Finance & Administration Coordinator

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Community College seeks an experienced administrator to provide comprehensive support, assist with accounting analysis, and manage department operations. The role requires reviewing programs for compliance, budgeting duties, meeting coordination, and financial documentation preparation.

Responsibilities include customer service, travel coordination, and cross-department liaison to ensure efficient operations and adherence to college policies across the department.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related areas*.
• Three (3) years’ experience in accounting/finance support or related area.

Responsibilities

• Provides highly skilled assistance to the department; work may involve reviewing applications or other information to determine program eligibility or compliance with Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, policies, procedures, standards, and requirements; and assisting with coordinating special project operations
• Manages an assigned budget; work may involve monitoring and authorizing program expenditures, and making and implementing recommendations related to budget processes and procedures
• Plans, schedules, and coordinates meetings; work may involve reserving rooms and other spaces; contacting and sending out notifications to appropriate personnel, vendors, and other agencies; maintaining calendars; monitoring staff operations; transcribing and sending out minutes; preparing meeting agendas; and administering contracts
• Prepares, edits, formats, reconciles, maintains, and/or submits financial documentation, analytical and statistical reports, financial reports, communications materials, records, letters, files, policy and personnel documents, and other documentation; work may include compiling and analyzing information, and making and implementing related recommendations
• Performs customer service duties to include providing general and specific information to employees and vendors via phone, email, or in person
• Coordinates district-wide business travel for the department. This consists of arranging/booking airfare, hotel, registrations, car rentals, and other travel logistics
• Coordinates with internal and external personnel, departments, and agencies to communicate information, serve as liaison, represent the department/College, and facilitate departmental operations
• Performs office management duties to include maintaining inventory; ordering supplies; and sorting and distributing mail
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Budget management

Financial reporting

Customer service

Administrative support

Data analysis

Accounting software

Education

Associate degree in Accounting

Business administration degree

Tools

Excel

QuickBooks

Sage Intacct

Job description

Metropolitan Community College seeks an experienced administrator to provide comprehensive support, assist with accounting analysis, and manage department operations. The role requires reviewing programs for compliance, budgeting duties, meeting coordination, and financial documentation preparation.

Responsibilities include customer service, travel coordination, and cross-department liaison to ensure efficient operations and adherence to college policies across the department.