Assistant Fiscal Controller

About the role

The Assistant Fiscal Controller will manage TechLink finances and processes in order to promote success and growth while maintaining compliance with government policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Examine and analyze financial records and accounting reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with established accounting standards, procedures, and internal controls.
• As primary budget/financial resource for specific projects, this includes creating initial budgets, monitoring actual expenditures, and generating financial reports on a regular basis.
• Aid in program oversight and compliance for various TechLink federal funding instruments including contracts and partnership intermediary agreements.
• Serve as a first point of contact for hiring and payroll issues and act as a department liaison with University Human Resources (UHR).
• Act as a department liaison with Fiscal Shared Services.
• Assist with oversight of TechLink’s contract management system. Direct competitive bid processes to hire consultants and administer resulting contracts and invoice payments.
• Drive meaningful external and management reporting by designing, developing, and implementing improvements to the accounting analytics system.
• Provide leadership, training, and development for new MSU systems and procedures to TechLink staff.
• Cook with procurement of necessary supplies, goods, and services in accordance with applicable State and Federal guidelines to ensure successful delivery of TechLink projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Progressively responsible experience preparing and monitoring complex budgets with a variety of funding types.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply a wide variety of financial and procurement policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise accounting/procurement systems as well as Microsoft suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of MSU policies, procedures, and systems and/or state and federal guidelines and regulations (2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements).
• Advanced analytical knowledge of accounting data including defining important data, establishing data models, and creating reports and visualizations.
• Demonstrated experience working with human resource functions.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to execute multiple tasks and respond to multiple demands with accuracy, organization, and timeliness.
• Ability and willingness to explain policies, procedures, and complex budget and financial reports to others.
• Aptitude for working with a wide variety of constituencies.
• Take initiative and work independently to manage multiple demands and deadlines while remaining engaged with others to address ad hoc issues.
• Capability of tracking down answers or solutions with relatively little guidance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Commitment to maintaining confidential and sensitive information.

Special Requirements

• This position is contingent upon continued grant funding.
• Position is located in Bozeman, Montana.
• Successful candidate must be able to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws, which may require proof that candidate is a U.S. person.