Finance and administration specialist
Pubblicato il 25-10-2026 - Praxi spa - filiale di Roma Tiburtina - filiale di Roma Tiburtina in Emilia-Romagna
Luogo di lavoro: Bologna
Main activities
Key Responsibilities
Finance & Business Operations
- Support budgeting, expenditure monitoring, cost allocation, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Manage invoices, payments, reimbursements, travel expenses, and other financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and resolving discrepancies.
- Support procurement, vendor management, contracts, approvals, and the financial administration of institutional events and activities.
- Provide administrative and financial support across Business Office functions, ensuring accurate documentation and compliance with University procedures.
Research, Grants & Project Support
- Support the financial and administrative management of grants, research projects, and externally funded activities, including budgeting, expenditure tracking, procurement, and reporting.
- Coordinate project-related activities and appointments with faculty and relevant HR, payroll, legal, and University offices.
Systems, Process Improvement & AI
- Use Excel, Workday, and other University systems for financial analysis, reporting, and administrative decision-making.
- Leverage generative AI and prompt-engineering skills to support data analysis, documentation, and operational efficiency.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, automate repetitive tasks, and improve workflows, contributing to special projects and evolving University systems and requirements.
Requirements
Must have:
- Several years of relevant professional experience in finance administration, business operations, accounting support, project administration or a comparable environment.
- Strong numerical skills and a practical understanding of budgets, financial reporting, administrative controls, and business processes, with the ability to apply them in varied operational contexts.
- Excellent accuracy, attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines without losing sight of the broader objective.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build constructive working relationships with a wide range of constituencies, including students, faculty, senior administrators, colleagues, and external vendors.
- Professional fluency in both Italian and English.
- Strong working knowledge of Excel and Microsoft 365, together with the ability to learn Workday and other University financial and administrative systems quickly.
- Demonstrated practical competence with generative AI tools, including prompt design, document generation, information synthesis, data or financial analysis, and process improvement.
Nice to have:
- Experience in academic, international or multicultural environments.
- Familiarity with SAP, Concur or similar financial systems is considered an advantage but is not essential.
- Intellectual curiosity about AI and emerging technologies, with the initiative to test new tools and identify useful applications for day-to-day administrative work.
Benefits
- Dynamic international environment.
- Opportunity to contribute to the financial and administrative operations of a prestigious academic institution.
- Professional growth within a global and renowned academic institution.
Compensation Package
Compensation aligned with Italian labor law and market standards, commensurate with experience and qualifications, approximately €40,000-€45,000 gross annually.
This is a full-time in-person role based in Bologna.
Workplace Bologna Company
Our client is a distinguished American Graduate Academic Institution, located in Bologna, that serves as the European campus of a renowned school dedicated to advanced international studies.