Financial Systems Application Manager

Requisition Number: 71959
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: University Staff
Schedule: Full Time
Posting Close Date: 18-May-2026

The Campus Controller's Office at CU Boulder welcomes applications for the Financial Systems Application Manager. The office of Budget & Fiscal Planning resides within the department of Business, Finance, and Infrastructure and serves as the steward of university resources and as a trusted advisor for Senior Vice Chancellor (SVC) for Finance and Business, Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget & Finance, and colleges, schools and units across the university.

This role focuses on developing, maintaining, and supporting campus financial and administrative system applications, ensuring security, compliance, and alignment with institutional finance, reporting, and audit objectives.

The Office maintains fiscal responsibility through accurate financial accounting and reporting, and provides oversight, assistance, and training in financial stewardship for the campus.

• Lead and contribute to the development and support of enterprise financial tools, integrating PHP-based web applications, enterprise platforms via APIs and connectors, and Microsoft Power BI reporting.
• Maintain hands‑on expertise to develop, troubleshoot, and remediate application issues, especially complex or time‑sensitive needs.
• Ensure applications are ready, including environment configuration, error handling, logging, monitoring, backup and restore procedures, and operational documentation.
• Apply secure development practices: role‑based access control, audit logging, and protection against XSS, CSRF, SQL injection.
• Design, review, and optimize SQL queries, indexes, and batch processes for reporting, integrations, and data pipelines.
• Support enterprise integrations and APIs, including implementation and maintenance of single sign‑on solutions (e.g., SAML, OAuth2).

• Operate under the direction and delegated authority of the Director of Financial Reporting and Systems.
• Set application‑level priorities, sequencing, and agree with audit timelines and resource constraints.
• Make technical and operational decisions related to design, security controls, deployment readiness, and supportability.
• Approve routine enhancements, remediation work, and technical approaches, including decisions related to refactoring, stabilization, or temporary risk mitigation.
• Direct and hold staff accountable for deliverables, timelines, documentation, and adherence to enterprise standards.
• Partner closely with the Director on strategy, roadmaps, resource allocation, audit responses, and remediation prioritization.

• Supervise staff responsible for application development, maintenance, and support.
• Assign, prioritize, and review staff deliverables to ensure accuracy, security, and performance.
• Conduct or approve code reviews, technical designs, and deployment plans; step in when higher‑level technical intervention is required.
• Establish documentation, testing, change‑management, and operational readiness expectations.
• Mentor staff in secure coding, SQL performance optimization, enterprise integrations, accessibility, and long‑term sustainability.
• Support performance management through measurable expectations and technical coaching.

• Contribute to the definition of application strategy, technical roadmaps, and sequencing of work across fiscal years, audit cycles, and enterprise initiatives.
• Balance modernization, stability, security, and resource constraints in alignment with director guidance.
• Evaluate technical trade‑offs among debt, security risk, performance, and delivery timelines, documenting rationale and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure application direction aligns with institutional finance priorities, enterprise IT standards, and compliance requirements.
• Provide technical analysis and input regarding resourcing needs, risk exposure, and sustainability.

• Coordinate risk…