Budget Director

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Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and 19th largest in the nation, serving approximately 80,000 full- and part-time students. With four comprehensive campuses, five workforce training and education centers, and 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area, our unique role is to make high-quality education accessible to everyone, creating opportunities for our students and contributing to the economic development of our community.

Under the direction of the Vice President of Finance, the Budget Director manages the day-to-day operations of the Budget Office. Plans, organizes, and manages applicable functional areas in support of College objectives. Provides long range budget planning and compliance. Provides detailed budget process training. Responsible for the implementation of the budget workstream and integration with the Finance and Human resource components in the new Workday ERP system.

Develops and provides Budget Office strategic direction and day-to-day activities. Leads and supervises the work of Budget Analysts, Budget Accountant and Budget Managers. Exercises sound judgment in the interpretation and application of all related laws, regulations, necessary practices and procedures. Responds to inquiries from College departments and/or external agencies and supervises administrative services professionals, paraprofessionals, technical/support staff, and/or student workers.

These qualifications, skills and abilities are critical for success in this position. Throughout the screening process, you will be evaluated based on the demonstration of these qualifications.

• Experience leading system improvements and developing best practices during the implementation of a new ERP budgeting system, from design through go-live.
• Extensive experience creating and maintaining budgets within Workday, while developing improved business processes and customized reporting solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in making budget presentations to governing Boards and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in development and implementation of budget reductions or reallocations. May be actual or policy exercise.
• Experience managing a college or university budget office.
• Knowledge of Oregon higher education policy and Oregon budget law.

• Develops, manages, supervises, and monitors the preparation of the College's annual budget. Completes supplemental budgets, mid-year budget adjustments, special financial analysis, and manages and provides long-term financial plans, projections, and forecasts.
• Provides budget updates and reports to the Board of Directors.
• Encourages innovative budget funding and resourcing options.
• Makes recommendations to the Associate Vice President (AVP) of Finance on procedure or process changes and improvements.
• Oversees the budget format and the preparation of the budget by all departments including redesign of budget and reporting systems.
• Provides technical and complex analysis using advanced data analysis tools and software to provide report preparation on the College's budget.
• Ensures budget development and activities align with and support the strategic priorities of the College.
• Responsible for the preparation and publication of the budget calendar, budget appropriation by fund detailed schedules, budget resolutions and publication notices, assisting with the preparation of the annual budget message from the President, and the publication, communication, presentation and distribution of the College budget.
• Manages and maintains the budget and position control system and other related systems and budgeting tools; provides support to leadership in utilizing related budget tools and systems.
• Provides ongoing training, reporting and communications to budget managers.
• Designs, customizes, implements and supports internal and supplemental software to provide comprehensive ad hoc budget reporting tools to managers. Provides related project management for applicable financial projects.
• Prepares Board…