Business Specialist III

About the role

The Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation advances model-based research and interdisciplinary collaboration. It serves as a hub where faculty, postdocs, staff and students from a broad range of disciplines work together to solve real-world biomedical and complex-systems problems. IMCI's Modeling Core supports research across the university by generating new approaches and seeding interdisciplinary teams and its mission emphasizes creating an environment that bridges disciplines and encourages grassroots collaboration. IMCI enables early-career investigators and multi-disciplinary teams to pursue novel research directions and build institutional capacity.

Responsible for providing complex technical support for daily financial operations by performing a variety of tasks following policies and procedures. In addition to processing a variety of financial transactions and maintaining records, the position compiles data and generates routine and ad hoc financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Purchasing identified goods and services
• Submitting invoices and receipts for payment
• Accepting and recording payments
• Reconciling purchasing card statements
• Processing travel claims and reimbursements
• Tracking transactions through completion in the centralized financial system
• Filing and maintaining unit-level finance documents
• Originating personnel actions and processing corrections to pay in the centralized financial system
• Developing, compiling, and summarizing data for routine reports and ad hoc financial management reports
• Researching and correcting discrepancies or errors
• Providing assistance to departments on questions related to invoices, receipts, financial reports and other transactions
• Researching, analyzing, and making recommendations for management decision making
• Serving as departmental grant administrator, assisting principal investigator with pre- and post-award financial activities. May participate in budget development and compilation and submission of proposals and project reports
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Three years providing financial processing support within an electronic finance system
• Using spreadsheet software to compile, summarize, analyze, and report on financial data
• Interpreting and applying financial stewardship policies, procedures, rules and regulations
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Preferred qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Familiar with University of Idaho Policy and Procedures
  • Experience with Banner, ARGOS, Softdocs, Jaggaer, ChromeRiver, and MyUI
  • Experience with the University of Idaho's electronic research administration systems (VERAS), and/or external agency research administration systems (grants.gov, research.gov, etc)
  • Experience working in a customer service-oriented environment to accomplish shared goals
  • Composing, proofing, and editing a variety of documents, using proper grammar and punctuation as demonstrated in application materials
  • Ability to independently resolve workplace challenges, serve as a liaison between teams, and coordinate activities
  • Experience analyzing information, identifying problems, defining alternatives, and developing recommendations for management/administrators
  • Familiarity with accounting and financial management principles
  • Experience developing budgets and reconciling accounts
  • Experience interpreting, applying and explaining policies and procedures or rules and regulations
  • Knowledge of or experience with 2 CFR part 200

Pay

$27.50 per hour or higher depending on education and experience

Schedule

Full-time, Fiscal Year appointment (1.0 FTE)