Financial Operations Specialist

Responsibilities

• Provides financial, post-award, and operational support to assigned divisions, faculty, and staff.
• Supports moderately complex financial activities including sponsored projects, general ledger transactions, budget support, procurement, payroll, compliance, and financial reporting.
• Provides guidance and support for procurement and travel transactions from initiation through completion.
• Performs transaction entry and review functions, as assigned, for requisitions, spend authorizations, expense reports, payroll transactions, journals, transfers, deposits, and accounts payable.
• Completes monthly reconciliations and account reviews under established procedures; identifies discrepancies and works with senior staff to resolve issues.
• Supports post-award financial activities including expenditure monitoring and reconciliation.

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of relevant experience required.
• 2-4 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or similar discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with The Ohio State University accounting systems, processes, and procedures, including Workday, Tableau, and PI Portal.
• Experience working on grants.
• Knowledge of general ledger; requires accounting, policy, and finance knowledge, strong analytical skills, computer skills, and the ability to manage time efficiently to complete multiple tasks with competing deadlines.

• Financial Analysis
• Transaction Entry
• Expenditure Monitoring
• Reconciliation
• Accounting Knowledge

• Analytical Skills
• Time Management