Student Worker, Business Services
Texas Division of Emergency Management, Austin, TX, United States
Student Worker, Business Services
Agency: Texas Division of Emergency Management
Department: Accounts Payable and Travel
Proposed Minimum Salary: $15.00 hourly
Job Location: Austin, Texas
Job Type: Student Worker
Job Description:
The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is an emergency response entity, and this status can affect working hours, travel, and change in duties as needed. Under general direction, the Student Worker for the Business Services Division will assist with developing and maintaining a consistent and effective reconciliation and monitoring system to ensure all system interfaces function as intended. Aids in investigating and resolving errors, mis-feeds, and other interface exceptions.
Work is restricted to college students. Priorities or class schedules to be submitted on a weekly basis. Work schedule and work adjustments subject to prior approval. Work is performed at the TDEM Headquarters located in Austin, Texas.
This position is not eligible for benefits. Work hours may increase from up to 19 hours to up to 40 hours in-between semester breaks.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Learns the FAMIS accounting system to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness and to maintain the integrity of the agency's account records.
Helps enter TDEM invoices into AggieBuy and the TDEM ticketing system.
Assists with keeping up with the Accounts Payable ticketing system.
Works in SmartSheets to assist with pulling and creating reports as needed.
Assists in maintaining a consistent and effective reconciliation and monitors system to ensure all system interfaces function as intended. Aid in investigating and resolving errors.
Identifies discrepancies and reports to management in a timely manner.
Performs clerical duties, such as faxing documents, making copies, printing documents, scanning, preparing correspondence, coordinating, and scheduling meetings, scribing during meetings, retrieving mail, and messages.
Provides support and contributes to Business Services projects.
May shadow Business Services staff in different functions and roles to learn about the fundamentals of Finance.
Face-to-face and person-to-person interactions are required.
Maintains regular course of attendance during authorized work schedule.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Ability to travel (0%).
This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. Other duties may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education Current student status with an institution of higher education or future student enrollment status for the upcoming school semester.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong and effective communication skills.
Ability to multitask.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other operating systems, and devices.
Ability to understand and apply basic functions and roles of Business Services.
Ability to anticipate, identify issues, and problem solve.
Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
Agency: Texas Division of Emergency Management
Department: Accounts Payable and Travel
Proposed Minimum Salary: $15.00 hourly
Job Location: Austin, Texas
Job Type: Student Worker
Job Description:
The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is an emergency response entity, and this status can affect working hours, travel, and change in duties as needed. Under general direction, the Student Worker for the Business Services Division will assist with developing and maintaining a consistent and effective reconciliation and monitoring system to ensure all system interfaces function as intended. Aids in investigating and resolving errors, mis-feeds, and other interface exceptions.
Work is restricted to college students. Priorities or class schedules to be submitted on a weekly basis. Work schedule and work adjustments subject to prior approval. Work is performed at the TDEM Headquarters located in Austin, Texas.
This position is not eligible for benefits. Work hours may increase from up to 19 hours to up to 40 hours in-between semester breaks.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Learns the FAMIS accounting system to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness and to maintain the integrity of the agency's account records.
Helps enter TDEM invoices into AggieBuy and the TDEM ticketing system.
Assists with keeping up with the Accounts Payable ticketing system.
Works in SmartSheets to assist with pulling and creating reports as needed.
Assists in maintaining a consistent and effective reconciliation and monitors system to ensure all system interfaces function as intended. Aid in investigating and resolving errors.
Identifies discrepancies and reports to management in a timely manner.
Performs clerical duties, such as faxing documents, making copies, printing documents, scanning, preparing correspondence, coordinating, and scheduling meetings, scribing during meetings, retrieving mail, and messages.
Provides support and contributes to Business Services projects.
May shadow Business Services staff in different functions and roles to learn about the fundamentals of Finance.
Face-to-face and person-to-person interactions are required.
Maintains regular course of attendance during authorized work schedule.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Ability to travel (0%).
This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. Other duties may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education Current student status with an institution of higher education or future student enrollment status for the upcoming school semester.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong and effective communication skills.
Ability to multitask.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other operating systems, and devices.
Ability to understand and apply basic functions and roles of Business Services.
Ability to anticipate, identify issues, and problem solve.
Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.