Reporting to the Executive Director of the Image Permanence Institute (IPI), a preservation research center and RIT enterprise center, the Financial and Operations Assistant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of accounting transactions, providing accounting support, and excellent customer service for IPI, including: completing account reconciliations; processing journal entries; reviewing transactions to ensure compliance with University policies and procedures and all applicable regulatory requirements; accessing and distributing financial reports to IPI’s Executive Director and Director of Research; and, responding to customer inquiries regarding accounting processes. This position administers all aspects of IPI ecommerce order activity, including processing daily orders received via IPI’s online shopping cart, preparing packages for shipment, creating invoices and packing slips, following up on past-due accounts, maintaining product inventory, and running reports.