University of Virginia

The Department of Business Services at the University of Virginia (UVA) seeks applications for Finance Manager for the UVA Bookstore. Over its first two hundred years, the University of Virginia has been at the forefront of producing global citizen leaders, groundbreaking research and scholarship, and world-class patient care. As the University enters its third century, we continuously seek to define and redefine ourselves, motivated by our shared passion for discovery, innovation, community, service, and social justice. One of the University’s top priorities is to create a living, learning, and work environment that supports—and challenges—our academic community. To achieve its mission, the University must be a place in which all faculty, students, and staff are active participants in its work, where those groups historically excluded from participation in University life are present in numbers that prevent isolation of the spirit and of the mind, and where each individual is conscious of how they contribute to the creation and dissemination of knowledge that enhances the well-being of our community, our state, our nation, and the world.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise multiple employees and manage the daily operation activities of the business office.
• Develop, analyze, and review budget proposals for multiple locations within the UVA Bookstores umbrella.
• Gather and organize information from a variety of sources to establish reporting and data banks for use in analyzing and creating future plans and forecasts. Prepare and present reports of findings and recommendations to management. 
• Assess income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for the University, and research financial information to make well-informed decisions about future investments.
• Prepare quarterly operating activity reports for Business Services
• Reconcile cash and credit deposits from NetSuite POS, ERP and SCA to Workday for all locations.
• Assess the University's past performance to provide an estimate of future performance.
• Study financial data to prepare forecasts of economic conditions and prepare financial reports for proposed future pricing for management and Board of Visitor approval.
• Process year end transfers to Reserve accounts and coordinate with Business Services Finance Director to seek required approvals for transfers to Access UVA.
• Enter payroll costing allocations for new employees, students, and Federal Work Study students.
• Collect and prepare data for UBIT calculations for bookstore locations.
• Perform data mining, construct database table, build queries and reports to consolidate required data reporting, work with power pivots, Qlik and other statistical tools to provide accurate reporting for the Business Unit’s needs.
• Provide interpretation and recommendations regarding all levels of financial activity.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute policy implementation applicable to the installation of improved financial operations. Provide specialized technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance.
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in relevant subject
• Experience: At least seven years of experience in a financial discipline, likely with supervisory experience. 11 years of relevant/finance experience accepted in lieu of degree.
• Licensure: May hold CPA or other advanced financial certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of financial principles and analytical techniques.
• Experience in higher education service-related setting with in-depth knowledge of accounting, finance, financial reporting systems, data mining and data manipulation.
• Knowledge of Workday and Oracle based systems or similar financial database systems.
• Experience in IT/finance/operational cross-functional projects and developing presentations for senior management and knowledge of policies and procedures in a state-funded higher education system.
• Preferred Licensure: CMA, CFA, CTP, or CPA.

Anticipated Hiring Range: $70,000-125,000 commensurate with education and experience. This is an exempt level, benefited position. For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit hr.virginia.edu/benefits.

This position will not sponsor applicants for work visas. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment.

To Apply:

Apply Now. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile, search Find Jobs and then R0058414. Complete an application online and include the following documents:

• Resume

Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

References will be completed via UVA’s standardized process Skill Survey. A total of five references will be requested via SkillSurvey during the final phase of the interview process.

For questions about the application process, please contact Melanie Sponaugle, Academic Recruiter, at unw5dq@virginia.edu.

For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see http://www.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville and https://embarkcva.com/.

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's degree in relevant subject

Experience: At least seven years of experience in a financial discipline, likely with supervisory experience. 11 years of relevant/finance experience accepted in lieu of degree.

Licensure: May hold CPA or other advanced financial certification.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.