Job Title
FBS Analyst I
Agency
Texas A&M University
Department
Student Business Services
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
A Glimpse of the Job
The Finance & Business Services Analyst I, under general supervision, is responsible for providing accounting or business support to a designated unit, department, college, or other System member; serving as a resource within their unit for other staff members; auditing, reporting, reconciling, tracking, reviewing, or approving actions on their designated accounts and/or assigned duties; and managing projects, reports, or functions with routine processes.
Essential Duties
Accounting / Business Support
- Prepares, reviews, and audits financial system entries, specifically for Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan contracts, Texas Tuition Promise Fund contracts, Texas Workforce Commission contracts, and Sales Tax exemptions
- Reconciles accounts
- Participate in monthly Accounts Receivables meetings for all Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan, Texas Tuition Promise Fund, and Texas Workforce Commission payments
- Identifies outstanding items and implements solutions/communicates actions
- Utilizes excellent customer service and problem-solving skills to communicate with team members, sponsors, and students about outstanding items
- Provides oversight, reviews, and audits financial and accounting transactions
- Audits Sales Tax Exemption Audit, Multiple Contracts Audit, auditing refund suppresses, and graduation audits for accounts receivables
- Assists with external reporting functions, including State Comptroller Tuition Surveys
- Assists in preparing annual budget allocations to departments, position budgeting tasks, commitment tracking, and departmental budget requests
Office / Project Support
- Tracks internal projects, audits, business records, and records management
- May coordinate access requests, specifically for Flywire Third-Party Invoicing for Texas Workforce Commission sponsors
- May oversee or lead a function or serve as a subject matter expert in one or more areas
- Subject matter expert in all Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan contracts, Texas Tuition Promise Fund contracts, and Texas Workforce Commission contracts, third-party refund suppresses, and Sales Tax exemptions
- May review and revise job aides as needed. This includes job aides for team members and sponsors utilizing third-party invoicing systems
- May supervise student workers
- May mentor or train subordinate staff members
Department Specific
- Acts as a resource for parents, students, prospective students, and departments on campus. Maintains answers in knowledge database (Aggie Answers) and website to assist parents, students, and departments
- May serve as backup for other team members – this could include applying contracts, payments, invoicing and answering questions as needed
- Will work closely with FBS Analyst III and help answer Flywire Third-Party Invoicing platform questions and requests
- May need to perform other team functions; including processing any third-party contracts or payments from all sponsor types
What You Need to Know
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Cover Letter/Resume: A cover letter and resume will assist us in our review of your application materials. These can be uploaded on the application under CV/Resume.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or finance, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- No experience needed
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications
- Knowledge of financial management system and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently once given a project
- Ability to apply rules and regulations in a complex environment.
Other Requirements and Factors
- This position is security sensitive
- This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TAMU policies, regulations, rules and procedures.
- All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and University safety requirements.
Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume’ or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
