Assistant Director-Finance Operations, College of Sciences

Inside Higher Ed; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution seeks an Assistant Director-Finance Operations to oversee budgeting and financial management. This position entails managing school-level financial operations, ensuring compliance with fiscal policies, and directing the preparation of financial reports. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in a related field and have at least six years of experience in finance, including supervisory roles. This full-time position is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and offers a salary between $85,000 and $100,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience.
• Three years of supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation of the school's budget.
• Ensure sound fiscal management and compliance.
• Implement the annual budget process.
• Monitor financial transactions.
• Direct the preparation of financial reports.
• Review expenditures to conform to budgetary provisions.

Skills

Application of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices

Advanced financial analysis and forecasting techniques

Use of specialized financial/accounting-related software

Project organization and management

Communications and presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline

Master's Degree in a related discipline

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Director-Finance Operations, College of Sciences

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work‑life balance and is aware that attracting Faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top‑ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top‑ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's Faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and is No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's Mission Is To Develop Leaders Who Advance Technology And Improve The Human Condition. The Institute Has Nine Key Values That Are Foundational To Everything We Do:

• Students are our top priority.
• We strive for excellence.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We celebrate collaboration.
• We champion innovation.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We nurture the well‑being of our community.
• We act ethically.
• We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good, breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Department Information

The College of Sciences (CoS) cultivates curiosity, encourages exploration, and fosters innovation to develop scientific solutions for a better world. Our connected community of scientists and mathematicians collaborates across disciplines and challenges to achieve excellence in science, teaching, and research. Working across six internationally ranked schools with the brightest young minds in our fields, we mentor future leaders to identify and push the frontiers of human knowledge, imagination, and innovation.

This position, reporting to the Director of Financial Administration and working in close collaboration with the finance officers of the College of Sciences schools, will be responsible for Division‑wide cost share compliance, special commitment tracking and analysis, State budget amendments, annual Division‑wide budget support, capital projects support, development and gift accounting, and ad‑hoc financial and budgetary analysis.

Job Summary

The Assistant Director of Finance Operations manages the school‑level accounting and financial operations. This role manages budgeting, financial analysis, maintains financial records, and prepares financial reports and statements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation of the school's budget, ensuring it is consistent with the Institute's policy.
• Ensure sound fiscal management and compliance, including staying up to date on and interpreting state statutes, state and Institute financial and administrative policies/procedures.
• Responsible for implementing the annual budget process through budget formulation, preparation, and maintenance.
• Monitor financial transactions such as requisitions, internal and external purchase orders, travel authorizations, expense reports, and construction‑and‑facilities‑related orders.
• Direct the preparation of financial reports and statements on a regular and ad‑hoc basis as needed.
• Responsible for managing, updating, and documenting financial and administrative processes and procedures to accomplish operational functions.
• Review expenditures to conform to budgetary provisions.
• Research higher education trends/challenges and provide statistical analyses.
• Provide leadership and direction of policy development by reviewing, analyzing, developing, interpreting, and implementing best practices for sound and effective management.
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced certification may be preferred or required.
• Six or more years of relevant experience, including three or more years of supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in a related discipline or equivalent.
• Certifications or licenses preferred for this job: CPA.

Compensation

Salary: $85,000‑$100,000/yr.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Application of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices.
• Advanced financial analysis and forecasting techniques.
• Use of specialized financial/accounting‑related software.
• Project organization and management.
• Communications and presentation skills.

USG Core Values

• Integrity
• Excellence
• Accountability
• Respect

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, and services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG) and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is a supervisory position.

This position will have financial responsibilities.

This role is considered a position of trust.

This position does not require a purchasing card (P‑Card).

This position will not travel.

This position does not require a security clearance.

Background Check

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre‑employment background screening.