Accounts Rep IV – Cornell Duffield Engineering Finance & Budget (Hybrid)
About The Position
We are hiring for two Accounts Representative IV roles and are seeking highly motivated, collaborative professionals to join our Cornell Duffield Engineering Finance and Budget Team. The Accounts Representative IV provides essential financial and administrative support to college and department operations, ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and effectiveness of financial processes. This role serves as a key resource for hourly student appointments, interpreting university and college financial policies, managing account activity, and overseeing a range of transactional functions including reconciliations, account setup and closure, and procurement card administration. The incumbent plays a central role in supporting college administrative units by monitoring operating accounts, managing ELI awards, and collaborating with the Shared Services Center (SSC) to resolve financial issues. With a strong focus on service and compliance, this position also provides guidance to college and departmental staff, promoting best practices and ensuring the integrity of financial operations. While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.
Requirements
- Associate’s Degree and 2 to 4 years relevant work experience or equivalent combination.
- Demonstrated ability to work individually and as part of a team, and to be resourceful and organized.
- Capable of prioritizing tasks in a deadline driven environment with particular attention to accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Cornell University administration, accounting, budget structure, procedures, and policies.
- Successful completion of Cornell Accounting Certification Program desirable, or completion within the first year on the job.
- Excellent communication skills combined with diplomacy and tact in interacting with students, and towards building strong relationships with individuals at all levels internally and externally.
- Ability to thrive in a complex environment while managing multiple competing priorities.
Responsibilities
- Provides essential financial and administrative support to college and department operations
- Ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and effectiveness of financial processes
- Serves as a key resource for hourly student appointments
- Interpreting university and college financial policies
- Managing account activity
- Overseeing a range of transactional functions including reconciliations, account setup and closure, and procurement card administration
- Monitoring operating accounts
- Managing ELI awards
- Collaborating with the Shared Services Center (SSC) to resolve financial issues
- Provides guidance to college and departmental staff
- Promoting best practices and ensuring the integrity of financial operations
- foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment
Benefits
- comprehensive health care options
- generous retirement contributions
- access to wellness programs
- employee discounts with local and national retail brands
- tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program
- tuition aid for external education
- Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program
- three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1
- two additional floating holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
