Assistant Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis

Fiscal Stewardship and Management

Help lead the annual budget development process in a manner that achieves college goals, while ensuring broad ownership and understanding of budget targets.

In collaboration with the College Controller/AVP Finance and IT Services Director, help produce and review financial reports, including variance analysis, for all Leadership Team members and designated budget managers to ensure fiscal accountability and to identify areas for improvement.

Partner with Human Resources so that compensation budgets inform the approach to position management, salary adjustments, and benefits.

Lead the regular development and communication of financial forecasts and support Leadership Team discussions of their implications.

Serve as a business partner for VPs, providing budget management advice, supporting information, and analysis that helps align resources with strategic priorities.

Planning and Fiscal Strategy

Engage in multi-year resource planning modeling and share findings that inform the evolution of the strategic plan and near-term decision-making.

Provide strategic analysis and planning support for individual unit plans.

Business Analytics and Decision Support

Support evidenced-based decision-making by providing project management, analytical, and business intelligence support for various strategic and operational initiatives and inquiries.

In partnership with the Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, provide the Leadership Team with dashboards and/or regular reports on key performance metrics.

Business Process Improvement

Given intimate knowledge of the college’s financial structure and cost drivers, identify opportunities for improvement in operations that could lead to greater efficiencies.

Provide project leadership and lend problem-solving skills to cross-functional teams charged with pursuing business process improvements.

Data Management & Business Information Systems

Serve as the chief data steward for financial data. This involves collaborating with other data stewards across campus in the collection, transformation, reporting / dashboarding and warehousing of data collected from source systems, such as Banner.

Prioritize partnering with IT to identify ways to leverage existing financial information systems and/or develop new information management tools that would better support budget development, financial reporting, and business analysis.