Senior Financial Manager

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The University of Michigan School of Public Health (SPH) is seeking a Senior Financial Manager to lead financial operations, promote rigorous fiscal stewardship, and support the School's strategic priorities. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and translate complex financial and operational information into clear insights for decision-making. You will also oversee SPH's business intelligence function.

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• Strategic Financial Leadership
  • Provide financial leadership and decision support to academic departments and Dean's Office units, promoting SPH's financial health, compliance, and responsible stewardship of resources.
  • Partner with the COO to develop the annual budget, quarterly projections, scenario analyses, and five-year forecasts, and serve as liaison with the Office of Budget and Planning.
  • Advise leaders on the financial implications of strategic and operational decisions, translating complex information into clear insights and fostering transparency and accountability.
• Budgeting, Forecasting, and Reporting
  • Develop and manage comprehensive budgets, forecasts, and financial models involving multiple funding sources.
  • Integrate and analyze financial and operational data to conduct variance and trend analyses and develop reports, dashboards, and other decision-support tools.
  • Streamline, document, and automate financial processes and manage the school's accounting structures.
• Financial Operations and Internal Controls
  • Lead internal-control processes and develop procedures that ensure compliance with University policies and sound financial practices.
  • Ensure appropriate review of financial transactions and documentation, resolve complex financial and systems issues, and provide guidance to staff and unit partners.
• Team and Business Intelligence Leadership
  • Supervise and support the Business Intelligence Analyst by establishing priorities, providing coaching and feedback, evaluating performance, and supporting professional development.
  • Provide strategic direction for the business intelligence function, partnering with stakeholders to develop analytical tools and automated solutions that strengthen planning, decision-making, and operational continuity.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting in a complex organization.
• Experience developing and managing budgets and forecasts involving multiple funding sources.
• Demonstrated knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, internal controls, financial reporting, and reconciliation.
• Advanced proficiency with financial systems, spreadsheets, reporting tools, and data-analysis applications.
• Demonstrated ability to ask the right questions, determine what data are needed, evaluate data quality and assumptions, and use business intelligence tools to produce accurate, useful insights for decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, advise decision-makers, and communicate complex financial information to varied audiences.
• Demonstrated leadership through project or functional leadership, training, mentoring, process improvement, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience building productive relationships and working effectively across organizational units and levels.

• Master's degree in finance, accounting, business analytics, or a related field.
• Financial-management or analytical experience in higher education, including sponsored funding, faculty salary or effort modeling, or other complex academic financial processes.
• Experience developing dashboards, automated reports, workflows, or other…