Position Summary:

• Responsible for day-to-day and monthly payroll reconciliation, purchase orders, making appropriate adjustments by creating financial entries.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of general accounting principles and practices, reconciles tuition reports, makes corrections as needed.
• Serves as department HCM Timekeeper/ payroll preparer and ECI (employee charging instructions) preparer, enters all department payroll new hires, terminations, and transfers.
• Generates department Purchase Orders on Marketplace., assists faculty, lab personnel, and students with complex orders, wire transfers, check requests, and non-PO uploads.
• Reconciles Federal Work Study students hourly payroll.
• Responsible for department copier, liaisons with supplier, tracks purchase order balance.
• Under guidance, reviews General Ledger open commitments, takes action as needed to cancel, close or rectify entries.
• Handles logistics related to departmental events, faculty recruitment, and weekly seminars.
• Assists in preparing teaching and graduate assistant and fellowship appointment and reappointment letters.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience that demonstrates knowledge, and understand of office administration, organization, coordination, facilitation, bookkeeping and/or report writing.
• Also requires a minimum of two years of relevant experience in a financial/accounting function, good communication skills, and computer literacy.

City: Piscataway

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• Desktop Computer, copier, fax machine, office phone, Financial Management System, Concur, power point, Canva.

Posting Number: 24ST1895

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