Senior Associate, Business Services

Title: Senior Associate, Business Services

Employee Classification: 52 Wks Unit

Department: Workforce Solutions

Salary Range: 39,750

**Internal Classified Unit Employees who apply in the first 5 working days from publish date will be given due consideration. External applicants will only be considered after all qualified internal candidates have been deemed unsuccessful**

Who we are:

We are not-for-profit: St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students, expanding minds, and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.

We are a respected employer: For 60 years, STLCC has served the St. Louis community, expanding to 4 main campuses, 2 education centers, 2 workforce training centers, and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.

We make an impact in the community: Through credit courses, continuing education, and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 69,000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri's four-year colleges/universities than anyone else.

We value Diversity, equity & inclusion: STLCC is committed to fostering an atmosphere of appreciation for all people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or class.

What you get:

Benefits package [for full-time employees]: STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement, two health insurance plans options that are no cost to the employee - including an HSA option, low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit, and other low-cost benefits including dental, vision, AD&D, ST LT disability insurance.

Opportunity to grow: Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years, exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.

Education & training opportunities: STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees [full-time and part-time] + their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service, and an annual professional development allotment.

Work/life balance: Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package, including holidays, vacation, personal days, medical leave, and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.

Commitment to wellness: STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors, employees are educated, motivated, and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.

The basics of this position:

The Senior Associate, Business Services performs duties necessary to provide an effective operation of Campus or Workforce and Community Development (WCD) business office, serving as a resource person for new employee benefit orientations and providing quality customer service to college employees and/or students.

What you'll do:

• Assists in providing purchasing services, including processing requisitions, issuing, reviewing, completing, and maintaining purchase orders and affiliated paperwork/records
• Reviews supporting documentation, mathematical correctness, and completeness of personnel assignments and payroll documents, resolving payroll-related problems
• Serves as campus/WCD resource person for new employee benefits orientations, Help Desk, accounting system, and Human Resources, responding to questions and distributing appropriate personnel/payroll forms
• Reviews employee reimbursement requests for policy compliance, budget availability, supporting documentation, and mathematical calculations, processing and reconciling local and non local travel reports
• May assist in the Cashier's office, telephone operator's office, and mailroom as needed
• May perform basic accounting system training in Finance, Purchasing, and Human Resources, providing support as needed
• Additional duties as assigned

Education, experience, and other requirements:

* High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of two (2) years of full-time related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

* Preferred: Associate degree in a related field with a minimum of two (2) years of relevant full-time
experience