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Business Operations Specialist

Campus: Tempe, US💼 Full-time💰 $51,500–$51,500🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Provides administrative and financial support to advance world-class research in meteorites and solar system processes.

Role type

Administrative Operations Specialist

Builds

Administrative and financial operations for a research unit

Domain

Higher Education / Earth and Space Sciences

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

budgeting, accounting, payroll processing, financial reporting, event coordination, time administration, hiring coordination, travel logistics, policy interpretation, data analysis

Preferred skills

higher education financial services experience, judgment and decision making, independent work, verbal and written communication, organization and prioritization, knowledge of automated accounting systems, financial controls, purchasing best practices, PC based software (Excel, Word, Outlook), university systems (Workday, Concur, AdobeSign)

Technologies

Excel, Word, Outlook, Workday, Concur, AdobeSign

Responsibilities

Monitor account expenditures and reconcile detailed budgets; process travel reimbursements and purchasing documents; prepare and analyze financial reports; perform payroll and P Card reconciliations; prepare budget proposals and control expenditures; facilitate events and coordinate logistics; manage time recording for HR staff; assist with student researcher hiring and visiting investigators; arrange meetings and travel for the Director; maintain liaison with students, faculty, staff, and external agencies

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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