Requisition Number:
75999
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
University Staff
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
22-Nov-2026
Date Posted:
05-Nov-2026
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Job Summary
The Finance and Accounting Professional provides financial management and professional accounting support to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. This role is responsible for procurement, travel, accounting programs and all related financial processes while ensuring compliance with state fiscal rules and sponsor, campus and departmental rules and regulations. This role will also collaborate with the Grants Administrator to monitor and manage grant awards.
Key responsibilities include monthly and year-end reconciliation of all department accounts, acting as department expense approver, and implementing journal entry corrections. This position is tasked with researching, creating, implementing, and educating the unit on process improvements to streamline departmental fiscal operations. This position requires strong administrative and fiscal skills, the ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities, and familiarity with State of Colorado and University of Colorado fiscal policies. Also required are strong communication and collaboration skills.
The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has 44 tenure and teaching track faculty members, 20+ research faculty members, 8 staff members, and 85+ graduate students.
CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
EBIO's disciplinary strengths include ecology, evolution, genetics, behavior, biology education research and systematics. Our research programs have relevance for global change, conservation biology, the spread of diseases, and revealing fundamental mechanisms underlying the structural and functional adaptations of organisms.
Research Areas: Our faculty specialize in many fields of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Interested in learning more? Visit the various research interests of our faculty.
In the Field: Our faculty, students and researchers travel the world to conduct research in ecology and evolution. Learn more about their experiences and stories in our In the Field articles.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
Contract & Fund Account Management
Lead the oversight and analysis of all assigned general, auxiliary, gift and plant funds; ensure compliance with GASB principles, state fiscal rules, sponsor regulations, and University policies.
Maintain tracking documents and files for all assigned funds. Evaluate and make recommendations to the Finance and Business Operations Manager on closing and opening department speed@types.
Closely collaborate with the Graduate Program Coordinator/EBIO Staff in reviewing and administering research, fellowship, and other @types of graduate student awards from all sources, including EBIO, Grad School, other units on campus and non-university sponsors. Ensure that tuition, insurance, and fees are managed correctly according to award allowability.
Manage and evaluate faculty startup and retention accounts, ensuring they are funded and spent according to their agreement terms.
Maintain close administrative and fiscal relationship with the department and outside units, in particular the Office of Contracts and Grants, Campus Controller's Office, Procurement Service Center, Fiscal Service Center, and the Office of Information Technology.
Evaluate changing university, campus, college, and division business procedures and policies and adjust orcreate departmental processes.
Solve complex and sensitive financial challenges using professional theories, innovative solutions, and risk mitigation strategies.
Engage in process improvement in all fiscal departmental operations, including procurement. As needed, create, implement, and evaluate processes and procedures to meet the department's fiscal needs within the university system.
Reconciling, Analyzing, Reporting and Projecting
Review and provide monthly financial reports for account holders of all assigned funds. Provide actionable insights and proactively reach out for support in resolving complex situations.
Compile and evaluate information requested by the EBIO Finance and Business Operations Manager, Chair, Executive Committee, Budget Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, or others.
Analyze spending and process budget transactions for department course speed @types and other accounts as assigned.
Process expense, cash and budget transfers (Journal Entries) as needed. Gather all required documentation and maintain tracking and filing of all JE paperwork.
Maintain documentation in the appropriate locations in the departmental FileShare.
Collaborate with the Finance and Business Operations Manager in performing fiscal year end tasks.
Procurement
Serve as the Approving Official for all procurement, travel, and personal reimbursement expense reports. Provide fiscal oversight for all expenses, to ensure compliance with approved budgets, policies, procedures, rules and regulations. This includes capital equipment and high-value purchases.
Manage all Marketplace transactions and processes, including approvals, purchase orders, supply and services receiving, supplier set up, and payment vouchers.
Ensure correct account code assignments for all expenses.
Serve as the departmental approver for travel authorizations.
Create reconciliation reports for departmental FedEx shipping account.
Manage the cardholder roster, including new cardholder requests, compliance reviews, and card revocation as needed.
Administer computer purchases through the Faculty Computer Purchase Program (FCPP).
Process scope of work contracts, wire transfers, personal reimbursements, honorarium, and other procurement and financial tasks, as needed.
Assist with financial transactions, including resolving issues related to speed@types and coordinating with appropriate campus partners to ensure accuracy and compliance.
HR Support
Closely collaborate with all other staff members to ensure available budget and fiscal approval for all employee hiring on non-sponsored project speed@types.
Provide financial data support for payroll expenses transfers (PETs), as needed.
Grant Support
Closely collaborate with the Grants Administrator to ensure available budget and sponsor allowability on all sponsored project expenses submitted for approval, including travel.
Support process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and standard methodologies across procurement and reimbursement functions.
Provide procurement expertise for complex problem solving.
Administrative Support
Support project initiatives, including renovation/capital projects, that enhance departmental resources and shared documentation, ensuring accessibility, clarity, and alignment with standard methodologies.
Provide financial administrative and other support for department events, including winter and spring recognition ceremonies.
Assist with general office functions, communications and documentation, ensuring alignment with university policies and procedures.
Collaboration and Professional Development
Back up other team members.
Participate in campus initiatives or working groups, attend campus and off-campus trainings pertaining to account management and procurement, provided by PSC, CCO, senior finance managers
