Michigan State University
Location
East Lansing, MI | United States
Job description
The SLE Chief Financial Officer will provide oversight for budgeting, general accounting, and financial reporting for the Division of Student Life and Engagement while assuring financial internal controls are in place to ensure adherence with GAAP and compliance with all applicable federal, state, and university policies and procedures. This will include oversight of the two BFS units responsible for operational and financial analysis. This position reports to the Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement. The individual will participate in strategic and organizational planning, including formulation of goals and objectives for the division, as well as making recommendations for major business decisions. Establishes, monitors, and enforces internal controls for multiple business operations with a $272 million dollar budget.
In addition, this position has oversight of the SLE Business and Financial Operations and SLE Financial Analysis and Plant Cash units. The SLE Controller of Business and Financial Operations provides operational oversight for business operations and systems for the units providing retail, dining, housing, hotel, apartments, bakery, food stores, and other services to our customers as well as the various electronic accounting systems needed to maintain operations. The Financial Analysis and Plant Cash unit will monitor the financial health of business operations, analyze any deviances, monitor short and long-term goals, and prepares financial projections for five-year planning for business units.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES – RESPONSIBILITIES
Budgeting and Financial Oversight
Strategic Planning
Leadership Development
COMMUNICATIONS – INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Interacts with:
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF OTHERS - THIRD LEVEL MANAGEMENT
Oversees third level management in a large, centralized unit and aids units throughout SLE as it relates to financial analysis and projections.
IMPACT ON PROGRAMS – SERVICES – OPERATIONS
Ineffective leadership and decisions made about policy, strategic planning and implementation, data/information analysis, and fiscal management would significantly impact SLE’s ability to accomplish its mission and could have a long-term negative fiscal impact to the Division and the University.
A master's degree in business or a related field; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive experience in education, government, or industry experience in planning, finance, budgeting processes and budget development/analysis of audit/financial compliance standards; knowledge of economics, business administration, and quantitative methods, including statistics using computer analytical models and systems analysis; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The job may require a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
A master's degree in business, accounting, or a related field; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in project management, accounting and auditing procedures; and in using a personal computer including, word processing and spreadsheet applications, as well as proficient use of analytics and accounting software; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The job also requires a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation, or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation.
Fifteen years or more of related work experience.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
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Cover Letter
Three Professional References
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. May require some evenings and weekends.
About Michigan State University
Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.
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