Advanced Financial Specialist II: Process & Training Leader

University of Wisconsin; Bowens Addition (WI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Wisconsin is seeking a Financial Specialist II to support Purchasing/Accounts Payable for the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. The role uses Workday and ERP systems (Acumatica, SHOPUW+) to process ~68,000 transactions, ensuring correct funding and policy compliance.

Training UW-Madison and WSLH staff is part of the duties. The position emphasizes strong communication, teamwork, and analytic problem solving within UW-Madison and WSLH frameworks.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail as demonstrated by application method.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office Applications.

Responsibilities

• Drafts communications and advanced reports and maintains organization of varied records to provide administrative support within a specified work unit - 10%
• Reallocates expenses to appropriate funding strings - 10%
• Audits or reconciles original purchase documents with payments - 30%
• Audits or processes advanced transactions and assigns funding codes in accordance with established rules, regulations, and policies - 5%
• Creates general reporting for transactions - 5%
• Answers advanced fiscal questions and provides information based on set materials and standards to various audiences - 10%
• Reviews transaction processing internal controls and recommends policies and procedures - 5%
• Audits, monitors, organizes, and updates fiscal records, reports, and affiliated materials - 5%

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

HS Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

University of Wisconsin is seeking a Financial Specialist II to support Purchasing/Accounts Payable for the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. The role uses Workday and ERP systems (Acumatica, SHOPUW+) to process ~68,000 transactions, ensuring correct funding and policy compliance.

Training UW-Madison and WSLH staff is part of the duties. The position emphasizes strong communication, teamwork, and analytic problem solving within UW-Madison and WSLH frameworks.