Manager of Finance and Business Operations; WGST

The Women and Gender Studies 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. 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 Women and Gender Studies (WGST) supports the CU Boulder College of Arts and Sciences' goal to preserve, interpret, and convey humane values and learning. Our undergraduate program fosters critical thinking skills applied to the study of women and gender, particularly in relation to our three key areas: race/ethnicity, sexuality, and global studies.

• Is responsible for the financial operations of the department. Maintains and monitors the following accounts:
• General fund accounts
• Auxiliary accounts
• Grant accounts
• Sponsored Projects
• Gift accounts
• Collaborates and advises the Chair with monthly and yearly budget planning to align spending.
• Provides ad hoc reports from People Soft, Cognos, etc. when requested.
• Evaluates and forecasts departmental accounts on an ongoing basis to monitor the resources available for operations and special projects.
• Analyzes business operations for programmatic and fiscal efficacy and implements changes.

• Ensures compliance with approved budgets and policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Reviews and forecasts budgets for all accounts to include:
• Working with the chair and associate chairs to plan and forecast funding for instruction
• Working with faculty to plan and forecast income and expenses for research grants and auxiliary operations such as conferences
• Providing status reports to Principal Investigators on all projects held by the individual investigator.
• Manage faculty startup accounts ensuring that they are funded according to the terms of their agreements.
• Monitors gift funds and donor contact, analyzes and makes projections regarding endowment earnings/losses and spending practices. This position will decide if and when to turn off the reinvestment option and inform the chair.
• Exerts expenditure control and enforces ethical standards for expenditure of funds; and makes budgetary decisions in the chair's absence.
• Analyzes demand and prepares budget projections for department instructional fund and handles the related budget.
• Determines actions to protect budgets, resolves deficits, and provide for unexpected or unique expenses. Ensures Department commitments are processed.
• Decides when to open or close new or unused speed types (ST), decides what ST is most appropriate for unusual and unexpected expenses, decides when to transfer budgets, revenues and expenses to best support the needs of the department.

• Provides revenue and expense tracking, analysis, and makes recommendations for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs on a regular basis to monitor the resources available for ongoing…