Financial Specialist Global School

JOB TITLE

Financial Specialist Global School

LOCATION

Worcester

DEPARTMENT NAME

The Global School

DIVISION NAME

Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for the budgeting tracking and auditing of our Global School project centers. The Fiscal Specialist will work closely with GEO staff faculty program directors campus partners and university offices to support accurate timely and compliant fiscal processes. This role contributes to the successful planning and delivery of our Global Projects Program and the long-term sustainability of the centers.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities:

• Advise and guide study abroad program directors on the development of Study Abroad program budgets:
  • Share responsibility for supporting 60 project center directors in the creation and management of individual program budgets ranging from approximately $30000-$200000 in total costs.
  • Provide guidance to program directors on fiscal policies procedures timelines budget development program fees best practices and compliance with federal state WPI and Global School guidelines.
  • Support financial trainings for new and returning advisors and directors in individual group and virtual settings.
  • Monitoring spending and alerting leadership to any anomalies or opportunities for cost savings.

• Manage fiscal processes for Global School budget portfolio:
  • Share responsibility for managing fiscal processes for an assigned portfolio of short-term and semester-long study abroad programs within a $7.5 million operation.
  • Manage Workday workflow hiring paperwork onboarding support timesheets pay periods and payments for study abroad faculty program assistants and student support.
  • Reconcile payroll transactions and coordinate funds recovery based on expense types and allocations.
  • Process payments for and monitor billing of international health insurance.
  • Process study abroad travel including travel authorizations pre-approvals transportation requests reimbursements and related account transactions.
  • Authorize stateside spending for program-related expenses including credit card ACH vendor payments registrations supplies and other approved purchasing methods.
  • Review vendor contracts and agreements and coordinate timely payments in accordance with university and Global School procedures.
  • Maintain financial records spreadsheets documentation and summary analyses for reporting forecasting and decision-making.

• Manage fiscal processes internal to the Global School:
  • Process financial transactions related to domestic and international travel for the Global Projects Program in compliance with WPI travel policies and procedures.
  • Complete hiring paperwork PAPs timesheets and payroll processing for wage and student employees in the unit.
  • Reconcile monthly credit card transactions prepare financial documents and maintain organized records.
  • Provide fiscal support related to events and meetings internal purchasing office supplies promotional items mailings and other administrative processes.
  • Build relationships with internal partners including Finance Talent and Inclusion Financial Aid and other university offices to support smooth processing of mission-critical financial functions.
  • Apply federal state university and Global School financial policies and procedures consistently to ensure fiscal activity is completed accurately and in compliance.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree
• Minimum two years of relevant experience
• Fiscal budget accounting procurement travel or reconciliation experience in higher education or a similarly regulated environment.
• Experience using financial travel purchasing student information or related business systems to support transactions reconciliations payroll hiring or other business processes.
• Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with partners across multiple departments in individual and group settings.
• Interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with broad groups of students faculty staff and campus partners.
• Working knowledge of Workday and Microsoft Office Suite including Word Excel Outlook and Teams.
• Attention to detail resourcefulness organization and effective time management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities meet deadlines and maintain accurate records.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to apply policies procedures and guidelines consistently and use sound judgment when completing detailed administrative or fiscal tasks.
• Interest in international education study abroad global engagement or financial operations in higher education.

Compensation:

Salary: $$65000 per year. Salary is based on related experience expertise and internal equity. WPIs benefits package includes a robust retirement match wellness perks tuition assistance and more!

FLSA STATUS

United States of America (Exempt)

WPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color age religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran statusor disability. It seeks individuals from all backgrounds and experiences who will contribute to a culture of creativity collaboration inclusion problem solving innovation high performance and change is committed to maintaining a campus environment free of harassment and discrimination.