Associate Director of Finance - Goizueta Business School

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans and manages a variety of financial and related activities.
• Provides leadership and participates in long-range financial planning, trending, and budgeting.
• Analyzes and presents financial trends and generates executive summaries of consolidated and unit specific financial reports.
• Prepares recommendations regarding the appropriate utilization of budgets/funds.
• Ensures the integrity and accuracy of financial information and reporting for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Develops short and long term financial goals and implements fiscal policies to support the financial viability of the organization.
• Affords cash needs, manages cash flow and maximizes the appropriate use of funds.
• Oversees, coordinates and manages special projects.
• Finalizes budgets, conducts feasibility analyses, researches and drafts business processes, and performs comprehensive operational assessments of business units.
• Prepares financial sections for various reports.
• Evaluates and recommends funding levels for various business operations/programs.
• Makes recommendations on addressing deficit accounts.
• Tracks and addresses funds flow and cash reserves, capital equipment funding, debt service and new building construction.
• Researches and assists in forecasting the financial impact of changes to programs.
• Prepares materials and keeps leadership informed about budgets, funds flow, accounts, surpluses, deficits, and other financial affairs.
• Collaborates with others to facilitate projects and ensure timelines and action plans are accomplished.
• Reviews financial and statistical reports, summarizes trends, and recommends actions to take.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with banks, auditors and other constituents.
• May supervise staff.
• May represent the organization in external financial or business activities.
• Develops and prepares operational and statistical reports.
• May utilize data analytics tools and techniques to effectively identify patterns in data, predict expected outcomes, and facilitate more informed business decisions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business management or a related field.
• Five years of professional experience in accounting, finance, project management or strategic planning.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• A working knowledge of financial information systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.