Student Activity Fee Financial Consultant

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The Student Activity Fee Financial Consultant provides wide-ranging financial, technical, administrative, and operational support to the Student Activity Fee Committee (SAFC) and student organization leaders. This position requires managing various complex tasks and responsibilities, delivering a high level of internal and external relational service, and effectively utilizing independent judgment and decision-making skills.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage complex financial matters, including budget projections, budget changes, monitoring income and expenditures, and reconciliation of accounts totaling approximately $2 million annually.

• Advise student organizations and SAF officers regarding the management of financial accounts according to the financial policies of the University of New Hampshire.

• Advise the SAF executive officers on the implementation of the Student Activity Fee operating procedures, the budget process, and the management of their budgets throughout the year.

• Assist with year-end closing of accounts and in preparing budgets for the next year(s).

• Receive, post, and review Student Activity Fee budgets as presented by the Student Activity Fee Organization Business Managers.

• Assist students with analyzing and adjusting the budget.

• Update student business officers on changes to financial policies.

• Research and prepare monthly financial reports for all organizations and the Student Activity Fee Chief Financial Officer.

• Prepare financial analysis reports and other projects as requested.

• Review monthly fund statements and reports to verify transaction compliance and to reconcile.

• Assist student organizations with short and long-term management of funds.

• Prepare and submit requests for journal transfers and provide supporting documentation for requests.

• Oversee the Accounting functions of the 13 Student Activity Fee Organizations and approximately 230 Recognized Student Organizations.

• Educate and guide student organizations on procedures for accurate submission for all types of transactions.

• Manage revenue, expenses, travel reimbursements, and procurement requests.

• Oversee and advise on equipment purchases.

• Approve, examine, and review transactions for correct classifications/appropriateness of expenditures and resolve discrepancies with student organization officers.

• Answer questions and solve problems regarding fund status.

• Support student employees through the UShop creation and approval process.

• Manage multiple purchasing cards, including reconciliation, security levels, and appropriateness of requests and expenditures.

• Review contracts totaling over $200,000 per year.

• Partner with Procurement and outside agents to execute, ensuring compliance with all USNH policies.

• Be a liaison between USNH Accounts Payable and USNH Purchasing to add vendors to the payment system.

• Partner with UNSH Accounts Payable and Payroll to process honoraria payments.

• Work with new student organizations in setting up funds with the University and providing guidance on university policies and procedures.

Additional administrative duties include:

• Attend Memorial Union & Student Activities staff meetings and participate in the planning and implementation of specialized training seminars.

• Attend bi-weekly Student Activity Fee Committee meetings during the academic year; take part in concept and budget meetings throughout the year.

• Participate in professional development opportunities to remain at the forefront of the field.

• Oversee Student Activity Fee IT, Telecom, and copier networks.

• Work with Telecom as the TAM (account manager) for all student organizations with space in the Memorial Union Building.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Two years of related experience.

• At least 12 semester hours of course work in accounting, or equivalent and two years of related experience.

• Proficiency with computerized financial record-keeping and reporting systems, such as WebIntelligence, Excel spreadsheets, and other accounting and financial operations.

• Organizational and analytical skills.

• Effective written and oral communication skills

• Ability to effectively train and supervise student employees including the ability to instruct, direct, and evaluate the work of others.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective, positive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

• Ability to work independently and with minimum supervision.

• Ability to work in a fast paced, educational environment.

• Experience working in a higher education setting.

• Utilizes a student development approach to coaching student leaders.

Applicant Instructions

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

• Contact Information for 3 Professional References

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

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