FBS Analyst II

Texas A&M•College Station, TX

13d•Onsite

About The Position

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. This role exhibits high-level competencies in preparing, reviewing, and auditing financial system entries, reconciling accounts, identifying and resolving outstanding items, and assisting with external reporting functions. The position also provides oversight, reviews, and audits account payables/receivables, expense allocations, requisitions, purchase orders, billing, and collections. Additionally, it assists in preparing annual budget allocations, position budgeting tasks, commitment tracking, and departmental budget requests. The FBS Analyst II also tracks internal projects, audits, business records, and records management, coordinates access requests, and oversees or leads a function or serves as a subject matter expert. This role involves researching policies, practices, and trouble transactions, preparing and maintaining standard operating procedures and internal resource documents, and potentially reviewing/revising job aids, supervising student workers, and mentoring/training subordinate staff. Department-specific duties include performing new account setup and ongoing account maintenance, ensuring proper coding through function and effort reviews and account analysis, managing CCP income distributions, estimates, and account updates, processing deposits, transfers, payroll entries, and gift-in-kind transactions, and reviewing/analyzing financial reports for accuracy, compliance, and data integrity. The role also maintains accurate financial records in compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements, conducts monthly AFR reviews, and assists with annual, quarterly, and monthly reports, performing various AFR tasks at year-end.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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 designated accounts and/or assigned duties.
Managing projects, reports, or functions with routine processes.
Preparing, reviewing, and auditing financial system entries.
Reconciling accounts and identifying corrections needed.
Identifying and resolving outstanding items and implementing solutions/communicating actions.
Assisting with external reporting functions.
Providing oversight, reviews, and audits of account payables/receivables, expense allocations, requisitions, purchase orders, billing, and collections.
Assisting in preparing annual budget allocations to departments, position budgeting tasks, commitment tracking, and departmental budget requests.
Tracking internal projects, audits, business records, and records management.
Coordinating access requests.
Overseeing or leading a function or serving as a subject matter expert in one or more areas.
Researching policies, practices, and/or trouble transactions for solutions.
Preparing and maintaining standard operating procedures and internal resource documents.
Reviewing and revising job aides as needed.
Supervising student workers.
Mentoring or training subordinate staff members.
Performing new account setup and ongoing account maintenance.
Ensuring proper coding through function and effort reviews and account analysis.
Managing CCP income distributions, estimates, and account updates.
Processing deposits, transfers, payroll entries, and gift-in-kind transactions in financial systems.
Reviewing and analyzing financial reports (Business Objects) for accuracy, compliance, and data integrity.
Maintaining accurate financial records in compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements.
Conducting monthly AFR reviews and assisting with annual, quarterly and monthly reports.
Performing various AFR tasks at year-end.