TID is the foremost digital team among American transit agencies and this position is an opportunity to help to grow and spread this successful organizational model. 

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• The finance clerk supports the work of the department through procurement, transaction entry, invoice processing, record keeping, and timekeeping under the direction of the finance and administrative program managers.
• Coordinate the preparation of requisitions, track purchase orders.
• Review purchase requests for accuracy and available funding and process them in a timely fashion.
• Review, reconcile, and submit for payment all monthly contractor invoices and supporting documentation
• Effectively communicate progress, issues, and resolution, verbally and in writing, to management regarding budget issues and policies
• Respond to inquiries from vendors or staff in a courteous, timely, and professional manner
• Perform other projects on an as needed basis

Work experience guidelines:

• Although we're mostly interested in your ability to do the work, here are some guidelines on the capabilities and experience we think might be most suited for this role. Please keep in mind that the experience guidelines are advisory, and not required.
• Effective organizational, time management, interpersonal and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent customer service skills, with a proven ability to build trusted relationships with clients, internal business customers, or external customers (e.g., riders).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to influence people at all levels of the organization, both vertically and horizontally, as well as outside the organization 
• A realistic sense of urgency grounded in data and long-term sustainable practices Experience using modern collaboration technologies for task management (we use Asana), document collaboration (we use Office 365), whiteboarding (we use Miro), and team chat (we use Slack and Microsoft Teams).

Preferred skills:

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite with emphasis on Excel
• Effective organizational, analytical, quantitative, and time management skills
• Meticulous attention to detail with emphasis on accuracy and quality
• Excellent customer service and conflict resolution skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work within a team environment and build strong working relationships
• A knack for knowing when to speed things up vs. slow things down
• Adhere to rules, regulations, collective bargaining agreements (if applicable) and policies of the MBTA, including the EEO, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, and anti-retaliation policies.

Minimum education:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

Location:This role is hybrid. While many activities can be accomplished remotely, we are expecting this person to be local to the Boston area in order to come in person as needed.

As a contracted role for the MBTA, we are unable to hire candidates who would perform their work in California, Connecticut, Washington DC, Hawaii, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico.At this time, we are only able to hire US residents who will reside in the US for the duration of their employment

Compensation:Pay rate range is $35 - $45 per hour (W-2), up to 1880 hours per year.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $35.00 - $45.00 per hour

Ability to Relocate:

• Boston, MA 02116: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Boston, MA 02116