Accounting Specialist - (Evanston, IL)

Position description: The Accounting Specialist provides a variety of financial & accounting support using initiative & an intermediate knowledge of applicable skills, methods & practices & chooses appropriate alternatives from among pre-defined policies & procedures to complete mainly routine work that involves standard problems & decisions. This role applies industry and professional standards, university policy and procedure, federal and state laws and other regulations. This position provides administrative &/or clerical support. Specific Responsibilities: Budget: Maintains & tracks individual budget accounts. Analysis, Statements & Reporting: Performs data entry in spreadsheets &/or databases. Completes standard, pre-defined analysis, reconciliation &/or summary reports. Transactions: Completes & maintains transactions in enterprise systems. Reviews, ensures approval, prepares, processes, reconciles & provides receipts (as appropriate) for transactions. Troubleshoots problems.