Budget Manager - Suffolk University

Reporting to the University Budget Director this position is responsible for providing high-level support to the Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer and the AVP of Financial Planning in budget development and complex financial analysis in support of University mission and goals. As a member of the Budget Office team, this position manages the annual operating and capital fiscal year budget process.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as the primary contact for the department on all budget related matters
• Manage the annual operating and capital budget process from the initial rate setting meetings to the final budget submission.
• Provides consultative budget support and advice to assigned portfolio of academic/non-academic units. Evaluates compensation and non-compensation budgets and requests, including strategic initiatives and other programmatic analyses. Understands stakeholder priorities and opportunities as well as alignment with University-wide goals.
• Monitors budget to actual results throughout the year to ensure activity remains within budget. Assists with compiling year-end projections and creating budget reforecasts on an ongoing basis, partnering with units across the university to explain variances to budget.
• Analyzes and communicates developing budget trends and deficits on a timely basis to departments and keeps senior management apprised of significant budget trends, deficits, and surpluses.
• Working with the Budget Office team and the Controller's Office to support and assist with the preparation of internal management financial reporting presentation(s).
• Responsible for the development of the student charges revenue budget and forecast annually (including scholarship aid). Utilizes financial modeling based on predictive enrollment analytics to inform the multi-year long-range financial plan student charge revenue assumptions.
• Provides high-level long and short-term planning financial analysis support for senior management by performing complex financial and scenario analysis and modeling and analyzes trends in financial data. Provides recommendations on stewardship of University resources as well as resource reallocations and optimization.
• Prepares materials for the Administration and Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees as well as for the University Budget Director, and the Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Special projects as assigned.
• Develops ways to measure programmatic performance of all divisions/departments as well as consolidated divisions/departments/schools with the use of analytical financial tools
• Recommends and implements changes to existing tools (e.g. Adaptive, long-range financial planning model) to improve analysis, forecasting, modeling & reporting and ultimate quality of financial information & analyses provided to management for planning, evaluating, controlling operations and allocating resources
• Builds, maintains, and updates predictive financial models (e.g. financial aid and tuition revenue multi-year trajectory) that support strategic financial planning initiatives and analysis that supports data-driven decision making
• Build, maintain and develop executive reporting dashboards
• Model proposed financial planning scenarios for initiatives intended to further the University mission and goals, including but not limited to, scholarship aid awarding, student charges, and programmatic reviews.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with seven plus years of relevant experience required; advanced appropriate degree with five+ years of relevant experience in an academic setting with a strong understanding of academic operations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must be committed to providing the highest level of customer service and responsiveness.
• Must maintain the highest level of confidentiality and sensitivity
• Demonstrated experience working in a high volume, deadline oriented customer focused environment
• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Must be creative and proactive
• Must have ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and successfully control difficult situations
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
• Workday operating system: Financials, Human Capital Management, and Adaptive experience strongly preferred
• A hybrid schedule is available for this position.

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