Finance and Accounting Assistant (part-time)

🇺🇸 New Brunswick, NJ 🕑 Part-Time 💰 $25 - $30 per Hour 💻 Finance 🗓️ July 21st, 2026

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Rutgers University is hiring a part-time Finance and Accounting Assistant for the Mason Gross School of the Arts. The role involves tracking and reconciling expenditures, processing financial transactions, maintaining financial databases, preparing reports, analyzing budget activity, and collaborating with various administrative offices to resolve financial issues.

Highlights

Support budget, accounting, planning, and operational activities for the Dean's Office within MGSA.
Track, monitor, and reconcile expenditures and commitments.
Process journal entries, project cost adjustments, expense corrections, requisitions, and procurement requests.
Maintain financial tracking systems including Airtable and other university systems.
Prepare and distribute recurring financial reports.
Analyze revenue and expenditure trends and recommend corrective actions per compliance standards.
Serve as liaison with Accounts Payable, Payroll, Procurement, and other administrative offices.
Backup payroll entries for other administrators.
Requires Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field, plus two years of relevant experience.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, financial reporting systems, and knowledge of GAAP.
Compensation range of $25 to $30 per hour for a 19.5 hour per week, part-time position.