Washington State University · 5 days ago
Finance Manager
Washington State University is seeking a Finance Manager for its Student Affairs department. The role involves supervising financial teams, providing financial accounting and analysis for the Housing and Dining System, and ensuring compliance with fiscal policies and procedures.
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Responsibilities
Supervise the Housing & Dining Financial Customer Services Team and Housing & Dining Financial Team
Act on behalf of the Assistant Director in their absence
Independently provide financial accounting and analysis for the university’s Housing and Dining System in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Prepare, reconcile, and analyze general ledger entries for the university’s accounting system
Extract data from the university accounting system and imports data into Quickbooks for the monthly financial management reports
Analyze to assure compliance with fiscal policies and procedures, making any needed corrections, and provide training to prevent further issues
Prepare data analysis and summary reporting for management decision-making purposes
Develop, implement and maintain financial reporting systems
Assist Directors and Assistant Director in the developing and refining of the operating budget, providing analysis and recommendations for adjustments
Prepare financial statement, providing general ledger and reconciliation services, supplying resource data for financial reports, performing financial statement and budget analysis, and completing special projects as assigned
Perform accounts payable fiscal support where independent judgment is exercised to solve problems that arise within general ledger functions and finance system development
Work closely with developers, Modernization, and central accounting regarding technological integrations with Workday and assist in developing institutional procedures for these integrations
Provide accounting support and training for staff in other units of the Student Affairs division
Determine deadlines and plan fiscal projects, assigning duties accordingly to fiscal staff
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related field, and four (4) years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified which has included at least one (1) year of supervisory experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis
Experience with a desktop accounting system such as QuickBooks
Experienced in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel
Experience extracting data from general ledger accounting systems and providing analysis using tools such as Excel and/or Access
Preferred
Experience working with a mainframe General Ledger accounting system
Experience analyzing and/or preparing budgets
Experience using Workday
Experience developing policies and procedures
Experience with People Soft Campus Solutions Student Financials. (myWSU)
Ability to present complex financial information in a clear, concise and effective manner
Demonstrated sensitivity to and experience in effectively working with diverse or multicultural populations
Benefits
Paid sick and vacation leave
Paid holidays
Medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents
Retirement
Deferred compensation
Optional supplemental retirement accounts
Training and development
Employee tuition waiver
Company
Washington State University
Washington State University is a nationally recognized land-grant research university, founded in Pullman in 1890.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2007-05-29Acquired
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