Director of Finance & Budget - Controller's Office

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Penn State College of Medicine, Controller's Office in Hershey, PA is seeking a Director of Finance & Budget. The Director of Finance & Budget proactively leads employees and supports diversity through hiring, retention, and promotional activities; ensures established standards of continuous quality improvement are met; and provides leadership for outstanding customer service at all levels of the organization. Defines goals for future organizational performance and decides on the tasks and use of resources needed to attain them; communicates goals to employees throughout the unit or organization; and uses influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals; ensures operational and strategic direction and accountability; links unit operations to strategic objectives; exercises authority for unit policy and procedures and operational decisions for departments; influences organizational and community relations to develop and achieve strategic goals and manage customer relations.

• Approve the University annual appropriation, capital, and program requests to the Commonwealth, including the preparation of related summaries, analyses, and background materials
• Represent the University formally at meeting with officials of the State and Federal Government, and other institutions as required
• Responsible for maintaining the continuity of the operation of the University Budget Office in the absence of the University Budget Officer and ensuring timely responses to inquiries and research request initiated by senior University officers, and for the supervision of senior management staff within the University Budget Office
• Responsible for the planning and direction of internal and external reporting; liaison with federal and state government agencies for interpretation of and advice on mandatory reporting requirements
• Direct the conduct of the budget planning and development process leading to the formulation of the initial operating budget, the appropriation request, and the capital and program requests; evaluate budgetary proposals; analyze performance, and formulate the basis for the development of alternative scenarios and the future prospects of both income and expense
• Prepare the agenda materials for other senior officers’ meetings, and direct, design, development, and assembly of analytical materials in support of the annual planning and budget process, the strategic planning process, legislative hearings, and budget presentation to the Board of Trustees
• Evaluate existing policies and procedures relating to resource management and budget; receive, review and critique proposed changes from senior management staff
• Monitor and interpret the external environment to include legislative activities and laws affecting budget to ensure University compliance
• Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers recommend salary increase amounts, promotions, and workload priorities and projects; prepare and administer performance evaluations
• Monitors and tracks large budgets
• Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
• Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and the unit
• Develops creative and novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
• Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems
• Work results are not clearly defined
• Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
• Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
• Delegates more advanced tasks to others
• Communicates with both internal and external audiences
• Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
  
  

This position requires a Bachelor's Degree, 10+ years of relevant experience, includes 3+ years of supervisory experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

The following clearances must be successfully completed for this position: 

• Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Background Check 
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Background Check  
  
  

The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its forms. We embrace individual uniqueness, foster a culture of inclusive excellence that supports both broad and specific diversity initiatives, leverage the educational and institutional benefits of diversity, and engage all individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusive excellence as a core strength and an essential element of our public service mission. 

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades is:

$109,300.00 - $164,000.00

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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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