High school graduate or equivalent.

• Bachelor’s degree and two years office administration or project management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Organizational and time-management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, emphasizing Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, as well as survey deployment software such as Qualtrics.
• Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience with policies and regulations in a higher education setting.
• Detail-oriented and deadline-driven.
• Ability to prioritize and shift focus as needed in a fast-paced environment.

• Supporting the Mechanical Engineering finance team members in processing internal and externally funded expenditures and related financial matters
• Provide troubleshooting support for finance matters as needed by the finance team
• Serve as a finance liaison with faculty, staff, and students, to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures in all grant and contract matters

• Monitor and coordinate budgets for faculty grant cost centers
• Serve as liaison with Post Award Management (OPM) for budget revisions and cost center stewardship
• Collaborate with faculty to ensure proper cost center closeouts and facilitate complete expenditure of funds within funding agency allowances
• Prepare and review purchase requisitions, budget transfers, IDT journals, budget journals, sponsored projects budget adjustments, and other budget administration items
• Maintain and reconcile faculty cost centers

• Serve as backup reconciler for departmental One Card holders
• Process and review ePRO orders submitted by our research labs.
• Coordinate travel processing and reimbursements for mechanical engineering faculty, students, and staff.