Assistant Director, Academic Budget & Financial Strategy

Williams College; Wellesley (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Tuition benefits

Free parking

Job summary

Williams College, a premier liberal arts college in Massachusetts, seeks an Assistant Director of Academic Budget and Financial Operations. This role oversees a $124M budget, advising the Provost and Deans with analytical insight for decision-making, and supervising a budget/finance analyst.

The position supports a hybrid campus schedule with on-site collaboration and remote work, focusing on gift funding management and endowment oversight to advance academic priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of five years’ experience working directly with budgets and financial data.
• Accounting or finance background in higher education with restricted gift funding preferred.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Informs and supports the Provost’s Office on budgetary and financial matters; conducts financial analysis to inform data-driven recommendations.
• Collaborates with Finance to develop budgets and complete year-end close; represents the academic division in capital budget processes.
• Oversees endowments and gifts; tracks balances and develops proposals for new gifts with Development Office input.
• Manages annual salary increase and bonus processes for the academic division staff.
• Supervises and mentors the Academic Budget and Financial Operations Analyst.
• Provides timely responses in the Provost Finance ticketing system as needed.

Skills

Budget management

Excel

Financial analysis

Workday

Communication

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Workday

Job description

Williams College, a premier liberal arts college in Massachusetts, seeks an Assistant Director of Academic Budget and Financial Operations. This role oversees a $124M budget, advising the Provost and Deans with analytical insight for decision-making, and supervising a budget/finance analyst.

The position supports a hybrid campus schedule with on-site collaboration and remote work, focusing on gift funding management and endowment oversight to advance academic priorities.