Assistant Business Administrator - Liberal Arts & Social Sci

🇺🇸 Houston, TX

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $38K - $43K

💻 Operations

🗓️ June 18th, 2025

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University of Houston is hiring an Assistant Business Administrator for the Liberal Arts & Social Sciences department. The role involves managing budgetary, financial, personnel, and administrative functions including monthly account reconciliations, auditing budget activities, advising personnel, assisting with annual budget development, and supervising staff.

Highlights

Manage monthly reconciliation of accounts and generate financial and budget reports.
Audit budget allocations, revenue, expenditures, accounts payable, purchasing, and HR functions.
Advise personnel on administrative issues and review documents for accuracy.
Conduct orientation for part-time staff and train/supervise staff in financial and administrative functions.
Assist in developing annual budgets and oversee office administration in the Business Administrator’s absence.
Interpret, review, and update departmental policies to ensure university compliance.
Prepare management reports and perform other assigned duties.
Required knowledge typically obtained through a job-related 4-year degree or equivalent specialized training.
Minimum of one year of directly related job experience required; experience may substitute education and vice versa.
Salary range: $38,100 to $42,850 per year.

Assistant Business Administrator - Liberal Arts & Social Sci Full Description

| Department: Dean Liberal Arts & Social Sci
| Salary: 38,100 - 42,850
| Description: INTERNAL UH CANDIDATES ONLY - EXTERNAL CANDIDATES WILL BE DISPOSITIONED

Assists the Business Administrator with the day-to-day management of budgetary, financial, personnel and administrative functions for the department.

1. Supervises and performs monthly reconciliation of accounts and generates monthly financial and budget reports for departments and major business/vendor areas.
2. Manages financial activities and accounts including auditing of all activities relating to budget allocations, revenue, expenditures, accounts payable, purchasing and human resources functions.
3. Monitors the preparation of all personnel and administrative documents and advises personnel on a variety of administrative issues, reviews documents for accuracy. Conducts orientation for part-time staff.
4. Assists the Business Administrator with the development of annual budgets.
5. Trains and supervises staff in financial, human resources and other administrative functions.
6. Oversees overall office administration in the absence of the Business Administrator.
7. Interprets, reviews and updates departmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the university.
8. Prepares reports for management use.
9. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Experience will be considered in lieu of education.
Education will be considered in lieu of experience.

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 one (1) year of directly job-related experience.

INTERNAL UH CANDIDATES ONLY - EXTERNAL CANDIDATES WILL BE DISPOSITIONED
| All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.