George Washington Employment Site

Finance Assistant

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate their excel skills and knowledge through the interview process.

I. DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

Job Description Summary:	This position provides support to finance and accounting offices by supporting basic accounting functions. This position reconciles vendor accounts, communicates with managers and others working on accounting systems problems, processes incoming invoices and verifies purchase orders, reviews expense reports for approval and processing for compliance, posts to vendor accounts and processes cleared checks. This position may support the creation of monthly balance sheet schedules and may help with account reconciliation. This role performs other financial support activities, and may provide routine reports to supervisor. Performs other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.
Minimum Qualifications:	Qualified candidates will hold a high school diploma/GED plus 1.5 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant area of study. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Additional Required Licenses/Certifications/Posting Specific Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:

II. POSITION INFORMATION

Campus Location:	Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
College/School/Department:	Human Resource Management and Development (HRM&D)
Family	Finance and Business
Sub-Family	Accounting
Stream
Level
Full-Time/Part-Time:
Hours Per Week:	40
Work Schedule:	Monday-Friday
Position Designation:
Telework:	No
Required Background Check:	Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search
Special Instructions to Applicants:	Candidates will be expected to demonstrate their excel skills and knowledge through the interview process.
Position Type:
Posting Number:	T000072
Job Open Date:	04/25/2024
Job Close Date:
Open Until Filled:	No
Applicant Review Will Commence On:
Background Screening	Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.
EEO Statement:	The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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* This role is a GWTemps role. GWTemps is the internal temporary agency at GW. As a university employee, you are eligible to apply to internal university postings if you ever wanted to transition from a temporary role to a permanent role. Since this is a temporary position, this role is ineligible for university benefits, to include, annual/vacation leave, university and federal holiday pay, university closure/administrative pay, retirement benefits, healthcare insurance, etc. Do you acknowledge this information?
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* Describe your experience using Microsoft Excel.
(Open Ended Question)
* What is the hourly rate you are looking to make? Please provide a range below.
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