Fiscal Officer at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio

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Job Title:Fiscal OfficerDepartment:Medicine | Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Reporting to Department Administrator (DA), Fiscal Officer (FO) provides broad range of fiscal, accounting, reporting, budget, financial analysis and procurement services to the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS), as well as divisions and programs which contain general operational funds, startup accounts, salary recovery, development, research, earnings, and academic enrichment funds; provides financial reporting and analysis support for SHRS operations; evaluates departmental fiscal operations and makes recommendations for quality improvement; prepares and administers annual budgets; reviews, reconciles and monitors faculty/program budgets and monthly financial statements; identifies and resolves discrepancies or inappropriate charges; initiates and processes journal entries and fund transfers; ensures compliance to internal auditing standards; serves as main point of contact and provides superior customer service to SHRS faculty and staff for any fiscal and procurement questions; provides guidance, problem resolution, policy and procedure interpretation, recommendations and best practices, and other fiscal related support; serves as liaison with SHRS faculty and staff to facilitate expedient processing for procurement, travel and other financial transactions; manages expense report processing, tracking, maintaining files and reconciliation of expenditures; processes all spend authorizations for travel and expense reports for reimbursements to all SHRS faculty, students and staff; responsible for collecting and auditing all required documentation including division director and ad hoc approvals; develops knowledge and understanding of and researching expenditure requests to confirm business purpose and compliance prior to fund expenditure or request for approval; reviews any additional requests for payment and reimbursement as may be related to school events; resolves problems with financial transactions; works with the student services on processing of GA accounts and MOUs; initiates One-Time Payment requests by deadlines with detailed accuracy; analyzes and interprets University policies and procedures related to fiscal expenditures and ensures compliance with department, college, and university, including SHRS finance, COM service center, and university travel and Pcard offices; develops, recommends and implements fiscal processes, procedures and improvements; maintains tracking and reconciliation of SHRS faculty and staff annual development funds; monthly reconciliations of accounts and assists with financial audits; collects data for internal and external requests; contributes to development and implementation of internal policies and controls.

Additional Information:Location:Atwell Hall (0306)Position Type:RegularScheduled Hours:40
Shift:First Shift

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