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Purdue University

Business Assistant, Account Management

🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Finance

🗓️ July 30th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Purdue University is hiring a Business Assistant, Account Management. The role involves assisting students and student organization advisors with travel, procurement, account management, and other business office functions, including training officers on business procedures and managing expenditures and reports related to student organization accounts.

Highlights
  • Assist with travel, procurement, account management, and business office functions for student organizations.
  • Provide training and instruction on student organization business procedures and policies.
  • Perform auditing, data entry, expenditure approvals, and generate financial reports.
  • Build positive working relationships with student organizations, advisors, university staff, and vendors.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook required.
  • Qualifications include a high school diploma/GED and 3+ years of related customer service or business experience.
  • Skills needed: time management, organizational skills, communication, confidentiality, and problem-solving.
  • Experience with SAP and Success Factors and university/student services background helpful.
  • Position is non-exempt, eligible for overtime, includes retirement plan and comprehensive benefits package.
  • Purdue University does not sponsor employment authorization and requires a background check.

Business Assistant, Account Management Full Description

Req Id:  38240
Job Title:  Business Assistant, Account Management
City:  West Lafayette

Job Description:
The Business Assistant will assist students and student organization advisors with travel, procurement, account management, and other business office functions. Provide training and instruction to student organization officers and advisors on various student organization business procedures.  Business processes include registration of officers, deposit procedures, cash handling guidelines, event and travel planning, expenditure procedures and other university student organization policies. Will inform students on use and approval of Activity Forms for travel and events. Perform auditing and data entry of transactions to the student organization account system. Approve expenditures and generate reports. Build positive working relationships and provide excellent service to student organizations, advisors, University departmental staff, and vendors.

At Purdue, we believe that the success of every employee – every member of our Boilermaker community – is built on six pillars: Integrity, Respect, Honor, Inclusion, Innovation and Growth.

What We're Looking For:
Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:
  • High school diploma/GED
  • 3+ years of experience in customer service, as an account clerk, business, or other related field

Skills needed:
  • Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Ability to practice good time management, organizational skills and efficiently multi-task
  • Ability to work under pressure, handle frequent interruptions, prioritize workload and meet deadlines
  • Must demonstrate a willingness to learn and use own initiative to explore capabilities to enhance productivity and assume responsibility
  • Ability to make sound judgments and observe confidentiality at all times is essential
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to explain policies and procedures to staff
  • Ability to handle interruptions while meeting deadlines with accurate results and providing exceptional customer service
  • Ability to problem solve and analyze issues

What is helpful:
  • University and student services experience
  • Experience with SAP and Success Factors

Additional Information:
  • Purdue University will not sponsor employment authorization for this position  
  • A background check will be required for employment in this position
  • FLSA: Non-exempt (Eligible For Overtime) 
  • Retirement Eligibility: Non-exempt Defined Contribution Plan 
  • Benefit Statement: Purdue University offers a substantial Benefit Package including medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a generous paid time off package for sick and vacation days
  • Purdue University is an EO/EA employer

Career Stream
  • Administrative and Operational Support 2
  • Pay Band: S040
  • Job Code: 20002334