Position Summary:

• Financial Operations Management | Oversees unrestricted, endowment, and gift fund operations, ensuring fiscal integrity and compliance with University and GAAP standards.
• Data-Driven Decision Support | Manages financial reporting, reconciliation, and forecasting to provide clear, actionable and resource allocation.
• Transactional Oversight: | Serves as approver for unrestricted activities and ensures smooth execution of daily business functions, including purchasing, payroll, travel activity, and reimbursements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration | Builds and maintains strong partnerships with University Central Offices, SSW program leads, and external stakeholders to facilitate timely, compliant, and customer-focused operations.
• Customer Service Excellence | Provides responsive, solution-oriented support, modeling a high level of professionalism while fostering an environment that values learning, collaboration, and mutual support.
• Operational Efficiency | Continuously evaluates and refines business processes, implements best practices, and contributes to a culture of innovation and service that enables the School's academic and administrative success.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field and at least five (5) years of relevant professional experience in a financial/accounting/business function; or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates comprehensive knowledge and understanding of general accounting principles and practices.

City: New Brunswick

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• Standard office equipment.
• Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe, Smartsheet, Teams, Zoom, & other University systems & Applications.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Typical office environment.

Special Conditions:

• May occasionally require support for in-person or virtual events outside of standard business hours.

Posting Number: 25ST2335

About Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.

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