Initiate appropriate processes for and monitor and report on all departmental budget activities.

Participate as a team member of the operations support group focusing on process improvement to improve department administrative processes and to better support the department's strategic initiatives.

Major responsibilities include:

• Provide customer service to department faculty, staff, and students for all budget-related matters, to include training on budget-related processes.
• Serve as department's contact for budget information and reimbursements to vendors and external units.
• Process all requests for department-related reimbursements relating to expenditures made with personal money according to established University polices.
• Serve as department's contact for purchasing card related questions and processing department members PSU purchasing card documentation to appropriate budgets.
• Serve as contact for wage payroll hiring. Prepare and submit bi-weekly wage payroll requests.
• Submit salary savings and supplemental salary requests for faculty.
• Monitor and report to appropriate department members concerning fiscal expenditures on all grants, unrestricted funds, and general funds.
• Report summary level budget information to the department's manger and department head.
• Interpret and share appropriate university, college, and department fiscal procedures and guidelines with all department members.
• Obtain necessary approvals for all budget activities.
• Administer department's student scholarship and other supporting funds.
• Serve as primary backup to the main office receptionist and support other office staff in carrying out special projects and department events.
• Improve budget-related processes to better meet department member's needs and increase efficiency and effectiveness of systems.