Director of Budgeting and Financial Analysis

* Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or finance;
* Minimum of seven years of professional experience in accounting or finance;
* Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
* Proficient in using Microsoft Office, most specifically Excel and Word;
* Demonstrated customer service experience.
* Ellucian
**** Banner, Workday, and/or Anaplan experience;
* An advanced degree in accounting, business management or related area;
* Experience in a university setting;
* Previous supervisory experience.
* Manage the position control process to ensure that ongoing funding is available and budgetarily linked to positions. This includes adjusting budget to include merit raises, COLA, and bonuses, approving necessary budget amendments to positions, capturing lapsed salary amounts, and maintaining budgeted positions when positions have been vacated and filled. This requires monitoring and maintaining an up-to-date position vacancy report;
* Maintain a balanced budget. This includes monitoring monthly reports, monitoring departmental budget amendments for compliance with university policy, approving departmental budget amendments, and entering permanent budget amendments during the year to ensure the budget more accurately reflects actual financial activity and trends;
* Provide leadership and customer service to campus departments to meet labor, fringe benefit, supplies and service needs of the campus. This includes providing reports and information to campus leadership, writing Budget Office memos for campus distribution, designing Adaptive Insights reports for campus use, and planning campus-wide and one-on-one budget training;
* Maintain budget records including electronic files of prior years' budgets, required reports, and various spreadsheets detailing health insurance trends, history of tuition, history of raises, tuition modeling, and formula funding;
* Support UA Little Rock's strategic planning and budget processes as assigned or in the absence of the Associate Vice Chancellor through participation on university committees;
* Assist in the development of training materials and the design and implementation of training programs for those involved in the budgeting process;
* Assist in the formulation and documentation of policies and procedures relative to the budgeting process;
* other duties as assigned.
* Ability to work as a strong team-player who demonstrates initiative and embraces projects with enthusiasm and an interest to benefit the campus community;
* Ability to work independently;
* Outstanding presentation, reporting and communication skills;
* Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow through;
* Ability to effectively provide information, explain complex concepts, and positively respond to questions from both external and internal customers;
* Ability to provide excellent customer service;
* Ability to work in a fast-moving environment; flexible and adaptable to change;
* Proven analytical and problem-solving skills;
* Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive issues or information;
* Able to manage multiple tasks and activities simultaneously;
* Knowledge of UA Little Rock and/or UA System a plus.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is committed to providing a safe campus community. We conduct background checks for applicants being considered for employment. Background checks include a criminal background check and a sex offender registry check. For certain positions, there may also be a financial (credit) background check, a Motor Vehicle Registry (MVR) check, and/or drug screening. Required checks are identified in the position listing.

A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication or adverse financial history information alone shall not disqualify an applicant in the absence of a relationship to the requirements of the position. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

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