FBS Analyst I

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.