Finance Assistant

About the role

The Finance Assistant serves as a primary Finance support resource for CESA 6 centers and departments, helping staff effectively navigate purchasing, expenses, registrations, financial processes, and Finance systems. The position provides responsive, solutions-focused service while ensuring that requests and transactions are completed accurately and in a timely manner through established agency processes. The Finance Assistant also supports the Finance team through expense administration, financial system setup, transaction processing, data integrity, and Finance training and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Department & Purchasing Support: Serve as a primary Finance support resource for centers and departments; support center and department purchasing, including Amazon orders, conference registrations, accommodations, subscriptions, resources, assessments, equipment, and other program-related purchases; administer the agency's Amazon account; coordinate consortium and grant-related purchasing, including Title III and Perkins; support resale acquisition and maintain assigned supply inventory and subscriptions; respond to routine purchasing, billing, invoicing, and Finance process questions; manage assigned Finance tickets in HubSpot and ensure requests are appropriately resolved or routed; provide assigned support to external financial solutions.
• Expense & Ramp Administration: Provide centers and departments with support related to Ramp, expenses,