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University of Houston

Assistant Business Administrator - Electrical Engineering

🇺🇸 Houston, TX

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ August 15th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Houston System is hiring an Assistant Business Administrator - Electrical Engineering. The role entails managing budgetary, financial, personnel, and administrative functions for the college, including financial accountability, account reconciliation, payroll activities, budget development, staff training, and supervising support personnel.

Highlights
  • Manage budgetary, financial, personnel, and administrative functions for the Electrical Engineering department.
  • Provide financial accountability and ensure compliance with State and university guidelines as certifying signature authority.
  • Reconcile monthly accounts and generate financial and budget reports for departments and centers.
  • Administer personnel and payroll activities including payroll reconciliation and salary reallocation.
  • Assist with personnel issues and maintain personnel files.
  • Participate in annual budget development.
  • Train departmental staff on university forms, policies, and procedures.
  • Supervise support staff and student workers in the business office or Dean's Office.
  • Develop and maintain informational databases for the college.
  • Requires knowledge of procurement policies, expense report reconciliation, project management software, and system applications; minimum three years of related experience or equivalent training.

Assistant Business Administrator - Electrical Engineering Full Description

Department: Electrical Engineering
Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education
Description: Assists the Business Administrator with the day-to-day management of budgetary, financial, personnel and administrative functions for a college. 

1. Provides financial accountability and ensures compliance with State and university guidelines by functioning as certifying signature authority. 
2. Manages the monthly reconciliation of accounts and generates monthly financial and budget reports for departments and centers. 
3. Administers personnel and payroll activities to include reconciliation of payroll records and salary reallocation process. 
4. Assists department staff with personnel issues and maintains personnel files. 
5. Participates in the development of the annual budgets. 
6. Trains and provides guidance to departmental staff regarding the use of university forms and the application of university and college policies and procedures. 
7. Supervises support staff and student workers as assigned in the central business office and/or Dean's Office. 
8. Develops and maintains informational databases for the college. 
9. Represents the college on behalf of the Business Administrator as required. 
10. Performs other job-related duties as assigned. 

Experience will be considered in lieu of education. 

MQ: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Requires a minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience.
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