University of Idaho
Business Specialist III, IMCI
🇺🇸 Moscow, ID
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $28 per Hour
💻 Finance
🗓️ November 11th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Idaho is hiring a Business Specialist III, IMCI. The role involves providing complex technical support for daily financial operations, processing various financial transactions, maintaining records, and generating routine and ad hoc financial reports while assisting with grant administration and budget development.
Highlights
- Manage purchasing, invoice submission, payment recording, travel claims, and reconciliation of purchasing card statements.
- Track transactions through the centralized financial system and maintain unit-level finance documents.
- Process personnel actions and pay corrections within the financial system.
- Develop and summarize data for routine and ad hoc financial management reports.
- Research and correct financial discrepancies and assist departments with financial questions.
- Administer departmental grants, supporting principal investigators with pre- and post-award activities.
- Required experience includes three years in financial processing within electronic finance systems and proficiency with spreadsheet software.
- Preferred familiarity with Banner, ARGOS, Softdocs, Jaggaer, Payment Works, Chrome River, MyUI, and research administration systems like VERAS and grants.gov.
- Compensation starts at $27.50 per hour, depending on experience.
- Position requires a high school diploma or equivalent; bachelor’s degree preferred.
Business Specialist III, IMCI Full Description
Business Specialist III, IMCI
Position Information
Internal Posting? |
Posting Number | SP005075P
Position Title | Business Specialist III, IMCI
Division/College | University Research
Department | Institute for Modeling Collaboration & Innovation (IMCI)
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement | The Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation advances model-based research and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. It serves as a hub where faculty, postdocs, staff and students from a broad range of disciplines work together to solve real-world biomedical and complex-systems problems. IMCI’s Modeling Core supports research across the university by generating new approaches and seeding interdisciplinary teams and its mission emphasizes creating an environment that bridges disciplines and encourages grassroots collaboration. IMCI enables early-career investigators and multi-disciplinary teams to pursue novel research directions and build institutional capacity.
Position Overview | Responsible for providing complex technical support for daily financial operations by performing a variety of tasks following policies and procedures. In addition to processing a variety of financial transactions and maintaining records, the position compiles data and generates routine and ad hoc financial reports.
Duties may include: Purchasing identified goods and services Submitting invoices and receipts for payment Accepting and recording payments Reconciling purchasing card statements Processing travel claims and reimbursements Tracking transactions through completion in the centralized financial system Filing and maintaining unit-level finance documents Originating personnel actions and processing corrections to pay in the centralized financial system Developing, compiling, and summarizing data for routine reports and ad hoc financial management reports Researching and correcting discrepancies or errors Providing assistance to departments on questions related to invoices, receipts, financial reports and other transactions Researching, analyzing, and making recommendations for management decision making Serving as departmental grant administrator, assisting principal investigator with pre- and post-award financial activities. May participate in budget development and compilation and submission of proposals and project reports Other duties as assigned
Unit URL | http://imci.uidaho.edu/
Posting Number | SP005075P
Position Title | Business Specialist III, IMCI
Division/College | University Research
Department | Institute for Modeling Collaboration & Innovation (IMCI)
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement | The Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation advances model-based research and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. It serves as a hub where faculty, postdocs, staff and students from a broad range of disciplines work together to solve real-world biomedical and complex-systems problems. IMCI’s Modeling Core supports research across the university by generating new approaches and seeding interdisciplinary teams and its mission emphasizes creating an environment that bridges disciplines and encourages grassroots collaboration. IMCI enables early-career investigators and multi-disciplinary teams to pursue novel research directions and build institutional capacity.
Position Overview | Responsible for providing complex technical support for daily financial operations by performing a variety of tasks following policies and procedures. In addition to processing a variety of financial transactions and maintaining records, the position compiles data and generates routine and ad hoc financial reports.
Duties may include: Purchasing identified goods and services Submitting invoices and receipts for payment Accepting and recording payments Reconciling purchasing card statements Processing travel claims and reimbursements Tracking transactions through completion in the centralized financial system Filing and maintaining unit-level finance documents Originating personnel actions and processing corrections to pay in the centralized financial system Developing, compiling, and summarizing data for routine reports and ad hoc financial management reports Researching and correcting discrepancies or errors Providing assistance to departments on questions related to invoices, receipts, financial reports and other transactions Researching, analyzing, and making recommendations for management decision making Serving as departmental grant administrator, assisting principal investigator with pre- and post-award financial activities. May participate in budget development and compilation and submission of proposals and project reports Other duties as assigned
Unit URL | http://imci.uidaho.edu/
Position Qualifications
Required Experience | Three years providing financial processing support within an electronic finance system Using spreadsheet software to compile, summarize, analyze, and report on financial data Interpreting and applying financial stewardship policies, procedures, rules and regulations
Required Education | High School Diploma or equivalent
Required Other | None
Additional Preferred | Bachelor’s Degree Familiar with University of Idaho Policy and Procedures Experience with Banner, ARGOS, Softdocs, Jaggaer, Payment Works, Chrome River, and MyUI. Experience with the University of Idaho’s electronic research administration systems (VERAS), and, or external agency research administration systems (grants.gov, research.gov, etc). Experience working in a customer service-oriented environment to accomplish shared goals Composing, proofing, and editing a variety of documents, using proper grammar and punctuation as demonstrated in application materials Ability to independently resolve workplace challenges, serve as a liaison between teams, and coordinate activities. Experience analyzing information, identifying problems, defining alternatives, and developing recommendations for management/administrators. Familiarity with accounting and financial management principles. Experience developing budgets and reconciling accounts. Experience interpreting, applying and explaining policies and procedures or rules and regulations. Knowledge of or experience with 2 CFR part 200
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | N/A: No degree requirement
Required Education | High School Diploma or equivalent
Required Other | None
Additional Preferred | Bachelor’s Degree Familiar with University of Idaho Policy and Procedures Experience with Banner, ARGOS, Softdocs, Jaggaer, Payment Works, Chrome River, and MyUI. Experience with the University of Idaho’s electronic research administration systems (VERAS), and, or external agency research administration systems (grants.gov, research.gov, etc). Experience working in a customer service-oriented environment to accomplish shared goals Composing, proofing, and editing a variety of documents, using proper grammar and punctuation as demonstrated in application materials Ability to independently resolve workplace challenges, serve as a liaison between teams, and coordinate activities. Experience analyzing information, identifying problems, defining alternatives, and developing recommendations for management/administrators. Familiarity with accounting and financial management principles. Experience developing budgets and reconciling accounts. Experience interpreting, applying and explaining policies and procedures or rules and regulations. Knowledge of or experience with 2 CFR part 200
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | N/A: No degree requirement
Posting Information
FLSA Status | Non-Exempt
Employee Category | Classified
Pay Range | $27.50 per hour or higher depending on experience.
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1.0
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding | This position is contingent upon the continuation of work and/or funding.
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 11/05/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | This position is posted as open until filled, however, applications submitted on or before November 19, 2025 will receive priority consideration.
Applicants:
Please use your letter of qualification to explain in detail how your work experience, skills, and abilities meet both the required and preferred qualifications as listed in the position description. Your letter of qualification will be used to demonstrate your communication and writing skills to determine your ranking among the other applicants for this position.
For resources about how to write a letter of qualification, please visit the HR website here: Applicant Resources – Careers | University of Idaho (uidaho.edu)
To see the full job description, please visit the ORED Jobs page here. If you have any questions regarding this posting, please reach out to the search coordinator at kskovgard@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 | Classified
Pay Range | $27.50 per hour or higher depending on experience.
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1.0
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding | This position is contingent upon the continuation of work and/or funding.
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 11/05/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | This position is posted as open until filled, however, applications submitted on or before November 19, 2025 will receive priority consideration.
Applicants:
Please use your letter of qualification to explain in detail how your work experience, skills, and abilities meet both the required and preferred qualifications as listed in the position description. Your letter of qualification will be used to demonstrate your communication and writing skills to determine your ranking among the other applicants for this position.
For resources about how to write a letter of qualification, please visit the HR website here: Applicant Resources – Careers | University of Idaho (uidaho.edu)
To see the full job description, please visit the ORED Jobs page here. If you have any questions regarding this posting, please reach out to the search coordinator at kskovgard@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
- 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.
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