Business Manager, Honors College - UT Chattanooga

University of Tennessee • Chattanooga, TN

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About The Position

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga invites applications for a Business Manager position supporting the Honors College. This role operates in a dynamic academic environment and serves as the primary administrator for financial management, human resources, purchasing, payroll, and office administration.
The Business Manager ensures compliance with university fiscal and personnel policies and delivers high-level financial and operational support to leadership. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining all financial, purchasing, payroll, and personnel records and for preparing detailed executive-level reports.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is in the heart of one of Tennessee’s largest and most dynamic cities. As a national model for metropolitan universities, UTC collaborates with its many regional partners to offer an experiential learning environment with outstanding teaching scholars in 128 undergraduate degree programs and 55 graduate programs—at both the master's and doctoral levels. UTC and Chattanooga—nationally recognized for its downtown redevelopment and wealth of outdoor recreation—are inextricably linked, and the University is central to the workforce and economic development efforts of the region and the state.
Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Engineering and Computer Science; Health, Education and Professional Studies; and the Honors College are home to an array of award-winning programs from Nursing to Computer Science, Entrepreneurship to Veteran Student Support. Innovation is a strategic focus, and UTC research and development in smart city technology is an industry leader. UTC is the first and only university in the country with access to a managed, commercial quantum computing network, and we are introducing an artificial intelligence initiative involving entities across campus and engaging partners throughout the region.
From our deep ties to the city of Chattanooga to our national reputation for innovation and hands-on learning, UTC stands out as a university where students thrive, faculty inspire, and partnerships create real impact.

Responsibilities

• primary administrator for financial management
• primary administrator for human resources
• primary administrator for purchasing
• primary administrator for payroll
• primary administrator for office administration
• ensures compliance with university fiscal and personnel policies
• delivers high-level financial and operational support to leadership
• creating and maintaining all financial, purchasing, payroll, and personnel records
• preparing detailed executive-level reports

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees