at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50678
Department: WCAS Chemistry
Salary/Grade: NEX/11
Job Summary:
This Financial Assistant position in the Chemistry Department is a full-time position (40 hours) reporting to the Senior Financial Administrator and works on-site three days per week with the option to work two days remotely to complete a five-day work week. The target hiring range for this position will be between $19.89-$27.97 per hour (41,530 to $58,401 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.
Provides day-to-day financial & accounting support using an advanced knowledge of applicable skills, methods & practices & some innovation, analysis, & reasoning to choose appropriate alternatives from among pre-defined policies & procedures to complete work that includes successive steps & involves some non-routine problems &/or decisions.
Applies industry and professional standards, university policy and procedure, federal and state laws and other regulations.
Specific Responsibilities:
Budget:
- Maintains & tracks individual budget accounts.
- Coordinates annual budget process including tasks associated with the open/close processes.
- Updates spreadsheets, templates & forms.
- Completes reconciliation procedures.
- Creates summary reports.
Analysis, Statements & Reporting:
- Prepares account, budget, cost, expenditure &/or fu
