Scholarship Oversight and Enrollment Finance Manager - 531027

The University of Alabama • Tuscaloosa, AL

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Scholarship Oversight and Enrollment Finance Manager provides advanced scholarship oversight, fund utilization monitoring, operational budget support, financial reporting, and financial data management for Enrollment Management. The role assists with developing and implementing processes for endowed scholarship oversight, including coordinating reconciliations, establishing data reporting standards, reviewing fund utilization, supporting spending plans, and supporting the scholarship awarding system.

The position supports budget operations for Enrollment Management and the Capstone Center for Student Success by conducting detailed reviews, tracking key financial activity, improving reporting structures, and preparing analyses that support strategic decision-making by the Executive Director and senior leadership. The position is eligible for hybrid work subject to University policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and four years of scholarship and/or financial experience, or a master's degree and two years of scholarship and/or financial experience.
• Strong budgetary, supervisory, and communication skills.
• Ability to perform complex financial analyses, including scholarship budgeting.
• Ability to develop reports, review data across systems, identify discrepancies, and translate information into actionable recommendations.
• Final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation, including review of information obtained from social media and other internet sources.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a complex R1 university.
• Experience with financial aid and scholarship analysis.
• Familiarity with donor-funded scholarship programs.
• Experience with scholarship administration, restricted or donor-funded resources, higher education budgeting, reconciliation coordination, reporting, data management, or complex fund oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide scholarship oversight and monitor fund utilization.
• Support Enrollment Management with operational budget activities, financial reporting, and financial data management.
• Assist in developing and implementing endowed scholarship oversight processes.
• Coordinate reconciliations and establish data reporting standards.
• Review fund utilization and support spending plans.
• Support the scholarship awarding system.
• Support budget operations for Enrollment Management and the Capstone Center for Student Success.
• Review financial activity in detail and track key financial activity.
• Improve reporting structures and prepare analyses to support strategic decisions by the Executive Director and senior leadership.

What This Job Offers

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