Job Description Summary:
This position performs a wide variety of analytical and administrative duties to support financial management operations within a school or division. This position works closely with the department’s Finance Director (FD) and collaboratively with assigned departments. Business responsibilities typically include collaborating with finance staff in preparation of budget, forecasts, detailed account analysis and tracking of trends. This position runs financials from the enterprise system and provides monthly reports to FD and departments, including explanation of variances. Additional responsibilities include analyzing financial data to identify trends, mitigating potential risks, and researching industry best practices (e.g. financial benchmarks, policies, statutory codes, etc.) for a variety of administrative and fiscal requirements. This position identifies gaps in business processes and procedures, and supports the FD in developing internal financial and budget management policies, processes, and procedures to enhance information flow and maintain accurate records for the division. This role develops tracking and monitoring tools to ensure progress in achieving strategic and department work plan goals, and reviews key performance indicators division-wide, such as invoice aging, budget utilization, and transaction cycle times.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Forecasts, detailed account analysis and tracking of trends.
Analyzes financial data to identify trends, mitigates potential risks, and researches industry best practices for a variety of administrative and fiscal requirements.
Supports the Assistant/Finance Director by preparing reports (including C and R funds and endowments), budgets, forecasts, detailed account analysis, and tracking of trends.
Processes journal entries for departmental transfers to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Reviews and approves department chairs’ and directors’ expense reports, ensuring compliance with GWU and federal policies and regulations.
Serves as primary contact for P-Card compliance and expense reporting, providing assistance to colleagues across the college to ensure all expense reports are accurate, timely, and compliant with University policies.
Supports departmental administrators in submitting and/or reviewing expenditures and charges, including P-card charges, purchase orders, invoice payments, payroll, stipends, and tuition benefits for allowability of expenditures and conformation to GW and/or sponsor guidelines. Advises faculty and staff on expense reporting procedures and tuition and stipend awards.
Promotes awareness and compliance with university financial management policies throughout the college. Recommends enhancements to and implements procedures and policies that govern financial activities across the college to provide effective resource management and ensure consistency with University policies.
Assists with internal financial transfers and labor re-distribution, ensuring compliance with university and/or sponsor requirements.
Reviews student appointments, wage hires, and other personnel actions for compliance. Monitors grant and contract compensation and manages the effort certification process. Tracks sponsored research personnel and GRA appointments.
Monitor the CCAS common email to ensure timely response to departmental questions.

Performs other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.
Minimum Qualifications:
Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 2 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Master’s degree or higher in a relevant area of study. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.