Finance Professional ; Casual

• Job
• Location:
  
  Twin Cities
• Job Family:
  Supplemental Employee
• Full/Part Time:
  Part-Time
• Regular/Temporary:
  Regular
• Job Code: 0005
• Employee Class:
  Civil Service
• Job Code & Class: 0005 Casual Nonexempt
• Department: OACA Finance
• Work Location:
  
  Remote

OACA Finance is committed to an excellent employee experience, offering a flexible work environment that meets the needs of students, staff, faculty, and the communities we serve. Flexible work arrangements may include flexibility in schedule and/or work location. All UMN employees are expected to follow applicable public health and safety procedures.

This position is remote.

• Financial partner over life of grant or contract.
• Work with pre--award team to prepare proposal, develop budget and establish accounts.
• Analyze spending and burn rates on sponsored projects, analyze impact on overall department budgets.
• Analyze labor distribution and adjust as needed.
• Forecast future spending.
• Close grants.
• Coordinate semester effort certification for supported faculty.
• Resolve issues with SPA and SFR.

• Includes preparing entry requests sent to cluster for: journal entries, transfer in/transfer out entries, budget journals, etc. and acting as a resource for interpretation and policy related to transactions. Prepare and enter payroll distributions and retro distributions for new employees or when a change is needed.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Our team provides leadership in financial management and budget development, financial data analyses, and decision support and reporting systems. We also provide grants management, transaction processing, and support for the shared service and administrative units of the health sciences. We work in collaboration with the University's Office of Budget and Finance.

All required qualifications must be documented on application materials.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field plus at least four (4) years' work experience in accounting or a combination of related education and professional work experience to total eight (8) years.
• One (1) year of payroll experience.
• Intermediate level Excel, which should include using formulas, pivot tables, graphs, tables and formatting experience.
• Ability to work semi-independently to handle many tasks and prioritize appropriately.

• People Soft experience.
• Experience with budgeting, reporting and financial analysis.
• Detail oriented and able to follow specific procedures.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A customer-oriented service mindset.
• Perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading or speaking with others.

Pay Range: $42.10/hour; depending on education/qualifications/experience.

Retirement plan options are available for Civil Service, Faculty, Labor-Represented, Professional & Administrative, and Temp Casual classifications. Learn more about retirement plans.

The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds.

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