Budget Office Director

Location: City of Albany
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R266089

As a community, the University of Rochester is defined by a deep commitment to Meliora - Ever Better. Embedded in that ideal are the values we share: equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect, and accountability. Together, we will set the highest standards for how we treat each other to ensure our community is welcoming to all and is a place where all can thrive.
** Job Location (Full Address):
** Remote Work - New York, Albany, New York, United States of America, 12224
** Opening:
** Worker Subtype:

Regular Time Type:

Full time Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Department:100130 Office of Budgets and Planning

Work Shift:

UR - Day (United States of America)
Range:

UR URG 117

Compensation Range:$ - $
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*** Responsibilities:
** GENERAL PURPOSE  The University of Rochester is inviting applications for the Director of the Budget Office role. With a total operating budget of approximately $8 billion, significant capital investments across the Academic and Medical missions, and the role’s deep involvement in the University’s endowment this is an exciting and critical role for the University.
** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
*** Oversees the formulation and development of the University Operating and Capital Budgets.
* Ensures the accuracy of the consolidated annual budget through development and final load.
* This includes development of planning guidelines for divisional and University budgets, review and analysis of all budget submissions in preparation for senior leadership meetings.
* Ensures communication and coordination with appropriate UR Teams (University IT, Divisional Finance Leaders, Controller’s office and all other key stakeholders).
* Manage the annual cycle of financial planning and budgeting for University Benefits.
* Develops the annual benefits rate for Federal Research Awards.
* Develops timeline for annual budget cycle for all components of University benefits.
* Coordinates with Office of Total Rewards to construct annual benefits budget.
* Monitors monthly trends in actual benefits expense, forecasts and reports annual benefits expense and impacts on future year’s projections to Senior Leaders.
* Coordinates with Controller’s office to manage benefit accounting, including reclassifications and journal entries.
* Assembles final budget documents and schedules for presentation to the Board of Trustees.
* Implements the budget when Board approval has been given.
* Monitors monthly revenue and expenditure reports.
* Confers with divisional budget personnel regarding expenditure control and alerts leadership concerning situations requiring special attention and action.
* Corrects accounting errors or anomalies.
* Work with divisional staff to develop recommendations for the improvement of divisional financial performance.
* Formulates and implement budget policies, procedures and standards, obtaining approval of higher management as necessary.
* Assists with overall supervision of the Capital Budget and Divisional Operating Budget processes.
* Serves as Budget Director for Division 10.
* Responsible for communication and coordination with each department to develop the detailed annual budgets, identify incremental resource needs and budget reduction opportunities and ensure monthly budget accuracy.
* Develops annual central allocations including communication of the metric and methodology to key stakeholders.
* Reports on monthly variances of central allocations.
* Works with divisions, departments and senior management of financial projections, provides budget data for cost benefit analysis, conducts comparative cost studies and other special projects/analysis as requested.
* Conducts continual in-depth…