Business Assistant I

🇺🇸 New Brunswick, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $60K - $88K

💻 Finance

🗓️ October 2nd, 2025

IRB

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is hiring a Business Assistant I for the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. The role involves providing accounting and budget support, managing grant submissions and post-award grant accounts, handling payroll, purchasing, and financial reporting, as well as supporting IRB submissions and faculty proposal developments.

Highlights

Provide accounting and budget support to leadership and research staff.
Prepare grant submissions (pre-award) and monitor post-award grant accounts including compliance with funder reports.
Manage day-to-day accounting tasks such as purchasing, payroll, bill payments, and financial record maintenance.
Support Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions and coordinate communications with IRB administrators.
Assist faculty with proposal development and submissions through university systems.
Utilize software including Oracle, Rutgers systems, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access database.
Salary range: $59,893 to $87,925 annually.
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field and at least two years of relevant experience or equivalent combination demonstrating knowledge of accounting principles.
Preferred experience in grant accounting and familiarity with Rutgers systems.
Position is full-time, nonexempt, with a 37.5-hour standard workweek and includes comprehensive benefits.