Agency

Department

A Glimpse of the Job

The Finance & Business Services Analyst II, under minimal supervision, is responsible for providing accounting or business support to a designated unit, department, college, or other System member; serving as a resource within their unit for other staff members; auditing, reporting, reconciling, tracking, reviewing, or approving actions on their designated accounts and/or assigned duties; and managing projects, reports, or functions with routine processes.

Essential Duties and Tasks

Accounting / Business Support

• Exhibits high-level competencies in preparing, reviewing, and auditing financial system entries

• Reconciles accounts and identifies corrections needed

• Identifies and resolves outstanding items and implements solutions/communicates actions

• Assists with external reporting functions

• Provides oversight, reviews, and audits account payables/receivables, expense allocations, requisitions, purchase orders, billing, and collections

• Assists in preparing annual budget allocations to departments, position budgeting tasks, commitment tracking, and departmental budget requests

Office / Project Support

• Tracks internal projects, audits, business records, and records management

• Coordinates access requests

• Oversees or leads a function or serves as a subject matter expert in one or more areas

• Research policies, practices, and/or trouble transactions for solutions

• Prepares and maintains standard operating procedures and internal resource documents

• May review and revise job aides as needed

• May supervise student workers

• May mentor or train subordinate staff members

Department Specific

• Reconciliation/verification of over 80 university general ledger student clearing accounts
• Regulatory, inter-agency and correcting accounting entries and equity/wire transfers
• Scheduling and preparation of annual reports and supporting documentation
• Serving as a resource to departments and other accountants concerning the effect of their entries, how to develop/use reports from the student system, providing research, and information on how their proposed software changes will impact the student system data and general ledger feeds

What You Need to Know

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Cover Letter/Resume: A cover letter and resume will assist us in our review of your application materials. These can be uploaded on the application under CV/Resume.  

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or finance, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Two years of related experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications

• Knowledge of financial management system and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently once given a project

• Ability to apply rules and regulations in a complex environment

• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to ensure understanding

Other Requirements and Factors

• This position is security sensitive

• This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TAMU policies, regulations, rules and procedures

• All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and University safety requirements

 
Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume’ or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.    

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.