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Business Services Student Assistant

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 510895
Division/Organization: General Library
Department: Administrative Services
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $15.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Business Management, Finance, and Marketing, Department and Office Assistants

Department Overview:

 The Business Services team manages the purchasing and finances of all of the Libraries within the General Library System, including Memorial, College and Steenbock Libraries.

Anticipated Start Date:

 January 12, 2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 6 Maximum: 10

Schedule:

 This is on onsite position, working in Memorial Library. Hours will need to be worked on either Mondays through Thursdays during regular business hours when there are staff onsite to assist with questions. The number of hours and start and end times are flexible.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $15.00

Number of Positions:

 1

Qualifications:

 - Current student at UW-Madison or other academic institution.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Required
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience with entering and manipulating data in Excel spreadsheets or similar programs
- Ability to work independently to complete projects
- Dependability

Preferred:
-Experience with basic financial practices such as creating and maintaining invoices, reconciling spreadsheets, cash net reconciliations, and purchasing.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The Business Services Student Assistant will help with a broad range of financial duties, providing essential support to the rest of the team. Duties will include:
- Validating/cross checking funding strings for purchases
- Data entry into the purchasing log sheets
- Updating physical plant billing sheets
- Poster printing entry into funding validation spreadsheet
- Answering and routing emails which are received through Business Services general email account
- Assisting with cash net reconciliations
- Special projects as assigned.

Physical Demands:

Ability to work at a computer to complete work.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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