Financial Administrator

at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Opening Id: 50598

Department: MED-Medical Social Sciences
Salary/Grade: EXS/6

Target hiring range for this position will be between $55,128-$68,911 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Job Summary:

The Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, is innovative, collegial, collaborative, inclusive and highly committed to team science. We are unique among other departments at Feinberg in that we are dedicated to leveraging the social sciences to develop and implement innovations to transform health and healthcare equitably. 

MSS has grown to roughly 260 faculty and staff in its 15 year history and we are hiring a Financial Administrator to lead our financial services team, which provides support across MSS in financial transactions, reconciliations, payroll management, financial reporting, planning, and analysis, and training and supervision of team members. Responsibilities include

Leading the financial services team including hiring, training, and supervising

Serving as the department-level payroll transaction approver

Serving as a Level I and II approver in NU Financials

Preparing financial analyses and reporting

Supporting budget forecasting and annual budget planning

Other duties as assigned

The ideal candidate 

has experience supervising staff and providing work direction to colleagues

is highly organized and has impeccable follow-through and attention to detail

is highly capable of managing multiple priorities with competing deadlines in a high volume department

is proactive and process-disciplined by nature