Budget Manager

Position Summary: The University Budget Manager provides leadership and financial oversight of the budget management process. This includes coordinating and planning budget activities, analyzing departmental budgets and providing monthly forecasts. This role provides technical support to University-wide budget management functions with an emphasis on achieving balanced financial operating results. This role assists the CFO in the management of and monthly reporting on the University's financial position with an emphasis on compliance with procedures and respective regulations, as well as coordinating the preparation of detailed budgets by program and department. This position also analyzes departmental budget and accounting reports in conjunction with providing overall University rolling 12-month forecasts.

Role: Reporting to the VP FBO & CFO, the Budget Manager is responsible for the management and formation of the overall University budget, while collaboratively working with all levels of faculty, staff, management, and other University personnel to facilitate individual departmental budgets during the budget processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to accomplish each of the below duties satisfactorily:

1. Manage the end-to-end budget process, acting as an interface between the Finance department and the University faculty and staff involved in budget management.
   • Reviews and monitors budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with University goals/objectives, procedures and regulations.
2. Develops, prepares and provides monthly actual vs. budget metrics and monitors for effective cost controls.
3. Leveraging off of the budgeting system (Axiom), analyze monthly departmental budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls in conjunction with providing overall University rolling 12-month forecasts to identify trends and potential financial/budgetary risks.
4. Review restricted fund balances monthly to ensure availability, use of funds for release, and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requested.
5. Work with departmental managers responsible for their respective budgets on an ongoing basis to monitor revenue and expenses in order to meet budget goals.
6. Evaluate and assist department managers with the creation of proforma/program proposals and financial requests for viability.
7. Ensuring maintenance of departments/cost centers in the accounting infrastructure to support the budget goals/objectives and monitoring of costs in accordance with the budget.
8. Monitor, by program and revenue stream, profitability including creating/maintaining a cost allocation model.
9. Assist with various external/regulatory reporting.
10. Other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 5+ years related experience in financial analysis with at least 3 years managing end-to-end budgeting process, preferably within a higher education, non-profit, or complex organizational setting.

Full Time Staff, Exempt

$90,000 - $105,000/yr

Benefits: Health, vision, dental, and life insurance. Retirement plans with employer matching.