The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.
GENERAL SUMMARY The Director, University Finance for the University of St. Augustine (USAHS) is a key leader of the finance team, reporting to the VP Finance. This role will be responsible for managing the University's academic financial reporting and university-wide labor planning, including faculty, contributing faculty (including assistants), student worker, and staff labor planning, analysis, and reporting to enhance the University's labor productivity.
The Director will ensure robust financial oversight of all governance/compliance matters and support a comprehensive strategic financial planning business decision-making process, including presentation materials for Board of Directors meetings.
This position requires a senior level of finance proficiency and the ability to work effectively with the accounting and FP&A functions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Serves as the liaison between University President/Dean and the University Finance Department.
- Coordinates and leads the annual budget process, including input and participation by academic department heads.
- Prepares, reports, and provides interpretive budget analysis; explains budget process and resource allocation to Department and Program Directors, Dean, and University President.
- Analyzes budget trends.
- Provides guidance in planning budget strategies to maximize efficiencies and makes recommendations to solve special situations.
- Analyzes academic policy decisions to determine financial implications.
- Recommends and implements changes in financial policies and procedures; writes policies as directed by the University President/CEO/CFO.
- Acts as the academic and finance liaison to the University's accounting, accounts payable, payroll, and procurement departments.
- Coordinates with the University procurement department on purchasing of academic materials.
- Reviews and analyzes major contractual obligations of the University.
- Remains current and knowledgeable of industry standards, trends, and emerging practices.
- Prepares high-value strategic reports and develops presentations requiring a strong understanding of Campus & Departmental programs.
- Ensures university-wide workforce planning aligns with budget forecasts.
- Works with University President, Deans, Program Directors to ensure faculty planning aligns with programmatic accreditation compliance.
- Develops and modifies University academic policies impacting the budget.
- Leads forecasting processes across the academic organization.
- Provides training to department administrators on reviewing budgets and understanding finance policies.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
May perform other duties that management may deem necessary.
POSITION IN ORGANIZATION
Reports to: Vice President, Finance
Positions Supervised: Academic Financial Analyst
TECHNICAL, MANAGERIAL & PEOPLE SKILLS REQUIRED To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to develop and deliver financial presentations to an executive-level audience.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE - Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance; Master's or MBA degree preferred.
- A minimum of 10 years of overall finance experience required, with a minimum of 5 years in a supervisory role.
- Experience in higher education and academic financial planning preferred.
- Strong accounting/finance acumen and analytical skills.
- Proven success record and ability to manage deadlines and deliverables.
TRAVEL
Position will be based in Miami or San Marcos and requires up to 35% US domestic travel, including local driving and/or overnight travel to other campuses.
BUSINESS COMPETENCIES
- Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others.
- Being Resilient - Rebounding from setbacks and adversity.
- Instills Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty and integrity.
- Drives Results - Consistently achieving results under tough circumstances.
- Innovation - Creating new and better ways for the organization to succeed.
- Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships.
- Drives Engagement - Creating a motivating climate for others.
- People Leadership - Finding and developing talent.
- Analytical Thinking - Analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues.
- Organization - Strong organization skills and attention to detail.
- Computer Proficiency - Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
- Flexibility - Adapting to change positively.
- Ethics & Integrity - High degree of personal integrity.
- Execution - Ability to deliver on accountabilities.
- Dependability - Being reliable and responsible.
- Initiative - Willingness to take on responsibilities.
- Communication - Excellent written and verbal communication skills; bilingual in Spanish is a plus.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic to identify strengths and weaknesses of solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considering costs and benefits of potential actions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment, involving operation of personal computer equipment for six to eight hours daily.