Business Solutions and Support Services Director

University of Arkansas System • Fayetteville, AR

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Business Solutions and Support Services Director provides leadership and management for a team that performs budgeting, accounting, and finance activities across all fund types for a variety of campus customers, including customers at the Vice Chancellor level. The Director provides business solutions and support for on-going operations, ERP (Workday) activities, policy and process updates/changes, audit coordination and response, staff development, and other duties as assigned.

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job function of this job, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field from an accredited institution of higher education
• At least five years relevant business or related work experience
• At least two years supervisory experience
• Demonstrated expert level Excel experience
• Demonstrated expert level data analysis experience
• Experience with performing core business processes (budgeting, financial analysis, management reporting, travel, accounts payable, etc.)
• Proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an accredited institution of higher education
• Master's degree in business or a related field from an accredited institution of higher education
• At least seven years accounting or finance or related business work experience
• At least five years supervisory experience
• Experience with Power BI or similar data analysis tools
• Public accounting experience
• CPA or similar professional certification
• Workday or other major ERP experience
• Experience working in higher education
• Experience implementing shared service operating models and business process optimization

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and management for a team that performs budgeting, accounting, and finance activities across all fund types for a variety of campus customers.
• Provides business solutions and support for on-going operations.
• Manages ERP (Workday) activities.
• Handles policy and process updates/changes.
• Coordinates and responds to audits.
• Oversees staff development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• University contributions to health insurance
• University contributions to dental insurance
• University contributions to life insurance
• University contributions to disability insurance
• Tuition waivers for employees and their families
• 12 official holidays
• Immediate leave accrual
• Choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager