Program Financial Specialist

Reporting to the assistant director of finance, the program financial specialist will provide financial services and administrative support for the Continuing and Professional Education department as well as the Commonwealth Campus Centers (CCC), the Language and Culture Institute (LCI), the Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement (COTA) and the Executive Briefing Center.

The program financial specialist will work independently to monitor, analyze, reconcile, and report on assigned program and Executive Briefing Center (EBC) funds in addition to serving as the departmental resource for payroll processes. The position will approve HokieMart and journal transfers, review financial statements prepared by the other program accountants, and provide backup for the review of program budgets as well as establish program and surplus funds in Banner.

Program accounting duties include ensuring compliance of established university and state procedures, verification of the accuracy of revenues and expenditures, projections, and the preparation of billings and financial reports.

As the departmental specialist for payroll related duties, responsibilities include the setup, monitoring, and payment of wage personnel as well as program related faculty payments, labor redistributions and other general payroll functions. General knowledge of payroll rules is expected as well as the ability to research complex issues. This role will serve as a departmental liaison to the Human Resources and Payroll departments.

The person in this position is expected to maintain a thorough knowledge of both internal CPE and university systems (including Banner, HokieMart, Chrome River, MicroStrategy and TimeClock).