Budget Financial Accountant

Texas A&M • College Station, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

About Texas A&M AgriLife As the nation’s largest most comprehensive agriculture program, Texas A&M AgriLife brings together a college and four state agencies focused on agriculture and life sciences within The Texas A&M University System. With over 5,000 employees and a presence in every county across the state, Texas A&M AgriLife is uniquely positioned to improve lives, environments and the Texas economy through education, research, extension and service. Click here to learn more about how you can be a part of AgriLife and make a difference in the world!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience plus an additional two (2) years of related experience.
• Knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with large data sets.

Nice To Haves

• FAMIS
• Excel/Excel Pivot Tables
• Business Objects
• Workday
• Bachelor's degree in accounting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process day to day budget transfers entries as needed.
• Prepares fee-based program monthly accounting entries
• Analyze agency leave accounts and process monthly entries.
• Liaison for on-campus department business administrators for accounting and budget entries.
• Collaborate on the agencies annual budget, organizing and analyzing data from Workday, and PBA reconciling to agency worksheets.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget, to include budget allocations, year-end tasks (cleaning up and creating accounts), and allocation reconciliation.
• Assist in the preparation of applications for federal appropriation/award funding.
• Review federal and state accounts for expenditures, balances, and encumbrances. Prepare closing year end account payable budget entry.
• Assist with review, reconciling and monitoring of agency accounts, including federal capacity award accounts.
• Receive and approve salary savings forms as submitted by agency departments. Reconcile and distribute salary savings funds.
• Prepares monthly FAMIS upload entries for the credit card fees and EDE service fees associated with the AgriLife Learn and Register platforms.
• Analyze financial/budget data and develop reports.
• Monitor and manage agency queue in Canopy for payroll and department correction documents.
• Assist and provide backup to Financial Analyst for County Programs with day-to-day agent tasks as needed.
• Setup and monitor cost share for agency accounts, to include federal capacity award accounts.
• Responsible for setup and closing of agency state, local, and federal accounts.
• Create, maintain, and schedule business object templates and reports.
• Reviews and prepares payroll funding shifts through costing allocations and payroll correction transactions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M AgriLife contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Employee Wellness Initiative for Texas A&M AgriLife

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level