Budget & Admin Operations Coordinator

Opt For Healthy Living; Northern, San Diego (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off

CalPERS pension

Tuition waiver

Job summary

San Diego State University is seeking a Budget Coordinator to maintain financial and operational excellence in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. The role serves as a central contact for faculty, staff, students and campus departments on a wide range of fiscal matters.

The position combines budget coordination with administrative support, supporting startup funds, onboarding, travel, and equipment purchases needed to establish laboratories and research activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in requisitioning and purchasing supplies, services and equipment.
• Experience with standard purchasing policy and procedures and/or accounts payable.
• Demonstrated experience tracking complex expenditure budgets.
• Ability to work with diverse groups including faculty, staff, students and external partners.

Responsibilities

• SDSU Budget Support: coordinate and reconcile budgets, manage purchases and reimbursements, prepare budget summaries and reports.
• Administrative Support and Operations: coordinate events, spaces, systems, and day-to-day operations, improve workflows.
• Faculty Onboarding and Startup Fund Activities: support recruitment, onboarding, travel, startup funds, and equipment procurement for new labs and research.

Skills

Budget coordination

Purchasing & procurement

Expenditure tracking

Communication

Office operations

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Accounts payable

Job description

San Diego State University is seeking a Budget Coordinator to maintain financial and operational excellence in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. The role serves as a central contact for faculty, staff, students and campus departments on a wide range of fiscal matters.

The position combines budget coordination with administrative support, supporting startup funds, onboarding, travel, and equipment purchases needed to establish laboratories and research activities.