About Seattle Pacific University:

Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University has a long and distinguished history in Christian higher education. Located just minutes from downtown Seattle, SPU seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. Seattle Pacific University seeks applicants committed to its Christian mission.

Diversity Statement

As part of our mission of cultural engagement, SPU is committed to building an excellent and diverse staff and faculty. Diversity is an ethos that is inseparable from our Christian faith. At SPU, we recognize diversity as a basic feature of God's creation and a core theme of the gospel. At the heart of our mission-centered commitment to becoming a more diverse community is a desire to represent the breadth of God's kingdom more fully.

We strive to become a workplace of choice and to recruit, develop, and retain faculty and staff who can embrace, value, and engage differences with humility and care. We invite you to join us on our journey by starting a career at SPU! Learn more about SPU's commitment to diversity and opportunities for our employees to deepen their capacity to serve our increasingly diverse student body.

Seattle Pacific University provides reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the application or hiring process please contact the Human Resources Department at (206)281-2809, or email hr@spu.edu. Notification must be given at least five (5) working days before the accommodation is needed.

Job Description:

General Summary: The Assistant Director for University Services is responsible for financial transaction processing, reporting, reconciling, analysis and for budget models, forecasts, preparation and submission for all eight Office of University Services (OUS) units. Provides assistance to the Executive Director of University Services as required.

Job duties:

• Perform data analysis, create budget reports, forecast funding needs, and make budget recommendations to the Executive Director of University Services. Act as subject matter expert on OUS budget and finance matters. Evaluates all initial OUS unit budget requests before Executive Director submission.
• Manage Housing, Food Service and Conference Services budgeting models and prepare entries for three annual phases of the University's budgeting process (Guideline, Preliminary & Final). Build all budget working papers to document and support budget reviews and updates by OUS unit managers and Executive Director.
• Support annual or periodic review and update of Casey, Mailing, Copying, Campus Card, and Bookstore budgets.
• Prepare, review and submit time-sensitive electronic journal entries ("uploads"), payments, and fund transmittals for OUS units to meet critical month-end and fiscal year-end close schedules.
• Prepare temporary and permanent Budget Change Request entries during the fiscal year to reflect any necessary changes for all OUS units.
• Update and monitor monthly working papers and financial statements for revenue and expense transaction detail and budget variances from all OUS units, advising the Executive Director and unit managers of results warranting review and action.
• Develop and maintain financial control processes to reconcile and analyze key OUS accounts monthly. Maintain accessibility and archive electronic and paper financial document for OUS units.

Requirements:

• Associate or Bachelor degree in business or accounting.
• 3 years of progressive responsibility in bookkeeping or accounting.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook). Familiarity with business financial software.
• Familiarity with university fund accounting, a plus.

Additional Information:

Position will remain open until filled.

Salary: $68,000 annually

This is a full time position with excellent benefits. SPU pays the employee premium for medical, dental, and vision insurance. SPU makes contributions to an employee HSA account and to a retirement account after one year of eligibility in the plan. Tuition discount program available for the employee and qualified immediate family members.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter and resume along with the online application.

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