University of Idaho
Business Officer II
🇺🇸 Moscow, ID
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $90K
💻 Other
🗓️ November 24th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Idaho is hiring a Business Officer II. The role involves advising college or unit administrative leadership on financial matters, overseeing budgets, ensuring compliance with policies, and managing fiscal operations including budget planning and financial reporting. The position includes supervising financial staff and supporting a portfolio with annual expenses of approximately $10-$20 million.
Highlights
- Advises administrative leadership on financial and administrative decisions.
- Oversees budgets including general education, donations, revenue, and grants.
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and University policies.
- Leads, supports, and trains financial support staff.
- Develops and monitors current and long-term budgets and financial reports.
- Represents units in policy, compliance, and strategic financial planning matters.
- Manages a portfolio with annual operating expenses around $10-$20 million.
- Supervises fiscal specialists and administrative/financial specialists.
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Public Administration or equivalent experience with at least five years of management/supervisory experience in budget, fiscal, or business operations.
- Compensation starts at $90,000 or higher, commensurate with experience.
Business Officer II Full Description
Business Officer II
Position Details
Position Information
Internal Posting? |
Posting Number | SP005095P
Position Title | Business Officer II
Division/College | College of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Department | College of Education, Health & Human Sciences Admin
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement |
Position Overview
The position advises assigned college or unit administrative leadership about financial matters, oversees and advises the leadership team about financial and administrative decisions affecting their units. This position is responsible for ensuring the fiscal integrity of all general education, donation, revenue, grant and other budgets, within the specified units, ensuring compliance with all governing federal, state and University of Idaho policies and procedures and for providing the full spectrum of budgeting and administrative requirements for the unit including high-level budget planning and fiscal management.
Duties may include: Provides leadership, support, direction and training for financial support staff Collaboratively developing current and long-term budgets Monitoring funds usage and preparing budget projections, developing and providing periodic financial reports for unit leadership and other administrators as required Provides leadership and guidance for business processes Acting as a representative for the units in policy and compliance matters, financial business, accountability, and financial strategic planning in addition to providing general unit support in areas of strategic importance Other duties as assigned
Positions at this level manage a portfolio of funds for a college or division with annual operating expenses of approximately $10 – $20m, comprised of General Education funding and generally four or more additional fund types of moderate to high complexity. Positions most often supervise dedicated fiscal specialists and the work of administrative and/or financial specialists with alternate reporting lines within the college or division. Fiscal operations at this level generally support activities of 100 – 150 faculty and staff.
Unit URL | College of Education, Health and Human Sciences | University of Idaho
Posting Number | SP005095P
Position Title | Business Officer II
Division/College | College of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Department | College of Education, Health & Human Sciences Admin
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement |
Position Overview
The position advises assigned college or unit administrative leadership about financial matters, oversees and advises the leadership team about financial and administrative decisions affecting their units. This position is responsible for ensuring the fiscal integrity of all general education, donation, revenue, grant and other budgets, within the specified units, ensuring compliance with all governing federal, state and University of Idaho policies and procedures and for providing the full spectrum of budgeting and administrative requirements for the unit including high-level budget planning and fiscal management.
Duties may include: Provides leadership, support, direction and training for financial support staff Collaboratively developing current and long-term budgets Monitoring funds usage and preparing budget projections, developing and providing periodic financial reports for unit leadership and other administrators as required Provides leadership and guidance for business processes Acting as a representative for the units in policy and compliance matters, financial business, accountability, and financial strategic planning in addition to providing general unit support in areas of strategic importance Other duties as assigned
Positions at this level manage a portfolio of funds for a college or division with annual operating expenses of approximately $10 – $20m, comprised of General Education funding and generally four or more additional fund types of moderate to high complexity. Positions most often supervise dedicated fiscal specialists and the work of administrative and/or financial specialists with alternate reporting lines within the college or division. Fiscal operations at this level generally support activities of 100 – 150 faculty and staff.
Unit URL | College of Education, Health and Human Sciences | University of Idaho
Position Qualifications
Required Experience | Five years of management-level and/or supervisory experience in the areas of budget, fiscal or business operations including: Working with administrators to develop budgets Monitoring use of funds Use of electronic business systems Organizing and analyzing financial data in spreadsheet software to prepare summaries and financial reports Editing and writing business correspondence using proper grammar and punctuation as demonstrated in application materials
Required Education | Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business or Public Administration; six additional years of experience (for a total of eleven) may substitute for a Bachelor’s Degree
Required Other | None
Additional Preferred | Master’s degree in business, economics, accounting or related field Experience working in an academic setting Experience working with state or federal governmental funds Experience utilizing database systems, spreadsheets and accounting systems to analyze, compile and produce a variety of reports
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | Listed degree qualification is required at time of hire
Required Education | Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business or Public Administration; six additional years of experience (for a total of eleven) may substitute for a Bachelor’s Degree
Required Other | None
Additional Preferred | Master’s degree in business, economics, accounting or related field Experience working in an academic setting Experience working with state or federal governmental funds Experience utilizing database systems, spreadsheets and accounting systems to analyze, compile and produce a variety of reports
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | Listed degree qualification is required at time of hire
Posting Information
FLSA Status | Exempt
Employee Category | Exempt
Pay Range | $90,000 or higher commensurate with experience.
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1.0
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding |
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 11/21/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | To receive first consideration, please submit a letter of qualification, current resume, and references (last 3 supervisors) no later than December 15, 2025.
In your letter of qualification, using details and examples, please address all of the required and preferred qualifications for this position and how your experience and skills align.
If you would like the full job description, please contact Renee Hanson at reneeh@uidaho.edu.
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Employee Category | Exempt
Pay Range | $90,000 or higher commensurate with experience.
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1.0
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding |
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 11/21/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | To receive first consideration, please submit a letter of qualification, current resume, and references (last 3 supervisors) no later than December 15, 2025.
In your letter of qualification, using details and examples, please address all of the required and preferred qualifications for this position and how your experience and skills align.
If you would like the full job description, please contact Renee Hanson at reneeh@uidaho.edu.
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume/CV
- List of References
- Letter of Qualification
Optional Documents
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Academic Careers
- Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)
- Chronicle
- HigherEd/Academic Impressions
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Idaho Department of Labor/Job Service including Job Central or Idaho Works (Idahoworks.gov)
- Indeed.com
- Inside Higher Ed
- Newspaper
- Other Venue
- Professional Listservs (Ex: NACUBO, AAAE, ISMC, etc.)
- University of Idaho Website
- University of Idaho Daily Register
- University of Idaho Employee
- Word of Mouth
- Militaryjob.com
- DSPSjobs.com
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
- * Were you referred to this employment opportunity by a current University of Idaho employee? If so, please provide their name and department.
(Open Ended Question)
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