University of Alabama at Birmingham · 1 day ago
FINANCIAL OFFICER I
Greater Birmingham, Alabama Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry Level
$44K/yr - $71K/yr
2+ years expThe University of Alabama at Birmingham is seeking a Financial Officer I to support the Department of Medicine Chair's Office and its divisions. This role involves providing fiscal and budgetary services, managing departmental accounts, and ensuring adherence to financial policies and procedures.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for providing fiscal and budgetary services to an assigned unit
Uses knowledge of the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures specific to accounting, financial analysis and budgetary processes
Manages assigned departmental accounts and provides ongoing financial analysis of departmental accounting functions
Assures proper accounting for state, grant, contract and/or revenue accounts as assigned
Provides analysis of gross expenditures and makes recommendations for maintaining fiscal stability
Assists in developing and administering budgets
May establish and maintain financial management databases and systems which conform to standard accounting practices
Monitors adherence to financial policy and procedure
Develops and provides financial statements and reports to upper management on regular or requested basis
May supervise departmental accounting operations and activities which could include approval and processing of disbursement and internal requisitions
Interacts with vendors and complies with UAB bid policy and procedures
May make decisions regarding the use of financial resources
Provides financial guidance to assigned staff and appropriate University personnel and coordinates integration with University accounting system
May prepare and/or supervise processing of departmental personnel action forms and as well as assume some payroll duties
Acts as liaison with appropriate University financial staff
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business or a related field
Two (2) years of related experience
Knowledge of the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures specific to accounting, financial analysis and budgetary processes
Ability to manage assigned departmental accounts and provide ongoing financial analysis of departmental accounting functions
Ability to assure proper accounting for state, grant, contract and/or revenue accounts as assigned
Ability to provide analysis of gross expenditures and make recommendations for maintaining fiscal stability
Ability to assist in developing and administering budgets
Ability to establish and maintain financial management databases and systems which conform to standard accounting practices
Ability to monitor adherence to financial policy and procedure
Ability to develop and provide financial statements and reports to upper management on regular or requested basis
Ability to supervise departmental accounting operations and activities which could include approval and processing of disbursement and internal requisitions
Ability to interact with vendors and comply with UAB bid policy and procedures
Ability to make decisions regarding the use of financial resources
Ability to provide financial guidance to assigned staff and appropriate University personnel and coordinate integration with University accounting system
Ability to prepare and/or supervise processing of departmental personnel action forms and assume some payroll duties
Ability to act as liaison with appropriate University financial staff
Company
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in located in Birmingham, Alabama.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (373)
2024 (333)
2023 (214)
2022 (261)
2021 (155)
2020 (168)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$45.14MKey Investors
American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsParkinson's FoundationNational Institutes of Health
2023-12-01Grant· $0.02M
2023-07-25Grant
2023-06-26Grant
Leadership Team
Martha Bidez
Professor and Director, Advanced Safety Engineering & Management
Recent News
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