Financial Specialist - Hybrid

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Accounting & Finance

Urbana, IL, USA

Posted on Jun 30, 2026
Duties & Responsibilities Manage and support daily accounts receivable data processing activities within Banner and related integrated systems, including preparation and submission of feeder data received from multiple University payment portals. Perform monthly reconciliation, validation, and analysis of financial and transactional data related to billing, payment processing, foreign national payments, departmental payment requests, and GAR transactions. Develop, generate, and maintain Banner data downloads, reports, and supporting datasets utilized by Business Operations for reporting, reconciliation, analysis, and operational decision-making purposes. Serve as the departmental security contact for the University Bursar's Office by coordinating system access, maintaining security-related documentation, and ensuring compliance with University security procedures and protocols. Compile, validate, process, and troubleshoot financial feeder files and expense adjustments related to collection expenses and finance charge distributions for the three Universities. Provide technical and operational support during audit and review activities by responding to auditor inquiries, researching transactional issues, and preparing supporting documentation, data extracts, and analysis. Prepare, calculate, reconcile, and process the annual Allowance for Doubtful Accounts feeder activity and supporting financial data for the Universities. Serve as the backup in monitoring the Production Calendar, which schedules overnight and daily job processing for the modules within the University's integrated Banner System; coordinate scheduling and implementation of activities of University modules throughout the year. Serve as the backup for managing Returned Checks. Responsible for all organization, investigation, processing, communication, and documentation of all NSF/Returned checks for all System Office locations. Assist with Bursar-related human resources activities, such as onboarding activities, when needed.