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LocationChicago, Illinois
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Department: Temp Center
Salary/Grade: TMP/01
Position: Temporary Financial Assistant
Hours: This is a full-time position (40 hours per week/ M-F, in office T-Th)
Pay: $21.66 per hour
Campus: Chicago
Approximate start date: 8/5/2024
Approximate end date: 10/31/2024
Northwestern University is seeking a temporary full-time Financial Assistant for the Chicago campus.
Temporary Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Payroll Reconciliation: Managing payroll reconciliation for various chart strings and grants, ensuring accurate funding allocations for employees.
Data Entry: Entering payroll data into the system, with extensive use of Excel for data management.
Day-to-Day Activities:
Review and Reconcile Payroll: Regularly review where each employee is being funded from and perform detailed reconciliation.
Excel Work: Utilize intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables and formulas, to manage and analyze payroll data.
Internal Communication: Maintain clear and consistent communication within the team to address and resolve any payroll-related concerns.
Candidate Profile:
Excel Proficiency: Must have intermediate skills in Excel, particularly in using pivot tables and formulas. A proficiency test in Excel will be required.
Critical Thinking: Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
A/F Knowledge: Basic understanding of accounting and finance principles.
Work Environment: Comfortable working in a consistent and routine-driven environment.
Qualifications Required:
A bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience;
Strong writing skills;
High level of organizational skills and attention to detail;
Diligent and can work independently;
Experience working with confidential information;
Professionalism;
Flexibility, adaptability in a fast paced environment.
Software Required:
MS Office suite 2013 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Northwestern University seeks to employ a varied and diverse range of dynamic people who understand the importance of our mission and vision. When you consider a temporary opportunity at Northwestern University, you know that you are joining an institution with a deep history of academic, professional and personal development.
Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness. More information can be found on the COVID-19 and Campus Updates webpage.
The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today.
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Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
