Associate Director of Finance
Emory University
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Atlanta • United States
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About the role
- 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.
- Assesses 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.
- Monitors, develops and facilitates action plans to address 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.
- Performs related responsibilities as required.
Requirements
- 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.
Benefits
- Health and Safety Information Not Applicable
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial planningbudgetingfinancial analysiscash flow managementfeasibility analysisoperational assessmentdata analyticsfinancial reportingforecastingstrategic planning
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationorganizational skillsproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingrelationship managementproject managementdecision-makingpresentation skills