Fiscal Specialist, Business Services, Vancouver Campus-Hiring Incentive Available
Available Title(s):
151F-YNCSNPS - Fiscal Specialist 2
Business Title:
Fiscal Specialist, Business Services, Vancouver Campus-Hiring Incentive Available
Employee Type:
Classified
Time Type:
Full time
Position Term:
12 Month
Position Details:
Fiscal Specialist, Business Services, Vancouver Campus-Hiring Incentive Available
Excited about a unique new position that works with purchasing, financial planning, and personnel activities? WSU Vancouver has a new Technology Purchasing and Fiscal Planning Specialist position with a potential hiring incentive to consider!
Summary of Duties
This position serves both the WSU Vancouver IT department and WSU Vancouver campus. This position serves as the financial and personnel lead and point-of-contact for the IT department. In this role, this position is responsible for several accounting functions with an emphasis on procurement activities and transactions, involving purchases via procurement card, purchase orders, contracts, and expense reports. This position is also responsible for personnel actions and time-tracking and payroll-related activities for the IT department. Additionally, this position is responsible for departmental budget management for IT, involving multiple accounts and fund types. Budget management tasks include fiscal research, analysis, reporting, and planning.
This position also serves a key role in campus financial planning and development of campus policies and practices. In this role, this position is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining financial forecasts related to specific projects and programs. This work will begin with Vancouver IT, but similar tools will be implemented for other campus departments. This position will work collaboratively with others and may provide recommendations based on their position's work and analysis to inform decisions and shape fiscal policies and practices at multiple levels within the organization.
This position requires broad expertise, strong communication skills, attention to detail and commitment to compliance.
Required Qualifications
Two years of experience at a level equivalent to Fiscal Specialist 1 AND 15 quarter hours OR 10 semester hours of college level accounting; OR equivalent education/experience.
Proficient with spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel, or similar software.
Demonstrated accounting or budgeting experience.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience using an ERP system, such as Workday, Banner, Sage, Concur or other similar systems to complete financial personnel actions.
• Experience with financial management, or financial forecasting.
• Experience with procurement or purchasing.
• Demonstrates attention to detail, accuracy, and completeness.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Effective time management.
• Able to work collaboratively and independently.
• Able to research, interpret and apply policies.
Essential Duties:
40% Departmental and Campus IT Procurement
40% Fiscal Management and Analysis
15% IT Departmental Personnel and Payroll
5% Other duties as assigned.
Application instructions:
Applicants must attach a resume, cov