Program Administrator

🇺🇸 Newark, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $101K - $154K 💻 Finance 🗓️ June 8th, 2026

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Rutgers University is hiring a Program Administrator to support the School of Nursing's business office. The role involves assisting financial leaders with fiscal operations, including budgeting, financial analysis, position control, personnel cost analysis, and preparing salary and fringe benefit adjustments.

Highlights

Assist CFO and Business Manager with financial and business operations of the School of Nursing.
Review and approve purchase orders, expense requests, and resolve financial inquiries with purchasing, accounts payable, and payroll.
Prepare journal entries, expense reclassification, project adjustments, and process HR transactions related to hiring and departmental charges.
Oversee monthly full-time equivalents (FTEs), salary, and fringe benefit analyses including merit increases, cost of living adjustments, and faculty incentives.
Conduct position control tracking vacancies, promotions, resignations, and personnel changes affecting salary expenses.
Required bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, or related field; master's preferred.
Minimum five years of progressive financial analytical experience; substitutions allowed on a year-for-year basis.
Proficiency in spreadsheet applications and database systems for financial and accounting tasks.
Salary range from $100,723 to $154,106 depending on qualifications and experience.
Works within Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), specifically supporting the School of Nursing's administrative functions.