Job Type
Full Time, Regular
Campus Location
WMU-Kalamazoo - Main Campus
Salary Range
Pay is commensurate with qualifications and experience, combined with an excellent benefits package.
General Summary
Plans, allocates and manages budgets and accounting functions for assigned units within a department, college, or division.
Major Duties
- Ensures fiscal integrity of assigned budgets and procedures.
- Works with department/unit directors and others to assess budgetary needs and guide through budgetary process; may make budgetary recommendations.
- Develops and monitors budgets, projects expenditures, reconciles accounts, and researches and resolves discrepancies.
- Researches and provides financial analysis on issues with financial implications; interprets, recommends and develops policies and procedures.
- Creates and maintains financial records, reports, and databases.
- May administer billing.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate’s degree or two years’ college coursework in a related field from an accredited institution.
- One year’s relevant experience.
- Budget, institutional and fund management experience.
- Spreadsheet and office software proficiency.
- Accounting systems experience.
Special Instructions to Applicants
- Internal applicants should use the WMU – Internal Application.
- External applicants should use the WMU – Application.
Additional Position Information
- Finalist will be required to successfully complete Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and/or Data entry skills assessments.
- Staff Compensation System pay grades and rates are available at: https://wmich.edu/hr/staffcompensation
- Western Michigan University offers generous benefits to its employees including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, and tuition discount for the employee and tuition remission for eligible dependents. To access information about the specific benefits available for this position, s://www.wmich.edu/hr/enrollment-staff
Physical requirements and working conditions
- Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting/moving materials less than 25 pounds.
- Work is generally performed in a well lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors and/or any number of elements.