What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Specialist position at Indiana University Bloomington?
TREASURER'S OFFICE (UA-TREA-IUBLA)
As the central financial hub for banking and payment operations, Treasury Operations ensures critical disbursements, revenue collection, and liquidity management run efficiently and securely across the university. The team works closely with internal departments and external partners to implement modern payment solutions, manage bank relationships, and optimize interest income. Through continuous training, policy oversight, and annual Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance, Treasury Operations empowers campus units to handle financial transactions safely and effectively.
This position is within Treasury Operations in the Office of the Treasurer. The Finance Specialist is primarily responsible for initiating and verifying daily banking transactions while working with internal and external customers.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
EDUCATION
Required
WORK EXPERIENCE
Preferred
Required
Bloomington, Indiana
This position is eligible to work a hybrid schedule (mix between remote and in-person work), subject to change based on university policy and business needs.
$59,000 - $61,460.04 annually depending upon qualifications.
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
Career Level: Career
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Finance
Job Family: Capital Fin, Invest, & Treas
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
As the central financial hub for banking and payment operations, Treasury Operations ensures critical disbursements, revenue collection, and liquidity management run efficiently and securely across the university. The team works closely with internal departments and external partners to implement modern payment solutions, manage bank relationships, and optimize interest income. Through continuous training, policy oversight, and annual Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance, Treasury Operations empowers campus units to handle financial transactions safely and effectively.
This position is within Treasury Operations in the Office of the Treasurer. The Finance Specialist is primarily responsible for initiating and verifying daily banking transactions while working with internal and external customers.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Initiates and verifies daily wire transfers, ACH payments, and routine bank transactions.
- Creates and maintains dashboards to track banking and credit card merchant activities, including volumes, fees, expenses, data usage, etc.
- Manages signature delegation, including maintaining and updating the delegation log to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Completes research requests from departments, troubleshoots issues, orders supplies, and coordinates with banking partners to resolve issues.
- Reviews and validates department ACH vendor payment requests to ensure accurate routing, proper documentation, and payment security.
- Investigates returned checks, analyzes root causes, and ensures proper general ledger adjustments and account reconciliations are accurately posted.
- Maintains and updates the Daily Cash Worksheet by building complex formulas and automating calculations to ensure accurate cash visibility.
- Sends notifications to area banks to identify and address any unauthorized bank accounts.
- Troubleshoots, programs, tracks, and trains staff on banking systems and hardware.
- Performs routine independent analysis of daily cash flows, cash payments, interest charges and earnings, and other financial and cash flows metrics.
- Reconciles account statements and cash transactions; troubleshoots and corrects basic and moderately complex errors, escalating more complex errors as needed.
- Responds to employee inquiries and requests and explains fiscal policies and procedures.
- May provide organizational treasury training.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, or related field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 2 years of experience in relevant field.
Preferred
- Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) upon date of hire.
- Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) upon date of hire.
Required
- Ability to analyze and interpret financial data.
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
- Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
- Highly thorough and dependable.
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
- Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) databases.
- Experience with Power Bank Intelligence (BI).
Bloomington, Indiana
This position is eligible to work a hybrid schedule (mix between remote and in-person work), subject to change based on university policy and business needs.
$59,000 - $61,460.04 annually depending upon qualifications.
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Career Level: Career
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Finance
Job Family: Capital Fin, Invest, & Treas
Click here to learn more about Indiana University's Job Framework.
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
If you wish to include a cover letter, you may include it with your resume when uploading attachments.
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.
Request Support
Telephone: 812-856-1234
Salary : $59,000 - $61,460