Director of Finance and Budget

About the role

Cornell Research & Innovation announces a search for a Director of Finance & Budget.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and managing Research & Innovation’s annual capital and operating budgeting process, managing all aspects and components of the budget, ensuring accuracy and compliance with University Budget Office (UBO) guidelines, and providing guidance to administrative directors in the development of complex research center budgets
• Partnering with administrative units and research centers to develop, manage, and monitor operating budgets across a range of financial activities and funding sources
• Implementing and managing UBO initiatives, serving as Research & Innovation’s principal liaison to the University Budget Officers Group (UBOG), and representing the division in all budget planning and policy discussions
• Making and producing divisional financial reporting, monthly budget-to-actual analyses, and forecasting
• Collaborating annually to prepare and publish the institution-wide Cornell Annual Research Expenditure (ARE) financial reporting
• Leading and developing finance staff, clearly communicating expectations, providing performance feedback, and fostering continuous growth and satisfaction
• Driving positive change by identifying, designing, and implementing process improvements to enhance and innovate financial support services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• 7-10 years of experience in financial management, reporting, analysis, forecasting, and complex budget development and monitoring, especially within higher education
• Experience supervising and developing staff, including serving as a mentor and guiding staff through change
• Excellent customer service skills and demonstrated ability to communicate with a broad range of people at different organizational levels
• Demonstrated attention to detail, organizational skills, and prioritization skills
• Experience connecting inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing practices to business goals
• Prior experience interpreting and applying policy and procedures consistently and thoughtfully
• Proven ability to work quickly and effectively under pressure and to use good judgment in accomplishing matters that are urgent, sensitive, or confidential
• Proven leadership skills, including the ability to negotiate, advocate with tact and diplomacy, and work effectively as part of a team
• Comfortable working in an environment where change in process and procedures is the norm
• Proven ability to synthesize and translate financial data and institutional requirements clearly and concisely for different audiences

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Complex budget development
• Long-range financial planning and forecasting
• Translation of financial data into clear and cohesive reports
• Financial leadership
• Stewardship of resources
• Decision support
• Clear communication of financial performance and strategy

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$143,454.00 - $175,332.00

Schedule

Hybrid