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Cleveland State University

Coordinator, Budget & Operations

🇺🇸 Cleveland, OH

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Finance

🗓️ November 18th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Cleveland State University is hiring a Coordinator, Budget & Operations. The role involves providing budget administration and administrative support for various account types, monitoring expenditures, maintaining records, producing financial reports, compiling statistics, analyzing data, and correcting accounting errors while performing other related duties.

Highlights
  • Manage budget administration and support for operating budgets, grants, cost shares, gifts, endowments, discretionary, and faculty/non-faculty accounts.
  • Monitor expenditures, maintain detailed financial records, and produce quarterly, annual, and special reports.
  • Compile statistics, analyze data, and issue corrective documents as needed.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially advanced Excel skills.
  • Experience with enterprise resource planning software such as PeopleSoft finance module preferred.
  • Requires an Associate degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field, plus two years of relevant experience.
  • Related work experience can substitute education on a year-for-year basis.
  • Preferred experience includes working in higher education budget or accounting and grant administration.
  • Position is full-time, within the Provost's Office department.
  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational, project management, and judgment skills necessary for interacting with diverse constituencies while maintaining confidentiality.

Coordinator, Budget & Operations Full Description

Coordinator, Budget & Operations
 Posting Details 
Business Title  | Coordinator, Budget & Operations
Posting Category  | Administrative and Professional
Salary Grade  | 05
Salary Plan  | Professional Staff - SEIU
Hiring Range /Pay Rate  |
Department  | Provost's Office
Department Description  |
Position Location  | Main Campus
FTE  | 1.0

Job Summary
Responsible for providing budget and administrative support for assigned areas. Provides budget administration and support for assigned operating budget, grant, cost share, gift, endowment, discretionary, and faculty and non-faculty-related accounts. Monitors expenditures, maintains records, and produces quarterly, annual, and special reports. Compiles statistics, analyzes data, and issues documents to correct errors. Performs other functionally related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications  | Associate degree, preferably in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field. Two (2) years of budget, accounting, or finance experience. Related work experience may be substituted for educational requirement. One (1) year of related work experience can be substituted for one (1) year of education. For example, a candidate with a high school diploma, GED or state recognized equivalent and four (4) years of experience can be eligible to apply.

Preferred Qualifications  | Experience working in a higher education budget or accounting setting. Experience with grant administration. Experience working with enterprise resource planning software i.e., PeopleSoft finance module.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)  | Excellent interpersonal skills, “Customer Focus” attitude, and ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community while maintaining confidentiality. Ability to incorporate principles of professionalism and teamwork at all organizational levels within the University and within the College. Detail oriented and capable of managing large amounts of data, maintain detailed comprehensive records, analyze and organize information, have effective project, time management and organizational skills. Ability to exercise good judgment involving fiscal operations. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel (advanced knowledge), Outlook and PowerPoint.

Requisition Number  | PT0703638S
Date grant, position, or appointment expires (For Funds Available, Temporary, and Waiver of Posting  |

Special Instructions to Applicants   
Applicant Instructions  | Offer of employment is contingent on satisfactory completion of the University’s verification of credentials and other information required by law and/or University policies or practices, including but not limited to a criminal background check.

Applications will be exclusively accepted online at http://www.csuohio.edu/offices/hrd/employment.html. Mailed or emailed application materials will not be accepted.
Hours per week  | 40
Work Schedule  | Monday-Friday, typically 8:00 am-5:00 pm.
Advertising Copy  |
Full Time/Part Time  | Full Time
Posted Date  | 11/17/2025
Close Date/Application Deadline  |
Open Until Filled  | Yes
Review Begins  | 11/24/2025
Tentative Start Date  | 
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  1. * Do you have an Associate degree, preferably in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field? 
    • Yes
    • No
  2. * Do you have two (2) years of budget, accounting, or finance experience? 
    • Yes
    • No
  3. * Related work experience may be substituted for educational requirement. One (1) year of related work experience can be substituted for one (1) year of education. For example, a candidate with a high school diploma, GED or state recognized equivalent and four (4) years of experience can be eligible to apply. Do you meet this minimum? 
    • Yes
    • No
  4. * Are you a current, internal SEIU applicant/team member? 
    • Yes
    • No
  5. * How did you hear about this employment opportunity? 
    • Public Job Posting
    • Internal Job Posting
    • Agency Referral
    • Advertisement/Publication 
    • Personal Referral
    • CSU Website
    • Other
  6.  If you selected 'Public Job Posting" or "Other" please provide source. 
    (Open Ended Question)
  7. * Do you require any type of accommodation, should you be invited to campus for further screening? Please contact CSU at (216) 687-3636 if you need accommodation. 
    • Yes
    • No
  8. * Are you able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation? 
    • Yes
    • No
Application Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
Optional Documents
  1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application