What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Director position at NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)?
The Finance Director for University Services-Athletics implements the organization’s budget policies, compiles annual budgets and intermediate financial forecasts in duties that include but are not limited to :
Overseeing the compilation, monitoring, and review of annual and intermediate budgets for the assigned University Services departments, most notably Athletics.
Managing the annual budget cycle development and execution process representing each phase : budget development, budget monitoring and year-end closeout.
Reviewing departmental expenditures to ensure compliance with budget allocations and identify variances against budget plans.
Providing financial leadership by proactively providing advice and guidance to the units‘ senior management on matters of financial importance, including potential risk areas and NCAA updates / NIL. Maintain awareness of major projects, initiatives, relationships, etc. in order to provide enhanced guidance and insight.
Establishing and guiding measures for budgetary control, and ensuring that longer-term functional objectives translate into established processes to maximize efficacy and efficiency.
Implementing business improvement initiatives i.e. cost reductions, procurement, process improvements and innovations that add value to the units served.
Financial analysis, including : management of finance dashboards; financial operating results; performance analysis.
Reviewing transactions for budget compliance, transactional approval up to assigned system dollar threshold via assigned and relevant Workday (GMS) roles, fulfilling all transactional responsibilities within a timely fashion.
Participation in campus- and university-wide financial meetings, task forces and working groups. Hybrid role requires individual work on campus and meeting with stakeholders / team at least three days each week.
Work Interactions
The Finance Director for University Services- Athletics is focused on planning and analysis, internal controls, and approvals of critical operational activities to ensure congruence with budget and projections. They oversee all planning and execution activities for the assigned units and are primarily focused on planning and escalation of issues within their assigned cluster; and supervise work for the Senior Analyst, Budget & Planning and General Analysts within their cluster.
Requirements and Qualifications
Bachelor‘s degree in a related field - that is, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration - preference for a professional accounting qualification and / or a Master‘s degree.
8 years of relevant professional experience.
Knowledge of Higher Education.
Intermediate to advanced business analytics skills.
Experience building and utilizing financial reports.
Experience with complex financial and longitudinal planning, and financial forecasting.
Excel proficiency - advanced level.
Ability to support establishment and management of budgets of at least $50M and up to $100M .
Experience working with complex teams.
Strong communications and customer service skills.
Ability to engage regularly with internal and external stakeholders, including unit leads and administrators across the institution.
Ability to engage in an efficient and professional manner.
Strong organizational and time management skills and proficiency managing and prioritizing multiple tasks.
Ability to work with a variety of financial systems – preference for experience in Workday and / or Adaptive.
Hybrid role requires individual work on campus and meeting with stakeholders / team at least three days each week.
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