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Rutgers University

Business Specialist

🇺🇸 Piscataway, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $68K - $101K

💻 Finance

🗓️ November 27th, 2025

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Business Specialist for the Student Affairs-Finance and Administration Central Business Office. The role involves managing account administration, performing reconciliations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and supporting procurement processes for assigned departmental accounts, while independently resolving problems and improving financial business operations.

Highlights
  • Administers, reconciles, and reports on departmental accounts, including sponsored and non-sponsored programs.
  • Analyzes financial data, tracks expenditures, assists with budgeting, forecasting, and the annual close process.
  • Prepares purchase orders, journal entries, GL to Project entries, and assists with HCM activities like time and labor entries.
  • Supports procurement by researching quotes, preparing purchase orders, and managing blanket orders.
  • Reviews expenditures to ensure funding availability and alignment with department missions.
  • Assists Business Manager with annual budget development and forecasting responsibilities.
  • Works independently with broadly defined objectives, applying knowledge of business processes, regulations, and university policies.
  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, or finance plus at least two years related accounting experience in a university or similar environment.
  • Preferred skills include experience with Oracle, RU Marketplace, Tableau, Data Repository, Nelnet, Shift 4 payment gateways, and proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office.
  • Salary range from $68,278.48 to $100,509.48 annually, with a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, retirement, and educational benefits.