Accounting Analyst (Business Operations Analyst)
- Employer
- Towson University
- Location
- Towson, MD
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- Institutional & Business Affairs, Business & Financial Management, Technology, Analysts & Programming
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Responsibilities for the Business Operations Analyst position include, but are not limited to the following:
Reviewing, auditing, and reconciling Tiger Travel athletic forms:
- Collect and review supporting documents from coaches and staff to ensure the form is completed properly, all receipts attached, and all required signatures are in place
- Ensure that expenses claimed are in compliance with TU, USM, and state of MD policies and procedures; provide training and education to coaches and staff on Tiger Travel and USM and TU policies when necessary
- Keep receipts and tiger travel forms; once review is completed and form is submitted, file form in correct department folder
- Provide a consistent level of customer service relating to inquiries about Tiger Travel, accounts payable, and Diners Club card
Processing all A/P invoices for athletics in a timely manner:
- Receive invoices, making sure to have the vendors’ W9s and coding invoices in Perceptive Content (ImageNow)
- Investigate any discrepancies, ensuring payment was not already issued; obtain new invoices or W9s if needed
- Serve as 1st line approver and follow up
Reconcile Athletics' Diners Club cards on a monthly basis to ensure proper expense reporting and forecasting across the various departments within the athletic division:
- Research any discrepancies
- Review department credit cards, such as team's Travel Diners cards to make sure the appropriate documentation is submitted on a monthly basis to the athletics business office
- Research and resolve any credit card payment issues and discrepancies
- Update appropriate logs for cards on a monthly basis
Oversee daily cash handling operations:
- Receive cash/checks from staff or outside companies and issue receipts
- Prepare and make bank deposits, along with updating cash/check log with details
- Take cash/check deposits to the Student & University Billing Office and sign the drop off sheet along with a member from the Student & University Billing Office when this is completed
Analyze current and past Athletics financial performance and trends to determine present and future performance:
- Provide reporting of Athletics revenues and expenditures through various models and ad hoc reporting for forecasting
- Provide budgetary, financial, and operational analysis for administrative and sports departments
- Collect and compile data to provide CFO and other executives an accurate financial picture of Athletics financials, and strategic initiative reporting
This position may include working weekends and evenings as necessary.
Qualifications and Skills
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in higher education
- Experience with cloud-based ERP's, especially Oracle Cloud Financials and Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud System (PBCS)
Organization: Athletics Division
Primary Location: Main Campus
Job Posting: Jan 30, 2025
Organization
Towson University (TU; www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U. S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, and is Baltimore’s largest comprehensive university, and the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 18,000 undergraduates and nearly 4,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has over 865 full-time faculty, and offers more than 65 bachelor’s, 45 master’s, and 5 doctoral programs. Towson University offers many cultural, educational and athletics programs and events that are open to the public ranging from concerts and lecturers to Division I college sports.
Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia. The town of Towson, MD. has a population of approximately 52,000, with tree-lined streets, shops, restaurants, movies, bookstores, a county library branch, live music venues, and is in walking distance of the TU campus. Towson was established in 1750 and is the seat of Baltimore County government.
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