Financial Specialist II

Texas A&M University System • Laredo, TX

17h • $16 • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Specialist II, under direction, provides advanced clerical, accounting, and customer service support duties.

Requirements

• Education – High school diploma.
• Experience – Five years of related experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Knowledge of: Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to: Multitask and work cooperatively with others.

Nice To Haves

• Education - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business related field.
• Experience -Advanced working experience with Microsoft Excel
• Working with Banner or similar proprietary system.
• Working with Cascade or similar software to maintain web page information.
• Ability to independently prioritize tasks, stay organized and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Records, sorts, verifies, enters, and retrieves financial data.
• Provides customer service and/or accounting related duties.
• Acts as a resource regarding financial matters.
• Exercises transactional approval.
• Compiles statistics and data.
• Audits transactions.
• Assists with writing and implementing standardized procedures.
• Applies and enforces rules and regulations.
• Researches and resolves problems and discrepancies.
• Provides periodic guidance and acts as a resource to Financial Specialist I, Financial Assistants and Student Workers.
• Maintains files and records.
• Responsible reconciling general ledger accounts and conducting necessary research to ensure accurate activity is reflected for the account balances.
• Reconcile checking accounts to accounting system general ledger accounts.
• Responsible for assisting in maintaining and updating web page information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED