Manager, Finance - College of Arts and Sciences

## Manager, Finance - College of Arts and Sciences Apply remote type:
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Coral Gables, FLtime type:
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The University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences has an exciting opportunity for a full time Finance Manager to work in Coral Gables, FL.The Finance Manager plays a critical role in supporting strategic financial planning, analysis, and operational oversight across the College of Arts and Sciences and the Institute for the Advanced Study of the Americas. This position provides data-driven insights, develops financial models, and ensures budgetary alignment with institutional goals.

The role requires strong analytical skills, technical proficiency, and cross-functional collaboration to support leadership decision-making and maintain fiscal integrity.

Core responsibilities:

* Oversees the budget preparation process and monitors department performance against budget.
* Prepares and monitors staffing benchmarks.
* Translates long-range strategy into executable business cases and financial planning.
* Assists department with performing economic evaluation of new programs and equipment.
* Performs trend analyses and volume projections.
* Evaluates spending trends and develops strategies that will ensure compliance with budgets.
* Drives the strategic direction and financial long-term investment process.
* Forms and maintains effective partnerships across organizational boundaries.
* Formulates monthly and annual financial statements.
* Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

Department specific functions:

Financial Planning & Strategic Analysis
· Conduct in-depth financial analyses to support strategic initiatives and decision-making at the College level.
· Collaborate with Senior Business Officer to translate institutional goals into long-range financial plans and cost-benefit frameworks.
· Lead the development of tuition planning models and implement reconciliation processes to ensure accuracy and transparency.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Performance Monitoring
· Support the creation and refinement of annual departmental budgets, ensuring alignment with College and University priorities.
· Monitor budget execution, identify variances, and provide timely forecasts and recommendations.
· Design and implement custom templates for data collection and budget uploads to streamline planning cycles.
· Prepare quarterly and annual financial packages, including performance metrics and variance analyses.

Reporting & Data Visualization
· Extract, analyze, and interpret financial data from multiple business systems at the College and department levels.
· Present findings to leadership in clear narrative, tabular, and graphical formats.
· Create ad-hoc reports and dashboards to support operational and strategic needs.
· Deliver insights on budget variances, projected revenues and expenditures, and compensation trends.

Systems Optimization & Automation
· Refine MDX queries to retrieve and manipulate multidimensional data from financial cubes.
· Integrate Excel automation tools and VBA macros to improve reporting efficiency and reduce refresh times.
· Maintain Python scripts to automate document management, enhancing audit readiness and backup documentation.

Operational Oversight & Compliance
· Oversee daily fiscal operations for assigned cost centers, including contract review, expenditure control, and account reconciliation.
· Ensure compliance with University Budget Guidelines and support fiscal year-end closing activities.
· Monitor and reconcile operational accounts, projecting revenue and expenditure trends to inform resource allocation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Support
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