Associate Director of Finance

Legacy Staffing has partnered with a well-established university in Cleveland, OH to hire an Associate Director of Finance
. This is afirst shift opportunity with a competitive salary based on experience, education, and financial leadership expertise.

This role focuses on providing hands-on leadership for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and daily fiscal operations within an academic environment. The Associate Director of Finance will partner closely with senior leadership to support strategic decision-making whileremainingactively involved in accounting, financial analysis, reconciliations, reporting, and financial operations.

• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, year-end close activities, and long-range financial planning initiatives.
• Manage day-to-day financial operations, including journal transfers, salary adjustments, expense reallocations, and account reconciliations.
• Analyze budget-to-actual performance, forecasts, financial trends, KPIs, and significant variances.
• Identify financial risks, changing assumptions, cost-saving opportunities, and revenue enhancement strategies.
• Develop financial dashboards, management reports, and long-range financial models to support leadership decision-making.
• Create andmaintainbusiness analysis tools, including contribution margin, ROI, and program pricing models.
• Oversee general ledger activity and ensure transactions are accurate,timely, and compliant with institutional policies.
• Serve as a trusted financial resource for department leaders, administrators, and key stakeholders.
• Coordinate financial close activities with central finance, budgeting, research administration, and controller functions.
• Manage financial reporting for gift funds, endowments, endowed positions, and departmental allocations.
• Coordinate andvalidatefinancial and research data for external higher education surveys and rankings.
• Assist with strengthening internal controls and continuously improving financial reporting tools, systems, and processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, ora relatedfieldrequired.
• 7-10 years of progressive financial management experience.
• Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, accounting, financial analysis, and financial modeling.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, data analysis, reporting, and visualization.
• Experience with ERP financial systems such as People Soft or a comparable platform.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and translate complex financial information into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable balancing detailed transactional work with strategic financial planning initiatives.
• High levelof integrity, professionalism, and discretion when handling confidential financial and personnel information.

• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, ora related field.
• Experience in higher education, academic institutions, healthcare, or medical center environments.
• Experience supporting senior leadership with strategic financial planning and decision-making.
• Knowledge of financial reporting related to grants, endowments, and academic funding sources.

• Affordable healthcare plans available for eligible employees
• 401(k) with 4% company match after qualifying period and participation requirements are met
• Weekly pay
• Temp-to-hire opportunities with top companies across Ohio

Legacy Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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