ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING
Req #: 238502
Department: SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
Job Location: Seattle Campus
Job Location Detail: Telework/Hybrid work available
Posting Date: 10/01/2024
Closing Info: Open Until Filled
Shift: First Shift
Benefits: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website.
POSITION PURPOSE
The Associate Director independently analyzes, administers and manages SSW core, self-sustaining and gift funds to ensure the integrity of use along with the responsibility to ensure that fund uses and projections will be revenue neutral for each fiscal year per University of Washington fiscal policies. Fund analytics support for this will assist in setting strategic directions and goal setting for the School of Social Work for sustainability for the near and long term.
POSITION COMPLEXITIES
The Associate Director, in partnership with the Assistant Dean of Finance & Administration has primary responsibility for oversight in the maintenance of the UW’s signature enterprise wide financial system, Workday. This is inclusive of relevant worktags for use to provisioning UW staff in the access of key systems to perform one’s role. The position will be a lead mentor to Fiscal Specialists, Budget/Fiscal Analysts, Budget/Fiscal Analyst Leads across the SSW in administrative fiscal policies and procedures.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Financial Data Analysis & Reporting
Provide high level of operational expertise through analysis and interpretation of data gathered for decision support. - Support the Assistant Dean with information to support data driven decisions to achieve strategic goals.
- Develop and provide comprehensive financial, statistical, and business analyses, business and financial forecasting, and financial modeling, using a broad range of tools and technologies.
- Develop analysis to support school wide funding model changes.
- Design and build complex queries, data flows, and data visualization, design reports, design charts and graphs, write summaries of results and proactively write and maintain documentation of protocols for data access reporting analysis.
- Clean and normalize data required for all internal and external reporting requirements.
- Develop and support standardized and customizable financial reports for all sources of funds, budget revisions, commitment tracking, state line budget reviews, distributions of scholarship and endowment funds.
- Working closely with Assistant Dean, through the utilization of enrollment data, manage the forecasting and revenue cycle for the various state-line programs including the School’s BASW, MSW and PhD programs and their related instructional costs.
- Refine models for predicting the impact of changes to enrollment patterns.
- Provide project management and analytic support for the Assistant Dean of Finance & Administration as requested.
- Respond to ad hoc data requests by SSW leadership.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, or a related field.
- Four to five years of experience.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Business or Accounting) and four to five years of experience working in a University financial setting (or equivalent combination of education and experience with an emphasis on budget, operational, and fiscal management).
- Must be skilled in creating and using complex MS Excel spreadsheets, using MS Access queries and reports, and other information systems for financial management.
- Demonstrated knowledge or ability to learn quickly the major UW systems including EDW, Workday, systems.
- Ability to accurately analyze complex financial and accounting data and communicate clearly to faculty and staff.
- Must possess an understanding of complex business practices that include UW state budget process, self-sustaining entities, and UW fiscal management.
- Must communicate well both orally and in writing and be able to understand both the details and the bigger picture.
- Must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and leadership, work independently and creatively, be a self-starter, team player, and a positive member of the School.
- Must have a management style that emphasizes teamwork, communication, collegiality, flexibility, trust, patience, and accountability.
- Ability to work effectively with staff, faculty, students, other units on campus and the general public.
- Must be excited to work in a diverse, dynamic, challenging environment and be invigorated by innovation.
Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.
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