Financial Specialist

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Under the direction of the Assistant Director, the Financial Specialist performs a broad scope of audit duties, to provide guidance to staff of the core business and HR teams in support of ASU policies and procedures. This position reviews the work of these operations teams from an audit lens to ensure that EOSS transactions are in compliance with established University goals, priorities, timelines, funding limitations, and/or other specifications.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, have a high attention to detail, possess exceptional organizational and communication skills, and have the ability to work well in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.

Salary Range: $50,000 - $53,000 annually; DOE.

• Tuition Reduction Program for staff members, their spouses, and dependents, available on day one.
• Low‑cost health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits available on day one.
• Retirement program designed to promote long‑term savings and provide income upon retirement.
• Paid time for volunteer and professional development.
• Wellness program for preventative health education and screenings.
• Disability and leave program for income protection.
• Employee assistance for free and confidential behavioral health services.
• Flexible work arrangements are available in an alternative or hybrid schedule but will be based on the work and the needs of the university and department operations and pending leadership approval.

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Providing oversight and ensuring accuracy of the purchasing (including PCards) and HR actions including payroll variances within departmental units by reviewing the following with a high attention to detail and critical thinking.

• Was the transaction processed correctly?
• Do we have the necessary documents associated with the transaction?
• Does the public purpose make sense and work for the items purchase?
• Did we meet payment guidelines for that type of transaction?

Being able to navigate and identify the policies, guidelines, best practices that would apply to the transactions and interpret and apply those correctly to the item in question.

• Understanding the need for each audit.
• Following process documentation for how each special audit is to be done.
• Communicating with team leadership work papers and determinations for each audit.
• Communicating effectively and professionally with EOSS unit leadership initial results for each audit.
• Being able to navigate and identify the policies, guidelines, best practices that would apply to the special audit area and interpret and apply those correctly to the item in question.

Effectively, efficiently and professionally use the following abilities:

• Problem solving.
• Research.
• Work in an environment that is constantly changing.
• Adapt shifting interpretations, priorities, or procedures.
• Perform detailed work in an open and shared workspace.

Navigate all systems, trackers, technology used in the department effectively and efficiently such as:

• Google Sheets/Docs/Drive
• Microsoft Excel
• Shared Drives
• Workday
• Interpret, educate about and enforce University, divisional and department policy.

• Demonstrate knowledge of reviewing documents and comparing to standards.
• Experience using a financial system, human resource management system and reporting system in a higher education environment (Workday preferred).
• Demonstrate ability to review travel transactions for compliance purposes and use a travel system (Concur preferred).
• Experience working in a fast‑paced, fast changing environment with competing deadlines.
• Accounting experience and fundamentals.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Google products, and Adobe Acrobat PDF.
• Evidence of effective communication skills.
• Ability to interpret, educate about and enforce University, divisional and department policy.
• Ability to perform detailed work in an open and shared workspace.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.