• Job Description

  Req#: 2703

  Special Instructions to Applicants: Please attach a cover letter and a resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application.

  Position Summary

  This position within the Office of the Dean of Engineering assists the Director of Finance with the management of all funds including university, gift, endowment, and research funds. This position provides general bookkeeping support to the department, maintains and updates department accounting system, and verifies department internal excel spreadsheets with the iO accounting system to make sure all expenses post correctly.

  These responsibilities include procurement and all expenditures for the Office of the Dean, periodically reviewing expenditures for all departments and centers in the school, submitting balance transfers, cost transfers, and labor distributions, and working with the Research and Cost Accounting team and academic units to track annual research expenditures. This position is responsible for collecting research and salary information reported on external surveys.

  This position is hiring at a starting salary between $55,000 and $60,000 per year and entails full-time work on Rice University’s campus, with the potential for some remote work/flexible work arrangements.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field
  • In lieu of the education requirement, additional related experience, above and beyond what is required, on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted
  • No experience required
  • Skills Required
    • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
    • User knowledge and demonstrated experience of financial systems including experience in analysis, reconciliation and budgeting
    • Understanding and ability to apply basic accounting skills and concepts
    • Advanced communication skills, including ability to prepare materials for and clearly and effectively communicate information to internal audiences and client groups
    • Basic project management skills and ability to contribute as part of a project team
    • High level integrity in the use of data and commitment to accuracy and quality
    • Excellent customer service orientation and a track record of discretion and respect for confidential information

  Essential Functions

  • Performs structured analysis; conducts data mining; identifies, clarifies, and investigates discrepancies and exceptions; proactively develops solutions and processes
  • Maintains, reconciles, reviews, combines, and validates financial data sets and accounts
  • Contributes to development of budget, forecasting, and analyses
  • Runs and analyzes financial reports; assists in preparation of management information reports
  • Performs preliminary analysis, recognizes exceptions and recommends solutions that may require policy changes or the development of new processes
  • Ensures work complies with complex internal policies and external regulations which may require interpretation
  • Serves as a first line resource to client groups on matters in work unit
  • Performs other duties as assigned

  Additional Functions

  • Assists with balance transfers, cost transfers, and labor distributions for the Dean’s office and, when needed, departments and centers in the school of engineering
  • Processes procurement-related transactions for the Dean’s office in the school of engineering

  Preferences

  • Experience with Oracle-based systems and Adobe Sign
  • Rice and/or higher education experience

  About George R. Brown School of Engineering

  The George R. Brown School of Engineering ranks among the top 20 of undergraduate engineering programs (US News & World Report) and is strongly committed to nurturing the aspirations of faculty, staff and students in an inclusive environment

  We seek greater representation of women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans in disciplines in which they have historically been underrepresented; to attract international students from a wider range of countries and backgrounds; to accelerate progress in building a faculty and staff who are diverse in background and thought; and we support an inclusive environment that fosters interaction and understanding within our diverse community.

  Rice University HR | Benefits

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  Rice Mission and Values

  Mission and Values | Rice University

  Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with commitment to diversity at all levels, and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

  Faculty and staff are expected (but not required) to have completed a full vaccination series for COVID-19 (currently defined as full course COVID-19 Vaccine (typically two shots of a WHO-approved COVID-19 Vaccine or one J&J) and a COVID-19 booster. Rice does not require documentation for COVID 19 vaccination at this time for faculty and staff. More information can be found here: https://coronavirus.rice.edu/policies

• About the company

  Rice University is a comprehensive research university in Houston, Texas.

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