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Ohio University

Accounting Support Senior Specialist

🇺🇸 Athens, OH

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $17 - $21 per Hour

💻 Finance

🗓️ July 21st, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Ohio University is hiring an Accounting Support Senior Specialist. This role supports the organization’s accounting functions by maintaining accurate financial records, mentoring staff, supervising student employees, performing financial analyses, managing purchasing, and monitoring budgets.

Highlights
  • Maintains records of daily transactions, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventories, payroll, and other financial records.
  • Serves as initial contact for customers and mentors lower level employees on customer service and department policies.
  • Directs, trains, and supervises student employees.
  • Performs financial analyses and provides data-driven recommendations.
  • Reviews employees' work for accuracy and compliance with university policies.
  • Completes and submits institutional surveys to publishers and agencies.
  • Issues purchase orders and communicates with internal and external customers for purchasing management.
  • Analyzes and monitors department and program budgets; approves and tracks expenditures.
  • Preferred software knowledge includes Microsoft Excel, Oracle, Concur, BobcatBuy, PeopleSoft, PeopleAdmin, and Workforce.
  • Minimum qualification requires knowledge of finance and business concepts with at least 5 years of related experience; a bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business is preferred.
  • Compensation ranges from $16.84 to $21.48 per hour under AFSCME 3200 pay grade 14.
  • Position is within the Nursing-Athens department under the College of Health Sciences & Professions.
  • Full-time employment with benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid holidays, sick leave, vacation, and retirement.