Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration
About The Position
The Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration for the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design serves as the school's chief financial officer and a member of the Dean's senior leadership team. This role reports directly to the Dean of the School and indirectly to the University's Vice Provost for Planning. The Assistant Dean advises the Dean on financial strategy, resource allocation, organizational effectiveness, risk management, and long-range planning. This position supports the School's strategic efforts through various functions including budgeting and finance, data management and benchmarking, interpretation and implementation of University policy, procurement support, human resources, IT infrastructure, capital planning, space utilization, and enrollment planning. The Assistant Dean collaborates with the Dean in developing the annual budget for FJSAD and maintains positive working relationships with program units and the campuswide finance team. The role involves analyzing and making recommendations on budget requests and plans in accordance with state and university policy, providing accurate accounting and reporting of financial and human resources, and supporting data analytics for accreditation, program operations, and business optimization. The Assistant Dean also oversees Human Resources for FJSAD, working with the School's HR Partner on human resources strategy, and supervises one full-time financial employee. Additionally, this position has fiscal oversight of the Garvan Woodland Gardens financial affairs staff member and the School's Director of Information Technology.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field from an accredited institution of higher education
- Four years financial planning and analysis experience
- Two years of experience in a supervisory role
- Experience with written and verbal presentation of financial activity
- Experience developing, implementing and monitoring budgets
- Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty.
- Ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.
- Proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in business, accounting or a related field from an accredited institution of higher education
- Four years financial planning and operational planning and analysis experience in post-secondary higher education
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing organizational change
- Successful completion of a CPA or similar professional certificate
- Director level experience
- Experience managing financial operations, accounting, budget, and reporting functions in a post-secondary environment
- Workday or other ERP experience
Responsibilities
- Serves as the school's chief financial officer and as a member of the Dean's senior leadership team.
- Advises the Dean on financial strategy, resource allocation, organizational effectiveness, risk management, and long range planning.
- Supports the School's strategic efforts through budgeting and finance, data management and benchmarking, interpretation and implementation of the University policy, procurement support, human resources, IT infrastructure, capital planning, space utilization, enrollment planning and other activities as required to achieve the instruction, research and service mission of the School.
- Confers with and supports the Dean in developing FJSAD's annual budget, while maintaining strong, positive working relationships with the department program/program/ units and the campuswide finance team.
- Analyzes and makes recommendations on budget requests and plans with respect to state and university policy.
- Provides an accurate accounting and reporting of the deployment and maintenance of the School's financial and human resources.
- Supports the data analytics efforts of the School for its accreditation, program and operations, and business optimization measures.
- Oversees the management of Human Resources for FJSAD.
- Works with the School's HR Partner (as a dotted line report) with planning and executing a comprehensive human resources strategy.
- Supervises one full-time financial employee.
- Has fiscal oversight of the Garvan Woodland Gardens financial affairs staff member, and the School's Director of Information Technology (who also has a dotted line report to University Information Technology Services).
Benefits
- university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance
- tuition waivers for employees and their families
- 12 official holidays
- immediate leave accrual
- a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
