Manager of Finance and Business Operations; ALC)

The Asian Languages and Civilizations Department at CU Boulder invites applications for a Manager of Finance and Operations
. This position reports directly to the Chair/Director. In this capacity, the position will provide high-level budgetary, financial, policy, and administrative support to the Director. This position is primarily responsible for oversight and policy related to department operations, including finance and human resources. This position engages in long-term strategic projects and planning in consultation with the Chair and Associate Chairs in addition to supervising business office staff.

This position will apply knowledge and interpret principles, rules, regulations, policies, precedents, and other guidelines specific to the College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the State of Colorado in order to analyze needs, resolve problems, answer questions, and provide information. This position will advise on technical issues and ensure timely and effective delivery of department, college, and university services to faculty, staff, and student employees.

Further, the person in this position must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and have the ability to successfully manage multiple self-directed projects that may, at times, have contending priorities. Thus, the individual in this position must have a strong administrative background and excellent skills in business administration, fiscal and personnel management.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations, founded in 1982, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chinese and Japanese, four minor programs, two certificate programs, as well as language, literature, and culture courses in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hindi/Urdu, Japanese, and Korean. Students receive a thorough grounding in the modern language, an introduction to the classical language and literature, and a broad familiarity with the literary and cultural history of their selected area.

Students interested in Chinese or Japanese are encouraged to broaden their academic horizon through a double major, combining either language with another field of interest. Likewise, students in all Asian Languages and Civilizations programs as well as programs outside the department can pursue one of the department's minors or certificates as a way of broadening their career options. Recent graduates have found positions in such fields as government service, international business, and secondary-school teaching;

others have gone on to graduate study in Chinese or Japanese.

• Serve as the administrative manager responsible for, but not limited to, organizing and implementing new faculty orientation, faculty recruitment, faculty promotion, reappointment, tenure, and faculty merit.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for new faculty with respect to university and departmental policies; general payroll questions; in-house travel and research grants; travel authorization and reimbursement; start-up funds; research accounts; faculty computer purchase program; and office space.
• Schedule meetings and compile information for departmental Salary Committee for annual merit evaluation of faculty.
• Oversee and coordinate academic appointments, re-appointments, promotions, tenure, retention activities, and grievance procedures for department faculty.
• Compile and organize information for faculty and senior instructor reappointment, tenure, and promotion.
• Keep current records of faculty eligibility for sabbatical, reappointment, tenure, and post-tenure review.
• Maintain and disseminate current and accurate version of departmental faculty rules.
• Conduct faculty elections for reappointment/tenure promotion; hiring; administrative positions; committee positions; and departmental faculty rule changes. Assure that all eligible faculty members are informed of balloting procedures and deadlines. Assure security and secrecy of the balloting process as appropriate.
• Monitor faculty progress on submitting Faculty Report of Professional…