HR Operations Manager

Position Summary

This position serves as the primary commitment accounting officer for the Odum School of Ecology and handles human resource-related fiscal transactions for the school.

Responsibilities

• Hiring of staff, faculty, graduate assistants, and student workers;

• Payroll reconciliations;

• Financial transactions related to payroll costs;

• The strategic planning of fiscal year hiring of graduate assistants.

• Analyzes the payroll budgets of the school and advises the administrative financial director, program coordinators, and principal investigators on project-based timelines and needs for commitment accounting issues.

• Serves as the faculty affairs liaison and human resources liaison for Ecology.

• Affords assistance in the awarding of scholarships.

• Assists in other fiscal duties including cross-training for unit-level accounting, including deposit processing, purchasing, travel authorizations, payment requests, reimbursements, account reconciliation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent.

• Extensive knowledge of UGA’s accounting and HR practices and procedures.

• Experience with complex accounting/hcm systems.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.