks expenditures against project budgets at the scope task and contract levels
Monitors burn rates and prepares monthly summaries
Provides updated cost and budget data to support project leadership decision-making
Updates financial tables, charts, and cost summaries for leadership and project sponsors
Manages library of cost tracking records and past reports for consistency and reference
Tracks and implements financial action items and follow-up tasks
Assists project leadership in assembling financial sections of project management plans and project budget gates
Ensures adherence of costs to university and federal regulations (e.g., 2 CFR 200) to transactions and reporting
Maintains compliance documentation and audit-ready records
Tracks financial budget gates for sponsor reporting and compliance deliverables

Qualification

Financial tracking systemsBudget managementFederal grant regulationsSpreadsheet proficiencyMultitaskingAttention to detailEffective communication

Required

High School diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
Six years of related experience
Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others

Preferred

Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Skill in reconciling transactions, invoices, and budgets; ability to identify and resolve discrepancies
Familiarity with federal grant regulations and institutional financial policies
Prepare and maintain spreadsheets to track expenditures, burn rates, and cost summaries for use by leadership and sponsors
Ability to communicate effectively with finance offices, vendors, and project staff; skilled in formatting financial data for sponsored project reports
Ability to manage multiple deadlines, track financial action items, and maintain consistency across recurring reports

Company

Texas A&M AgriLife

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As the nation’s largest, most comprehensive agriculture program, Texas A&M AgriLife brings together a college and four state agencies focused on agriculture and life sciences within The Texas A&M University System.
dateFounded in 1915
location
College Station, Texas, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$0.52M
Key Investors
U.S. Department of Agriculture
2021-10-07Grant· $0.52M

Leadership Team

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Xuan (Jade) Wu, Ph.D., AIFD, CFD, EMC
Co-Founder & Co-PI, Horticultural Options in Plant Sciences (HOPS) Program
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Elizabeth Schwartz
Chief Human Resources Officer
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