Business Manager - Financial Reporting

Position: Business Manager I - Financial Reporting
Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title Business Manager I
- Financial Reporting Job Category Staff & Executive
- Finance/Accounting/Purchasing Department UFA Data Analytics Overview

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the State of New Jersey's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. As one of the largest employers in the State of New Jersey, Rutgers University is committed not only to the students and the State that we serve, but also to the faculty and staff who work on our campuses.

Ranked in 2022 by Forbes as a top 100 best large employer in America, Rutgers' commitment to its employees includes maintaining and fostering a safe, diverse, and respectful workplace environment, creating employment opportunities for our nation's military veterans, and ensuring accessibility and accommodation for individuals with disabilities.

University Finance and Administration (UFA) advances Rutgers' strategic priorities through the management of all central financial, administrative, and student information systems and processes. We supply the university's financial community the professional guidance, services, tools, and information needed to make the informed decisions that contribute to Rutgers' standing as an academic, health, and research powerhouse. We are deeply committed to our guiding principles and the core values that are critical for the long-term strategic growth of our division and the university.

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Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Business Manager I - Financial Reporting for University Finance and Administration (UFA).

This position leads and delivers enterprise‑wide financial reporting for University Finance and Administration (UFA), serving as a hands‑on techno‑functional leader with accountability for the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of operational and financial reports. Leveraging deep expertise across core finance domains and processes, this role acts as the subject matter expert for financial reporting- including chart of accounts, general ledger, sub-ledger integrations, and reporting structures ensuring outputs accurately reflect business performance and effectively support financial decision-making.

Positioned within the Financial Data Analytics and Reporting office within University Finance and Administration (UFA), the role supports and delivers a university-wide reporting footprint across all campuses and administrative units. UFA's reporting ecosystem supports more than 2,000 Oracle ERP users and over 2,000 Tableau users, who rely on UFA-managed reports for budgeting, financial planning, HR, procurement, student finance, and campus operations.

The reporting function includes a large portfolio of Oracle and Tableau reports, requiring consistent oversight, maintenance, and optimization to meet diverse operational needs.

Within this context, the Manager serves as the delivery lead for ERP and Tableau-based operational reporting, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and scalability of reporting outputs while balancing hands-on development, team leadership, and coordination with the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and functional stakeholders.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

* Drives stakeholder engagement to define, prioritize, and document reporting requirements, ensuring solutions align with Oracle ERP and operational reporting capabilities and support financial reporting and operations.

* Translates and oversees the conversion of reporting requirements into technical specifications, working closely with end-users and OIT, while independently developing advanced reporting solutions as needed.

* Designs, develops, maintains, and troubleshoots ERP and operational financial reports using Oracle reporting tools (OTBI, BI Publisher, OAC, Smart View, FRS), Oracle SQL, and Tableau-based operational reporting, serving as a hands-on technical lead for reporting solutions.

* Maintains and applies deep working knowledge of data flow across Oracle ERP modules,…