Manager, Finance

Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet. The Manager, Finance coordinates the daily financial activities and functions for the assigned division(s) including accounting, budget, credit, insurance, tax, and treasury. Furthermore, the Manager, Finance ensures all the University’s financial operations are in compliance with applicable governmental rules and regulations and provides mentorship and training to department staff regarding financial issues. CORE JOB FUNCTIONS Assists with the budget preparation process and monitors units’ performance against budget. Prepares and monitors staffing benchmarks. Translates long-range strategy into executable business cases and financial planning. Assists the Senior Business Officer with performing economic evaluation of new programs and equipment. Performs trend analyses and volume projections. Evaluates spending trends and develops strategies that will ensure compliance with budgets. Forms and maintains effective partnerships across organizational boundaries. Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary. CORE QUALIFICATIONS Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field Certification and Licensing: Not Applicable Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes: Knowledge of business and management principles. Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations. Ability to establish department goals, and objectives that support the strategic plan. Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others. Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others. DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM Department Specific Functions Responsible for providing timely detailed analysis and/or narrative explanations regarding quarterly and year end budget variances and projections. Will work closely with units to understand and address underlying causes of variances and ensure projections remain within the defined annual budgetary parameters. Manage the creation and updating of various financial documents provided to units to track monthly revenue and expense actuals and projections. Provide ad hoc financial reports as needed, and review/research accounting transactions in the financial accounting system. Provide support and guidance to units with monthly financial reconciliations (including month-end balance sheet reconciliations, as needed) and adherence to annual budget in accordance with University Budget Guidelines. Provide support and offer training to units relating to their financial activities including budget variance and projection sheet completion, correction of accounting mapping issues, and problem resolution to ensure accuracy and efficiency Assist with the monthly management and year-end closing activities of the various units. This can include processing operating and payroll related journal entries, as applicable, for the assigned functional responsibilities Serve as a resource to units and senior staff by providing financial reports that assist with analyzing financial position by cost center and account. Ability to extract and analyze data from various financial and business systems to provide concise detailed variance analyses and interpretation at the Budget Unit and Department level. Provide support and guidance to the units throughout the annual budget planning process. Assist in preparing, managing, and submitting annual budgets thru the budget system for the various units. Review and process monthly transactions in the financial accounting system for Graduate School CollegeNet application related activities Review and process submissions through Financial Aid and the Canelink system for Graduate School fellowship payments and related items such as fee waivers, and transactions related to the Graduate Student Health Insurance subsidy program Responsible for maintaining current knowledge of all University financial policies and procedures, keeping up to date on all Workday business processes and reporting, and keeping updated on other current University systems as applicable. Support the Senior Business Officer and the areas with various financial activities as needed. Other duties as assigned Department Specific Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field Certification and Licensing: Not applicable Experience: Minimum of 4 to 5 years of relevant experience in a financial/accounting environment Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes: Individual will exercise discretion and independent judgement in daily activities. Advanced level of proficiency in using Microsoft Excel to include pivot tables, v-lookups, macros, and others. Strong organizational skills – ability to work under pressure and under tight deadlines. Strong data analysis skills - ability to provide clear written analysis regarding financial activities easily understood for non-financial audience. Ability to exercise sound judgement in decision making. Excellent communications skills, both written and oral, required Knowledge of University systems preferred (Workday, Tidemark, Canelink). The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more. UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information. Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff Pay Grade: c106 The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. Transforming lives With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe. The University is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to add value. Through values of Diversity, Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Compassion, Creativity, and Teamwork (DIRECCT) the U community works together to create an environment driven by purpose, excellence, community, and service.