The College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences and the Technology, Design, and Technical Education business services team is seeking a Business Assistant II for the USU Eastern (Price) Campus. The successful candidate’s primary responsibilities include providing support in hiring, inventory, payroll, purchasing, and travel services, which will contribute to the success of the Career and Technical Education department. This position requires an individual to be detail-oriented, act with high integrity, operate autonomously, provide excellent customer service, and contribute effectively to the team.

This position is located in Price, Utah

Provide Hiring, Onboarding, Payroll, and Leave Management Services:

• Submits timely and accurate job postings for hourly or salaried positions.
• Collects required hiring forms and securely maintains personnel files as needed.
• Meets with new employees to complete I-9s
• Submits employment action form requests
• Runs reports to ensure hourly employees are set up in the time tracking system and processes biweekly payroll.

Provide Purchasing Services:

• Coordinate purchase requests from faculty/staff.
• Reviews receipts from cardholders and/or delegates for policy/procedure adherence and appropriate use, and approves the transactions in the P-Card system.
• Make purchases in accordance with University policies and practices.

Provide Travel Services:

• Reviews and approves Travel Authorizations & Travel Reimbursements in accordance with travel policies and procedures
• Provides professional customer service, responds to questions by phone, in person, and by email in a prompt, courteous manner

Provide Inventory Tracking Support:

• Gathers information for non-capital inventory items, enters them in the AssetView asset tracking system, updates as non-capital inventory items change, and coordinates with equipment management on capital inventory adjustments.
• Coordinates with faculty and staff to physically inventory assets annually.
• Assist the business manager in tracking the department’s fleet.

Provide Other Financial & Departmental Support:

• Processes journal vouchers as designated.
• Process student scholarship payments
• Analyze data and generate reports
• Prepare and distribute invoices
• Monitor project status to ensure correctness and completion.
• Develop and maintain record-keeping systems, spreadsheets, and databases to track information.
• Provides support to the business manager on the monthly reconciliation of designated indexes.
• Provide support to the business manager and the department in administering contracts and grants.
• Coordinate documents for business transactions.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

• Submits timely and accurate job postings for hourly or salaried positions.
• Collects required hiring forms and securely maintains personnel files as needed.
• Meets with new employees to complete I-9s
• Submits employment action form requests
• Runs reports to ensure hourly employees are set up in the time tracking system and processes biweekly payroll.

Provide Purchasing Services:

• Coordinate purchase requests from faculty/staff.
• Reviews receipts from cardholders and/or delegates for policy/procedure adherence and appropriate use, and approves the transactions in the P-Card system.
• Make purchases in accordance with University policies and practices.

Provide Travel Services:

• Reviews and approves Travel Authorizations & Travel Reimbursements in accordance with travel policies and procedures
• Provides professional customer service, responds to questions by phone, in person, and by email in a prompt, courteous manner

Provide Inventory Tracking Support:

• Gathers information for non-capital inventory items, enters them in the AssetView asset tracking system, updates as non-capital inventory items change, and coordinates with equipment management on capital inventory adjustments.
• Coordinates with faculty and staff to physically inventory assets annually.
• Assist the business manager in tracking the department’s fleet.

Provide Other Financial & Departmental Support:

• Processes journal vouchers as designated.
• Process student scholarship payments
• Analyze data and generate reports
• Prepare and distribute invoices
• Monitor project status to ensure correctness and completion.
• Develop and maintain record-keeping systems, spreadsheets, and databases to track information.
• Provides support to the business manager on the monthly reconciliation of designated indexes.
• Provide support to the business manager and the department in administering contracts and grants.
• Coordinate documents for business transactions.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four years of related work experience, or an associate degree/technical training plus two years of related work experience, or a bachelor’s degree in a business field is required.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of accounts payable procedures and account reconciliation.
• Understanding of methods, practices, and terminology used in preparing and maintaining financial and statistical records/reports.
• Familiarity with purchasing policies and practices for a public institution.
• Proficiency with computer programs, including spreadsheets and relational databases.
• Competence with basic office equipment, including printers, copiers, and telephone systems.
• Good organizational skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential business data and personal information.
• Ability to work independently.
• Knowledge of University policies and procedures.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume/CV to be uploaded in the Candidate Profile

2. Cover Letter to be typed/pasted into a text box at the end of the application

3. Three professional references with contact information

Please be prepared to answer the following screening questions:

1. Please describe your level of experience working with Microsoft Office products.

2. Detail your experience with financial accounts.

3. What strengths would you bring to this position?

4. Describe your ideal office culture.

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes.  The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

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