Finance Business Partner at State of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE

Job description

• The work we do matters!
• Veterans Affairs - Agency 28
• Location:
• Lincoln, NE
• $22.788
• JR2026-00029482 Finance Business Partner (Open)
• Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):
• The Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs has an opportunity within our Finance Department! NDVA is seeking a dynamic individual who is driven to serve a special community and enjoys working on a team to reach common goals.
• This on-site position in our Central Office will serve as one of the points of contact both inside and outside of the agency for financial processes. Job duties include, but are not limited to monitoring of trust funds and reconciliations, coordinating agency-wide vehicle logs with a state-wide intradisciplinary team and assisting with voucher processing, auditing employee reimbursements, coordinating the employee reimbursement process for the department, and tracking payments. This position serves on a team providing reporting and functional accounting assistance to staff at our Nebraska State Veterans’ Homes, State Veterans’ Cemeteries, and State Service Office.

Responsibilities

• Monitor trust funds and reconciliations
• Coordinate agency-wide vehicle logs with a state-wide intradisciplinary team
• Assist with voucher processing
• Audit employee reimbursements
• Coordinate the employee reimbursement process for the department
• Track payments
• Provide reporting and functional accounting assistance to staff at Nebraska State Veterans’ Homes, State Veterans’ Cemeteries, and State Service Office

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications: Associate degree in public or business administration, accounting, or any discipline related to the work assigned. One year of experience in administrative, business management or technical support work including collecting and interpreting statistical, financial, program, or administrative data; or interpreting laws, rules, regulations, and processes. Experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (E1) or similar enterprise financial systems.
• Knowledge of: administration and management principles and practices; research and administrative survey techniques; the principles and practices of budgeting, accounting, and fiscal control; personnel management practices; business computer and communication systems; work planning and organizing; federal and State laws and regulations that govern the work assigned.
• Skill in: operation and maintenance of computer equipment and other office machines; using a variety of advisory and statistical data such as technical operating manuals, policies, procedures, financial and budgetary reports; prioritizing/organizing work; data analysis and problem solving.
• Ability to: communicate in person, and by telephone, computer, email, and correspondence to exchange information and ideas and to promote agency needs, plans, and objectives; interpret policies, regulations, and other guidelines; interact with managers/employees of the employing agency, other governmental and organization representatives, and the public, to gain their cooperation and establish work relationships; conduct research activities and summarize technical data and conclusions into reports; study problem areas, analyze relevant data, and formulate alternative courses of action; interpret and apply directives and instructions pertinent to assigned work; apply management practices, theories, techniques and methodologies; learn the goals, policies, and operations of the employing agency related to assigned work; prepare various budget/financial/administrative reports using computer software applications.
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Skills

Required

• Skill in prioritizing/organizing work

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.
• Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits