Finance & Grants Coordinator

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Houston seeks a financial operations professional to coordinate unit-level financial activities in Houston. The role oversees accounts reconciliation, cash handling, and reporting for management and faculty, ensuring accurate budgeting and timely financial data.

Education or experience will be weighed, with a minimum of five years in related work. The position emphasizes compliance with university policies and collaboration with grants/contracts offices to support ongoing

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of directly job-related experience.
• Basic grammar, spelling and arithmetic skills expected.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile unit financial accounts and monitor revenues and expenditures.
• Coordinate cash handling: petty cash, gift transmittals and travel reimbursements.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports for management and faculty; assist with budget cycles.
• Maintain internal accounting system for posting and reconciliation in the Financial Reporting System (FRS).
• Oversee staff/students in preparing vouchers, requisitions, SCRs and travel documents; file financial data.
• Train staff in preparing financial documents in line with university policies.
• May coordinate payroll for the unit and oversee property inventory as custodian.
• Investigate and correct reconciliation discrepancies with reallocations and journal vouchers.
• Serve as liaison to Office of Grants and Contracts on financial issues.
• Participate in annual budget development processes.
• Perform other job-related duties as required.

Skills

Accounting

Budgeting

Payroll

Staff supervision

Financial reporting

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

FRS

Job description

The University of Houston seeks a financial operations professional to coordinate unit-level financial activities in Houston. The role oversees accounts reconciliation, cash handling, and reporting for management and faculty, ensuring accurate budgeting and timely financial data.

Education or experience will be weighed, with a minimum of five years in related work. The position emphasizes compliance with university policies and collaboration with grants/contracts offices to support ongoing