Associate Dean of Finance and Administration

POSITION OBJECTIVE

The associate dean of finance and administration serves as the chief financial and administrative officer for the School of Law, with management, advisory, and decision‑making responsibilities for the areas of finance and budget, facilities planning, construction and maintenance operations, human resources, academic centers and student journals, and information technology. The incumbent provides senior management and administrative leadership for the School of Law and serves as a key advisor to the dean and member of the dean's senior management team.

The associate dean of finance and administration also has a dotted line reporting relationship to central finance.

• Financial Planning - In consultation with the dean of the law school, develop and implement both the long and short‑range strategic plans for the School of Law taking into consideration unrestricted and restricted funds, capital requirements and the overall business plan of the School of Law. Responsible for the analysis and forecasting of the budgetary implications for enrollment planning, development, technology and other institutional strategies.
  
  Advise the dean of the law school as to the validity of the strategies individually and as a whole, and identify sources of funding for the strategies. Oversee the collection, preparation, and dissemination of this information. Develop long‑range financial planning models for the multiple programs being sponsored by the law school. Each model needs to be tailored to varying program assumptions given the function/source of the program, e.g., certificate of concentration, academic centers, JD program, LLM degrees, foreign programs, special format programming, and CLEs.
  
  Results are to be used in executive decision‑making. Identify, analyze, and outline costs and revenue effects of curricular, personnel, and technological program changes being considered by the law school. Advise on the best course of action. Develop business cases to explore new programs and funding sources. (10%)
• Budget Management – Continuous - On a continuous basis, develop and implement comprehensive budget processes and systems for the law school, providing for budgeting and cost requirements for each department and center within the school. Direct the senior manager of each department in the use of these processes and systems. Design, develop and implement the annual budget for the law school with input from the senior manager of each department adhering to the guidelines provided by the university (annual operating budget of approximately $37 million).
  
  Create the budget plan/goals based on the law school and university strategic plans. Determine and implement the reporting of the key performance indicators for the law school. Maintain the integrity and transparency of the budget planning and reporting within the law school. Formulate the assumptions for the law school's multi‑year budget and update projections on a periodic basis. Develop the capital budget and oversee the development and execution of capital plans.
  
  Ensure periodic audits are performed on all law school accounts. Serve as senior liaison to the Office of Budget and Planning. (10%)
• Budget Management – Compensation & Salary - Oversee the compilation and preparation of statistical information and salary data required for budget allocations and salary determinations. Collaborate with the dean on individual faculty salaries. Determine the level of salary increase for each staff member. Administer the compensation distribution process for the faculty, staff, and students. Process entails reviewing and analyzing distributions year‑to‑date, reconciling to the law schools budget and university allocations, and submitting changes through the correct venue, e.g., HCM, other school finance departments, etc.
  
  Direct the preparation of faculty contracts and the submission of the appropriate paperwork to the university Human Resources Office. Includes the preparation of contracts with outside schools and the monitoring of the payment process for visiting professors to and from the law school. Manage the team that administers the…