Director of Academic Budget

Responsibilities: Budget Preparation, Commitment Tracking and Planning Participate in the development of budget planning guidelines and tools to support academic budgeting. Complete and review budget templates and other documents used to submit budget requests as well as creating and maintaining processes to meet recurring submission deadlines. Participate in the development of financial reviews; collaborate with central offices to update and support the accuracy of simulations. Support the annual DPAC meeting including collecting and analyzing data, preparing reports, and coordinating the receipt and distribution of materials. Manage the DPAC meeting cycle, and calendar. Manage spreadsheets and prepare post meeting notes and decision memos, and monitor action items and commitments made, ensuring accuracy and completeness throughout. Oversees tracking of commitments in support of college, school and unit (CSU) academic activities, including dual career, retention packages, and start-up funds. Ensures accurate, centralized tracking of multi-year commitments to support institutional planning and budget forecasting. Organize requests for decision by understanding the faculty life cycle and following up conversations with actions items and decisions. Track decisions with actionable steps and communication to the relevant parties. Manages the financial relationship between CSUs and the Provost's Office, including annual program reviews and day-to-day commitment decisions. Financial Reporting Monitor academic strategic reserves and account balances, analyze variances, review reconciliation reports, and provide regular, ad hoc, and year-to-date projections and reporting for decision making, applying strong problem-solving and analytical skills to identify and resolve discrepancies. Collaborate with staff and make recommendations to leadership on opportunities to improve financial performance and optimize use of reserves. Prepare presentations and memos for senior leadership summarizing results of analyses. Prepare financial budgets and forecasts regarding graduate student support, based on historical and current usage rates, on a semesterly basis. Prepare and communicate annual TRB allocations for each college. Prepare academic graduate student salary reports by college for the Provost Office to analyze appropriate compensation for graduate students across the University. Business Operations Develop and maintain expert knowledge of academic business operations and recommend process improvements, requiring adaptability to evolving policies and problem-solving skills to identify and implement improvements. Contribute to and/or manage various special projects supporting business operations in the EVPP portfolio, applying strong project management and time management skills to plan, execute, and deliver on schedule. Oversee processing for various funding programs (e.g., Semester Credit Hour (SCH), STARS, NRTE, TRB and Graduate Fellowships).Maintain routine communications with CSUs (colleges, schools, and units), including Option III and Degree program contacts; coordinate with CSUs and reporting units providing guidance and responding to inquiries as needed. Support the annual salary adjustment process for the EVPP academic portfolio.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and eight years of experience with accounting or finance and complex administrative functions. Progressive experience with planning, forecasting, modeling, and financial analyses. Demonstrated outstanding analytical skills that allow for the interpretation of budgetary, financial, and related organizational performance or management information. Strong skills in quantitative financial and budget analyses. Experience using business intelligence tools and advanced knowledge of Excel. Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new software/tools. Demonstr