Colorado State University

Description of Work Unit

The Engineering Business Office supports management decisions at all levels of the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering at Colorado State University. The Business Office provides accurate and timely data, meaningful financial reporting, policy interpretation and personal assistance to individual faculty and staff. We ensure compliance with all applicable local, state and federal regulations in the conduct of college business.

Position Summary

The Financial Business Manager is the primary financial position for the Walter Scott, Jr., College of Engineering and is responsible for coordinating the procedural, technical, and operational financial activity for the college, across all departments and all locations. The college Financial Business Manager provides financial expertise, guidance, and services to college leadership and department business managers. General responsibilities include sub-fund oversight and approvals, developing financial processes and procedures in keeping with university and state financial policies, and data analysis in support of the college’s mission. Particular duties within these areas of responsibility include long-term strategic and financial planning, establishing all department and office annual budgets, managing all non-budgeted revenue streams for the college, and overseeing all annual procedural audits, e.g., the course fee audit. The individual in this position reports to the Assistant Dean for Operations.

Required Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, finance, accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience assisting with managing business operations.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with a disciplined work ethic and to synthesize and organize large amounts of information in a cogent, methodical way.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities are required and critical to success.
• A valid driver’s license or ability to obtain a driver’s license, or have access to a licensed driver for occasional travel between College of Engineering campus locations within Colorado.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business, management, finance, accounting, or a related field.
• Ten (10) or more years experience assisting with managing business operations within an institution of higher education or similar institution involving complex research, teaching, service and outreach activities.
• Two (2) or more years of experience supervising administrative and/or professional staff.
• Proficiency with financial systems such as Kuali, human resource systems such as Oracle and TMS PeopleAdmin, Microsoft Office applications, and a variety of reporting tools and databases.
• Experience with or knowledge of the CSU tripartite mission of teaching, research, and service.
• Experience interpreting and ensuring compliance with a broad range of regulatory policies.

EEO

Colorado State University (CSU) provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.