Financial Associate

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

MR06, Non-Exempt

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Departments seeks a Financial Associate to assist the Business Manager in the maintenance of the financial activities of the department, providing guidance to departmental faculty, staff, and students to ensure compliance with University and departmental policies and procedures.

Using the University's financial system, this position will submit departmental financial transactions, will process specific personnel transactions, will support effort certification reporting, and participate in ledger reconciliation by ensuring appropriate documentation is provided to support expenditures. This position will perform an initial review of financial and human resources transactions submitted by other departmental staff or by other University departments, reviewing for correctness prior to the transactions being forwarded to the Business Manager for approval.

This position will enter travel requests for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty, staff, and graduate students, providing Concur support to travelers and acting as the departmental resource regarding travel-related policies and procedures.

As needed, this position will support the Business Manager in the submission of grant proposals, assisting with needed information and other needed tasks.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and provide three references.