Department
FINANCIAL ENTERPRISE ENGAGEMEN (UA-FEE-IUBLA)
Job Summary
The Senior Director of Financial Management Reporting Strategy and Reporting Center of Excellence is a transformative leadership role designed for a visionary financial professional who thrives at the intersection of data, technology, and institutional strategy. This position is housed within the VPCFO organization and reports directly to the Associate Vice President of Financial Enterprise Engagement.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
FINANCIAL ENTERPRISE ENGAGEMEN (UA-FEE-IUBLA)
Job Summary
The Senior Director of Financial Management Reporting Strategy and Reporting Center of Excellence is a transformative leadership role designed for a visionary financial professional who thrives at the intersection of data, technology, and institutional strategy. This position is housed within the VPCFO organization and reports directly to the Associate Vice President of Financial Enterprise Engagement.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
Initially, this position serves as the architect and project leader responsible for modernizing our financial management reporting strategy, evaluating our current capabilities, and implementing the cutting-edge technology required to elevate our financial intelligence. Upon the successful deployment of this framework, this position establishes, scales, and leads a permanent Finance Reporting Center of Excellence (CoE), serving as a critical strategic partner to academic and administrative…
leaders across the institution.
- Oversees the analysis of financial performance in university units.
- Prepares and presents financial analyses and recommendations to top-level university management.
- Creates financial models and analyses of financial and operational metrics to evaluate and direct business performance.
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field (data analytics, information systems)
- Master's degree (MBA, or related discipline)
Required
- 5 years in finance, financial administration, accounting, or related field
- 10 years experience in finance planning and analysis (FPandA), financial reporting, financial systems management or related experience
- Proven excellence in managing large initiatives from inception to executing day-to-day operations
- Higher education, public sector, or governmental organization experience strongly preferred
- Deep understanding of fund accounting, responsibility center management (RCM) budgeting, and the unique financial ecosystem of higher education
Required
- Ability to analyze and interpret financial data
- Demonstrated analytical skills
- Excellent interpretation of complex statistical data
- Demonstrated written communication skills
- Articulate and responsive to colleagues
- Develops and delivers effective presentations
- Excellent collaboration and team building skills
- Ability to lead/manage others
- Instills commitment to organizational goals
- Assumes personal responsibility for actions
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
- Ability to work within tight time frames and meet strict deadlines
- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects and leading high-performing technical or financial teams
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
- Excellent organizational skills
- Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
- Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision-making skills
- Effective conflict management skills
- Understanding of technology initiatives and the coordination necessary with IT to successfully implement
- Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals at all organizational levels, including executive leadership, staff, and external partners
- Diplomacy and sound judgment in managing sensitive and confidential information
- Proven track record of leading successful implementations of financial reporting systems, (e.g., BI platforms - Tableau, Power BI)
- Proven success managing large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects in dynamic, complex environments
- Experience utilizing AI in reporting and analysis
- Excellent facilitation, collaboration, and negotiation abilities
This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Work Location
Bloomington, Indiana or Indianapolis, Indiana
Advertised Salary
$150,000 - $175,000 annually, depending upon qualifications
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Job Classification
Career Level: Strategic
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Finance
Job Family: Financial Analysis
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