The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS) is seeking an individual with experience in general accounting, financial management, and administrative support. The Financial Specialist II works closely with the Chair of the Department and the Department Administrator as a key member of the GWS Operations Team, allowing for the opportunity for both collaborative and independent work. Team duties include general purchasing, organizational and administrative support for GWS. This position requires a high level of attention to detail and accuracy, and serves as a primary resource relating to reimbursements, payments, and purchasing; with duties including purchasing card management, preparing and processing e-reimbursements, completing direct payments and payment-to-individuals, preparing external requisitions, using Shop@UW+, and working within the Shared Financial System, applying knowledge of UW Madison and Letters and Science policies and procedures to requests.
This position offers a hybrid option if applicants are interested in partial remote work. GWS is committed to examining the structures of inequality and the movements for social change, especially attuned to the intersections of gender with other dimensions of difference and inequality such as race, class, sexuality, religion, disability, and national origin. Our department seeks candidates with an awareness of and commitment to principles of social justice and anti-racism. Applications from Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals, LGBTQ+ and non-binary identities, women, persons with disabilities, military service members and veterans are strongly encouraged.
Applications for this position close on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 11:55pm CST.
To learn more, or to apply, see the listing posted here.