Director of Financial Analysis and Budget Management; Finance Leader

Job Summary Department‑Specific Responsibilities

• Serves as a central leader in the College's financial operations, responsible for overseeing budget development and implementation, managing key staff, and providing strategic financial guidance to departments and senior leadership. This role ensures efficient, standardized budgeting processes, supports complex funding structures including IU Foundation resources, and fosters collaboration across the College's fiscal officer community through communication, tools and shared resources.
• Leads and continuously improves the College's budgeting system and annual budget process, including development, implementation, forecasting, and budget‑to‑actual analysis as the year progresses.
• Provides strategic financial analysis and modeling to support Deans and senior leadership, including long‑range planning, pro‑formas, and evaluation of new programs and initiatives.
• Develops, standardizes, and delivers financial reporting, KPIs and key College data to support decision‑making, presentations and institutional reporting needs.
• Directs analytical support and conducts complex and sensitive financial reviews, serving as a trusted advisor on resource allocation, commitments and departmental financial strategy.
• Supervises key staff and oversees complex funding structures, including departmental, discretionary and IU Foundation resources, while liaising with campus and university financial offices. Develops plans to meet target spend and appropriately allocate IUF resources.
• Fosters a collaborative financial community by providing training, developing tools and resources (e.g., finance website) and leading regular communication and engagement efforts across departments (e.g. CFAM meetings, Fiscal Officer meetings).

• Oversees the analysis of financial performance in university units.
• Develops short‑term and long‑term business plans, creates policies and procedures, and analyzes past financial performance.
• Supervises and trains Financial Analysts to ensure application of best‑practice techniques and efficiency of day‑to‑day operations.
• Prepares and presents financial analyses and recommendations to senior management.
• Provides expert advice on all levels of financial activity and interpretation of financial policies to Financial Analysts and senior management.
• Follows crucial economic, industrial, and corporate trends by analyzing financial reports; implements relevant data into the organization’s financial decision‑making.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.

Required:

• 4 years in finance, financial administration, accounting or a related field.

Preferred:

• 1 year of management experience in a relevant field.
• Financial experience in budget forecasting, financial analysis and accounting is necessary for success in this role.
• In‑depth knowledge of IU fiscal/administrative policies and processes, Bloomington campus and College operating practices, norms and administrative systems (KFS, IUIE and IU Foundation FEM) is strongly preferred.

Required:

• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data.
• Demonstrates analytical skills.
• Excellent interpretation of complex statistical data.
• Demonstrates written communication skills.
• Articulate and responsive to colleagues.
  
  Develops and delivers effective presentations.
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills.
• Ability to lead and manage others.
• Instills commitment to organizational goals.
• Assumes personal responsibility for actions.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Ability to work within tight time frames and meet strict deadlines.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated strength in organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills, with a strong technical understanding of business operations and processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal…