Assistant Financial Analyst

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical assistance to campus personnel regarding the operation of the University Finance and Management System (FMS) for financial modules/applications.
• Monitor and maintain the University-Wide budget certificate process including the system approval release of certificates, balancing and input of transactions. Reconciliation of current year, lapsed year and financial plan certificates, establishment of temporary allocation certificates and necessary provisional accounts.
• Set up Federal Direct Lending funding as well as track active Federal Direct Lending awards on a monthly basis.
• Work closely with the Governor's Office of Employee Relations (GOER) to set up and track UUP and GSEU related awards.
• Provide resolutions to campus problems with regard to specific transaction processing and initiating actions to resolve specific technical situations. Update application job aids / procedure manuals when required.
• Create training manuals and conduct in-person and virtual presentations for new or changed web-enabled financial management processes.
• Provide specific campus personnel with step-by-step assistance with transactional procedures.
• Provide assistance to other Controller's office staff in the maintenance of controls for the University-wide Oracle general ledger and accounting applications, income fund reimbursable activity and application controls.
• Provide assistance and guidance to campuses and System Administration staff involving inter-agency activity with other State agencies.
• Participate in the testing of any new applications or changes to the University-wide Finance and Management System. Work with other Controller's office staff on the procedural write-ups (job aids) for any new or modified applications to the University-wide Finance and Management System.
• Process inter-campus and inter-agency journal vouchers.
• Participation in the Accounting/Budget/Bursar subcommittee's.
• Participation in the Statewide Financial Management (SFS) training and upgrade sessions.
• Complete other tasks, as assigned by SUNY Leadership.

Requirements:
 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related business field required.
• Experience utilizing Local Area Network (LAN), WEB enabled applications and personal computer applications for spreadsheets, word processing and database applications using Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point.
• Ability to communicate with various levels of management, campuses and other agencies required; analytical skills and teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience utilizing web-enabled applications (e.g., Oracle Business Intelligence).
• Experience in higher education or financial administration desired.
• Other important skills such as excellent analytical ability and oral and written communication skills.
• Experience using the Statewide Financial System (SFS).