Financial Technician

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Summary:

The Division of Student Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University is seeking a detail-oriented and service-focused Financial Technician to join its Finance team. This position provides essential financial and administrative support through the processing of purchasing, travel, reimbursement, PCard,student stipend, and other routine financial transactions.

Student Affairs (Vice Provost) MBU

DSA Shared Services

The DSA Finance team supportsdata-informed financial management and operational decision-makingwhile providing responsive service to students, faculty, staff, andother stakeholders. Through collaboration, accuracy,accountability, and continuous process improvement, the team helps advance the Division of Student Affairs' mission and strategic priorities.

The Financial Technician provides financial and administrative support to the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) Finance team.

Reporting to the Budget Analyst, this position performs routine financial transaction processing, purchasing, reconciliation, dataentry, and customer service activities in accordance with university, state, and Division of Student Affairs policies and procedures.

The position utilizes university financial and administrative systems to process transactions, maintain accurate financial records, and support timely and compliant financial operations. The Financial Technician also provides transactional support to financial specialists and analysts by maintaining daily financial information and updates in Smartsheet and other applicablesystems.

This position supports the Associate Vice President for Finance and Innovation and the DSA Finance team in achieving accurate,efficient, and data-informed financial and budget management. The position is located on campus.

• Process routine financial transactions using Real Source,Banner, Chrome River, and other university systems.
• Prepare and process electronic purchase requisitions, journalvouchers, PCard transactions, travel pre-authorizations, travelreservations, and travel reimbursements in accordance with applicable university and state requirements.
• Process student stipends and reimbursements using Real Source,Candex, Chrome River, and other applicable systems.
• Enter, review, and maintain financial transaction data with ahigh degree of accuracy and timeliness.
• Review transactions for completeness and compliance with established university and DSA policies and procedures.
• Identify discrepancies or incomplete information and take appropriate action to resolve routine issues or expedite matterswhen necessary.

• Reconcile purchase card transactions and purchase orders under $10,000 in accordance with university, state, and DSA policies and procedures.
• Review supporting documentation to ensure transactions are properly documented and processed.
• Assist with resolving routine purchasing, payment, and reconciliation discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation related to assignedfinancial transactions.

• Maintain and update daily financial transaction information in Smartsheet and other applicable tracking systems.
• Update transactional information received from Real Source,PCard, and other financial systems.
• Assist financial specialists and analysts with maintaining accurate and timely transactional data.
• Retrieve, organize, sort, and summarize financial information using Excel, Google Sheets, and other applicable tools.
• Provide routine financial and transactional information to the supervisor and other authorized DSA staff as requested.

• Provide professional and responsive customer service to students, faculty, staff, vendors, university…