Business Assistant II

Business Assistant II

The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services is seeking a motivated, detail-oriented individual to join our business services team as a Business Assistant II. The position plays a key role in supporting college departments through a variety of functions, including travel transaction processing, purchasing, and general department support. While part of the larger business services team, this position will work closely with another Business Assistant to provide coordinated support and ensure consistency in department operations. This role will be 30 hours per week. This position is eligible for excellent benefits including : 13 paid holidays, 12 days of paid leave and 12 days of sick leave per year, 50% tuition reduction for employee and spouse, competitive health benefits packages and a generous contribution into your retirement.

Responsibilities :

• Provides travel transaction support
• Prepares and processes travel transactions for designated support departments
• Acts as one of the college-level subject matter experts in travel, sharing responsibility for supporting and providing backup to other travel specialists and initiators
• Prepares all Travel Authorizations (TAs) and Travel Reimbursements (TRs) in the university's approved travel system in accordance with USU and department / college policies
• Maintains timely and accurate travel logs and departmental travel budget tracking tools
• Generates travel reports upon request
• Provides purchasing and p-card support
• Coordinates purchasing requests from faculty and staff, including honorariums, professional services, research participant payments, reimbursements, sole source purchases, contractual services, and other approved transactions
• Processes purchases in a timely manner and communicates status updates to requestors
• Collects, reviews, and uploads receipts for other p-card cardholders and delegates
• Provides inventory and equipment management
• Responsible for the inventory and non-capital inventory for designated support departments
• Enters and updates...

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