Financial Associate

Overview

The Fiscal Shared Services Financial Associate provides accounting support, customer service, and fiscal education to departments across the MSU Bozeman campus. This role supports a collaborative team responsible for a range of business processes, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service to client departments through high-quality work and responsiveness.
• Perform accounts payable functions, including processing invoices, journal vouchers, and purchasing card transactions for a variety of clients.
• Initiate accounts receivable invoices to external and internal customers and assist with collection of revenue on behalf of clients.
• Reconcile expense and revenue transactions to ensure completeness and accuracy of records.
• Generate easy-to-use, accurate, and informative monthly financial reports to support strategic decision-making and fund management for client departments.
• Advise department heads, directors, and other key personnel on departmental financial position; address and resolve areas of concern in a timely manner.
• Educate and support staff, faculty, and students across campus on business processes, best practices, and internal controls.
• Depending on department business needs and if desired, partial remote work arrangements in the state of Montana may be available after an initial training period.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with accounting transactions, financial reporting, financial analysis, or budgeting, and a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and accounting software to analyze and summarize financial data.
• Demonstrated customer support experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

The Successful Candidate Will

• Embrace and adapt quickly to changes in priorities, processes, and the work environment with a positive attitude.
• Be highly organized with strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Be forward-looking—anticipate problems and proactively address them.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with multiple offices, coworkers, and managers in a team-oriented environment; represent Fiscal Shared Services and the University in a positive, professional manner.
• Exercise initiative and independent judgment when solving complex problems and interpreting and applying policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate excellent, professional verbal and written communication skills.

Position Details

• Classification Title: Accounting Analyst
• Working Title: Financial Associate
• Appointment Type: Classified
• Contract Type: Classified
• FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
• Union Affiliation: FOCUS-MFPE
• FTE: 1.0
• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• Salary: $25.54 hourly, commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Desired Start Date: Upon Successful Completion Of Search
• Posting Dates: Applications will be reviewed on a continual basis and will continue until the positions are filled.

Special Requirements / Additional Information

• This job description is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements, but a general description of the job.
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
• This position has supervisory duties? No

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Location

Bozeman campus (partial remote work, if available, must be in the state of Montana and may be available after an initial training period).