Divisional Finance Officer

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Key Job Responsibilities:

• Develops the divisions financial strategy including planning forecasts budgets and cash management that focus on attaining and sustaining long-term financial equilibrium in collaboration with university leadership

• Works with senior administrative and academic leadership to design establish and maintain an administrative organizational structure to effectively and efficiently accomplish goals and objectives while appropriately defining duties and mitigating risk

• Serves as a major point of contact and catalyst for problem resolution. Provides insightful and diplomatic communications

• Serves as the primary business advisor liaison and partner to divisional leadership and key stakeholder groups

• Exercises supervisory authority including hiring transferring suspending promoting managing conduct and performance discharging assigning rewarding disciplining and/or approving hours worked of at least 4.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

• Partners with key financial management offices in Business & Financial Services and the Office of Research

• Assesses processes staffing and systems to identify opportunities for improvement and streamlining on a regular basis

• Directs and coordinates all accounting and budgetary functions of the Division including purchasing employee payroll travel reimbursements deposits program revenue accounting and state appropriations budget and accounting and grants management.JR

• Serves as member of the Divisions Leadership Team working collaboratively to establish and support the overall vision and strategic direction of the division

Department: College of Engineering and Applied Science

Compensation: 10500.00 to 13500.00

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Preferred Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelors degree

Additional information

Hybrid work arrangements may be available. Primary work will be conducted on the UW-Milwaukee campus with remote work requests considered after the initial training period. Details will be discussed during the interview process.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates must submit the following at time of application:

• Cover Letter addressing each of the required and preferred qualifications
• Resume

In instances where the Search and Screen Committee or PRP Administrator is unable to ascertain from a candidates application materials whether they meet any of the qualifications they will be evaluated as not meeting such qualifications.

Contact Information:

Amy Rehfeldt

HR-Coordinator

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