Financial Officer 3 – Student Affairs, Campus Recreation, and University Health Services

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Financial Officer oversees all financial and budgetary operations within the Student Affairs organization and reports directly to the Associate Director of Financial Officers with a secondary reporting line to the Vice President for Student Affairs. The Financial Officer occupies a leadership position, and participates in many, if not all, Student Affairs’ senior leadership meetings. The Financial Officer’s primary responsibility is to ensure sound financial operations, effective utilization of financial resources, creative budget planning, and wise stewardship across multiple accounts and fund types in a manner that is consistent with the Vice President’s vision and goals.

The financial officer will provide leadership in management of financial and budget matters for the Student Affairs organization.  The primary duty is to maintain sound financial operations across multiple fund types through internal controls and financial and budgetary stewardship while providing service to the Vice President in meeting the unit’s vision and goals through strategic analysis process improvement and policy/procedural development. 

Duties include regular financial analysis and reporting management of all funds, including general allocations, revenues, and restricted funds management. The position has oversight of financial aspects of financial stewardship, budget execution, policy and procedure interpretation, guidance, and compliance.  Responsibilities for this position also include management of financial systems related approvals, monitoring budgets to ensure planned resources are available and coordination of internal audits and risk assessments.  This position will also serve as the liaison to central University offices in the areas of budget, finance, payroll, risk management, purchasing and others as needed. 

The successful candidate will also supervise, evaluate and train assigned staff.

Education and Experience:

Candidates should demonstrate advanced excel skills and knowledge in financial and budget management, analysis, forecasting and financial reporting. guidance on developing unit strategy.  The successful candidate will evaluate strategic initiatives through financial modeling.  This position participates on the Student Fee board and provides financial guidance and oversight to the board.  Additional duties include development, implementation, monitoring, and control of Student Affairs’ operating budgets, forecasts for various expense and income projections, advising and training for affected staff, and consultation about fiscal affairs with other senior leaders in Student Affairs. Experience with enterprise systems technologies and products such as SAP S/4HANA, Concur, Workday, Oracle BI, and MS Office 365 is desirable. 

This position requires a high degree of self-direction, including the ability to multi-task and meet multiple deadlines at short notice, strong leadership skills, the ability to lead and manage teams, and a strong commitment to inclusionary practices which support diversity throughout the university.  Strong written, verbal and presentation skills are required.  The ability to persuade and influence a variety of people to achieve results is needed for this role. Also needed is the ability to manage complex problems crossing multiple functional areas, ranging from policy/procedural issues, risk/legal matters, confidentiality, and negotiations is essential.

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or higher, plus eight (8) years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Additional Information: Due to the financial or fiduciary responsibilities for his position, successful completion if a credit history check will be required in addition to ta standard background check. 

Finance and Business is a value driven organization that supports thousands of university faculty, staff and students, while also providing services to the broader community and society.  Finance and Business has a vision to recruit, develop and retain outstanding people who efficiently provide exceptional service in support of Penn State’s teaching, research, and public service missions. Our values model those of Penn State’s and we firmly believe in the value of Respect, which encourages us to ‘respect and horror the dignity of each person, embrace civil discourse and foster a diverse and inclusive community.”  As and incoming team member, it will be expected that all employees embody and model Penn State’s and Finance and Business’ commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS:

Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here .

Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. 

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