The University of Georgia · 14 hours ago
Business Manager- Budgets and payroll
Athens, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expThe University of Georgia, a leading public university, is seeking a Business Manager for the Warnell Fiscal-Admin Office. The role involves overseeing hiring and payroll functions, managing budget planning, and ensuring accurate account management and balancing.
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Responsibilities
Work closely with the faculty affairs liaison to process all position, posting, and hiring proposals for all faculty and part-time instructors, and submit Post Docs and Retire Rehires positions via UGAjobs. Maintain email correspondence and other documentation related to hiring requests
Process and oversee payroll transaction entries including position funding changes, express direct retros, ad hoc salary changes, terminations via One USG Connect
Work closely with the Grants specialist to track and manage faculty cost share distribution for grants and personnel effort close to project end dates
Maintain faculty FTE distributions as communicated by the Dean and the Financial Director
Process faculty supplements, First Year Odyssey and Grad First payments
Run regular reports and queries to ensure accuracy of payroll actuals, including position funding queries, payroll expense detail reports, and internal Warnell payroll spreadsheets
Proactively work with faculty and staff to collect and enter position funding information in the budget system during budget development
Keep track of all full-time faculty and staff positions funding arrangements throughout the year
Track payroll budget and payroll transactions on all study abroad and field study programs for accuracy
Enter Budget Journals to keep DSS, and various accounts budgets up to date
Enter and approve General Ledger journals, Accounts Payable journal vouchers, or payment requests as needed
Act as a purchase card (Pcard) Approver 2 for multiple Pcard holders in Warnell
Work proactively with faculty to keep a running track of summer payroll commitments and send summer worksheets to faculty
Submit summer payroll and corrections as needed
Supervise Fiscal Admin Assistant position in the Warnell Fiscal office. Serve as a back up for day to day tasks served in this role
Assist with other duties as assigned by Assistant Director of Finance & Operations, which may include special projects or temporary coverage during staff absences
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent and 2 years of professional experience
Strong working knowledge of People Soft, Excel, Word
Ability to interpret UGA financial reports and queries
Ability to concurrently manage multiple tasks
Ability to work without supervision on projects
Ability to work well with others
Provide and grasp the value of quality customer service
Preferred
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The University of Georgia
The University of Georgia, a land-grant and sea-grant university with state-wide commitments and responsibilities, is the state's flagship institution of higher education.
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