The Finance Director serves a dual role in planning and directing the financial goals and work plans for the Dean’s Office and the Dental Center while also serving as the control point for the School’s annual resource allocation planning and budget process. In collaboration with Associate Dean for Administration and Finance, and with the support of two finance analysts, the Finance Director sets the annual budgets for the Dean’s Office units, ensuring that plans are consistent with the School’s Strategic Plan.
The Finance Director develops the long-range and short-range financial performance goals for the Dental Center. The Director identifies the financial impact of proposed activities and develop or direct analysis to support decision making. The Director identifies opportunities for financial management and reporting standardization across the 17 specialty clinics, including uniform account coding, standardized reporting, and establishment of shared performance standards. The Director oversees the budgets for all clinical units and ensures that financial plans are consistent with the School’s Strategic Plan. The Director monitors overall financial performance of the clinical units within the Dental Center, supervising variance analysis of actual v. budgeted financial activity.
The Finance Director also manages, prepares, administers, and directs control of the School’s budget / organizational resources by creating or refining models for allocating core resources to the School’s five Departments. The Finance Director plans and directs the School’s annual budget process and throughout the year monitors financial performance to ensure department adherence to their approved budget. The Finance Director serves as a critical resource for both Department Managers and School-wide finance staff, organizing and advancing efforts to provide information to staff on upcoming changes
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- Professional certification
- MBA, CPA or graduate degree in related field
- Familiarity with campus and university systems, campus internal audit rules and regulations and campus expenditure rules and regulations
- Familiarity with campus and university systems, federal and staff funding agency requirements, campus internal audit rules and regulations, the campus business and finance bulletin, school and department clinical compensation plan, clinical practice rules and regulations, campus expenditure rules and regulations.
- B.A or B.S in Business, Accounting, or Finance and/or equivalent education/experience
- 10+ years of progressively responsible financial management experience
- At least 7-10 years of progressively responsible financial management experience, or equivalent experience, encompassing financial management, strategic planning and organizational development, clinical practice management, and human resources management.
- At least 2-4 years of experience hiring and managing high performing employees
- Extensive knowledge of financial policies, practices, and systems; budgeting and reporting techniques; fund accounting; human resource planning; accounting and bookkeeping
- Strong ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively across the organization at all levels; ability to interact with diverse populations
- Client services oriented; good listening, critical thinking and analytical skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to evaluate processes to establish and maintain appropriate accountability structures and strong internal control elements
- Demonstrated, exceptional planning, problem solving and decision-making skills; demonstrated ability to effectively persuade and negotiate results in complex situations
- Expert in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Peoplesoft, Hyperion Planning
- Excellent analytical skills, including a demonstrated understanding of the concepts of internal controls and the methods of evaluating internal control systems
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting policies and procedures
- Ability to evaluate processes to establish and maintain appropriate accountability structures and strong internal control elements
- Independent and critical thinking paired with strong skills in team work and use of judgement in determining priorities and what decisions need to be moved to a higher level
