Strategic Budget & Financial Accountant

Texas A&M University; College Station (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Job summary

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in College Station, Texas, is seeking a Budget Financial Accountant to support day-to-day budgeting, transfers, and monthly accounting entries. This role collaborates with on-campus administrators and assists in annual budgeting and federal/state funding processes.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with related experience, plus strong Excel, Workday, and data analysis skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience plus an additional two (2) years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process day to day budget transfers entries as needed.
• Prepares fee-based program monthly accounting entries
• Analyze agency leave accounts and process monthly entries.
• Liaison for on-campus department business administrators for accounting and budget entries.
• Collaborate on the agencies annual budget, organizing and analyzing data from Workday, and PBA reconciling to agency worksheets.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget, to include budget allocations, year-end tasks and allocation reconciliation.
• Assist in the preparation of applications for federal appropriation/award funding.
• Review federal and state accounts for expenditures, balances, and encumbrances. Prepare closing year end account payable budget entry.
• Assist with review, reconciling and monitoring of agency accounts, including federal capacity award accounts.
• Receive and approve salary savings forms as submitted by agency departments. Reconcile and distribute salary savings funds.
• Prepares monthly FAMIS upload entries for the credit card fees and EDE service fees associated with the AgriLife Learn and Register platforms.
• Analyze financial/budget data and develop reports.
• Monitor and manage agency queue in Canopy for payroll and department correction documents.
• Assist and provide backup to Financial Analyst for County Programs with day-to-day agent tasks as needed.
• Setup and monitor cost share for agency accounts, to include federal capacity award accounts.
• Responsible for setup and closing of agency state, local, and federal accounts.
• Create, maintain, and schedule business object templates and reports.
• Reviews and prepares payroll funding shifts through costing allocations and payroll correction transactions.

Skills

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Multitasking

Verbal communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Data handling

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

FAMIS

Excel / Excel Pivot Tables

Business Objects

Workday

Job description

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in College Station, Texas, is seeking a Budget Financial Accountant to support day-to-day budgeting, transfers, and monthly accounting entries. This role collaborates with on-campus administrators and assists in annual budgeting and federal/state funding processes.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with related experience, plus strong Excel, Workday, and data analysis skills.