Senior Director, Budget

The Senior Director, Budget provides analytic and operational leadership across the Biological Sciences Division, collaborating with finance leadership, service delivery unit personnel, academic and administrative leaders across the BSD and the university, as well as finance and budget personnel at the Medical Center to advance both short and long term goals and priorities.

Requirements

• Leads and champions the development, implementation, and monitoring of operating budget targets within the Biological Sciences Division, driving cross-functional collaboration and ensuring alignment with University-wide budgetary priorities.
• Coordinates budget planning calendar across the Biological Sciences Division, the University, and the Medical Center, synchronizing and integrating financial planning processes and collaborating effectively to ensure deadlines and priorities are achieved.
• Manages financial administrators, providing leadership, guidance, and professional development opportunities that ensure the provision of critical analytical and budgetary support to decision-makers across units.
• Develops, interprets, and implements highly complex financial/accounting concepts and advanced techniques for financial planning and forecasting.
• Forges strong partnerships, collaborating with senior management and stakeholders across the enterprise to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare strategic recommendations regarding financial plans, operating forecasts, and other complex financial matters in support of a standard of operational excellence.
• Works closely with information technology staff to coordinate and lead improvements and transformations on enterprise-wide budgeting and financial reporting systems and tools, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of the University.
• Engages with and leverages AI tools to optimize financial work flows, analysis, and decision making.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Healthcare Benefits