Director of FP&A and Finance Business Partners

Brown University•Searchlight, NV

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The hybrid-eligible Director leads a team of Finance Business Partners who support approximately half of the University's distributed departments and units to provide strategic, analytical, and relationship-driven budget and financial planning services. Together, the team delivers strategic and quantitative analysis on a wide range of financial strategy, planning, and policy issues, including objective analyses of unit financial performance and development of an in-depth understanding of its financial structure. This work includes managing financial deliverables, including the development and submission of sustainable unit budgets, forecasts, multi-year financial plans, financial reporting, and related deliverables. The Office of Financial Strategy and Planning (OFSP) is seeking a skilled Director of FP&A and Finance Business Partners. This position will be filled as a Grade 13 or Grade 12, depending on the finalist's depth of qualifications, technical expertise, and relevant experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 7 years of related experience (for Grade 12)
Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 10 years of related experience (for Grade 13)
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong technical skills, including data base management and spreadsheets

Nice To Haves

Management experience preferred
Experience with Workday and Adaptive Planning preferred

Responsibilities

Lead a team of Finance Business Partners who support approximately half of the University's distributed departments and units to provide strategic, analytical, and relationship-driven budget and financial planning services
Support the University’s central financial planning and management, including contributing to the development, communication, and management of the University's annual budget, forecast, and other financial planning processes
Lead special projects across a wide range of financial and strategic initiatives both within the Finance Business Partner’s portfolio and University-wide
Provide strategic leadership and oversight of a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional growth through coaching, mentoring, workforce planning, and succession development.
Provide leadership determining the direction of the team’s priorities.
Support the creation and implementation of OFSP goals, strategies and priorities.
Responsible for management decisions, hiring, promoting and other.
Recruit new analysts as needed to strengthen and grow the team, as applicable.
Promote an inclusive, diverse, and innovative work environment.
Partner with other groups across the Finance Division, including the Controller’s Office, Treasury and Insurance, Gifts and Endowments, and Financial Services teams, to build a University-wide understanding of financial management issues that inform planning, reporting, and analysis.