ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR / FINANCIAL PLANNING & BUDGETS

Central Michigan University; Mount Pleasant, Northern (MI, KY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Michigan University is seeking an Associate Director of Financial Planning & Budgets to lead financial planning and budget analyses across campus. This role reports to the UBO and oversees FPB staff, shaping major budgeting policies and processes.

The position requires a strong background in accounting or finance, supervisory experience, and excellent communication. The role supports state budget submissions and ensures adherence to CMU policies and regulatory guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in accounting/finance or related field.
• Four years of relevant professional experience with at least one year in a management role.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated experience with advanced financial analysis.
• Ability to project a positive image.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive interpersonal skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication, including presenting to groups.
• Strong organizational, problem solving, and administrative abilities.
• Ability to work well in a team-based environment.
• Commitment to helping CMU community thrive.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial planning and budgetary matters in the absence of the budget officer.
• Lead in preparation, review, and ongoing monitoring of the University Operating Budget.
• Manage collaborative relationships with campus departments.
• Develop, refine, and document operational procedures.
• Review one-time funding sources to alleviate general fund requests.
• Oversee multi-year financial planning models for tuition and fees.
• Oversee job posting approval process; supervise FPB staff.
• Guide staff on position control and budget-related processes across general fund.
• Ensure compliance with CMU policies and state/federal guidelines.
• Support state budget requests, reports, and ad hoc analyses.
• Prepare state compliance reporting and capital outlay processes.
• Reconcile subsidies and assist with budget reductions/reallocations.
• Collaborate with bargaining and HR on economic provisions.
• Create training materials and provide training opportunities.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Advanced financial analysis

Verbal & written communication

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Problem solving

Positive image

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field

Job description

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR / FINANCIAL PLANNING & BUDGETS

Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening.

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number S-3934

Position Number

Position Number 00140

Type of Recruitment

Type of Recruitment External

Position Title

Position Title ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR / FINANCIAL PLANNING & BUDGETS

Position Summary

Responsible for financial planning and budgetary matters that arise in the absence of the university budget officer/assistant to the president for strategic planning ( UBO ) and supports a wide range of financial planning and budget-related matters. This position plays a lead role in budgetary support for the campus community and manages collaborative working relationships and relevant oversight with other campus departments. Additionally, this position assists in the establishment or revision of major objectives and policies in the areas of financial planning, budgeting, resource allocation, training and support, and provides supervision over assigned staff in the Office of Financial Planning and Budgets ( FPB ).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Four years of relevant professional experience with at least one year in a management role.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated experience with advanced financial analysis.
• Ability to project a positive image.
• Ability to develop and maintain positive interpersonal skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively present to groups.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, problem solving skills, and administrative abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to ensuring that members of the university community can thrive.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree, preferably in a business-related field or general administration.
• Demonstrated experience working in a higher education environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with collective bargaining agreements and assisting with contract negotiations.
• Familiarity with various university budget models including centralized, decentralized, and hybrid models.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing a complex Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) system.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships with students, faculty, staff and peers.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial planning and budgetary matters that arise in the absence of the university budget officer/assistant to the president for strategic planning ( UBO ).
• Plays a leadership role in the preparation and/or review, and ongoing monitoring of the University Operating Budget (general fund, non-general fund, and deferred maintenance budgets).
• Manages collaborative working relationships with campus departments.
• Develops, refines, and documents operational procedures.
• Reviews, identifies, and openly discusses current one-time funding sources (e.g., gift/donor funding) available to applicable campus stakeholders to alleviate requests for funding from the general fund.
• Oversees and prepares multi-year financial planning models to inform university decision making for areas such as tuition rates and fee recommendations.
• Oversees the job posting approval process as vacancies occur throughout the year.
• Supervises departmental staff as determined by the UBO .
• Provides guidance to departmental staff members that monitor the position control function (creations, eliminations, changes, and vacancies) of all staff positions across the general fund.
• Provides guidance to departmental staff that monitor all university fees in accordance with CMU policies/procedures (creations, eliminations, and changes).
• Assists the UBO with the annual state budget request, reports, and other ad hoc analysis throughout the year to support government relations’ efforts in Lansing.
• Prepares and oversees all state compliance reporting documents, including all items on the State of Michigan’s budget transparency reporting website.
• Reviews financial documents for the State of Michigan’s Higher Education Institutional Data Inventory reporting.
• Supports the UBO in the development and submission of the State of Michigan’s capital outlay process.
• Assists in ensuring compliance with CMU policies and applicable state and federal guidelines and laws.
• Assists the UBO with the university’s new initiative request process and when necessary, the budget reduction and reallocation process.
• Works closely with the UBO to reconcile annual university subsidies for subsidized auxiliary centers.
• Actively participates in collective bargaining with staff groups.
• Works with departmental staff, the UBO , and Human Resources on multi-year financial modeling of all economic provisions of collective bargaining agreements and non-bargaining group proposals.
• Creates and updates training materials and provides training opportunities for campus constituents.
• Ensures all year-end funding entries occur by the stated timeline.
• Responsible for financial oversight of Go Grant initiative expenditures.
• Reviews monthly departmental reconciliations for the operational activity in cost centers managed by FPB .
• Reviews and maintains the FPB website and budget transparency website when other staff members are not available.
• Works closely with Accounting Services on university transfers that FPB oversees throughout the year as well as troubleshooting budget versus actual reporting questions.
• Works closely with the Academic Planning and Analysis department on key statistical analyses.
• Works closely with Information Technology to implement various software solutions and/or develop in-house solutions.
• Serves on university committees and teams as needed.
• Manages other special projects as assigned.

Supervision Exercised

None.

Message to Applicants

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMU’s mission, vision, and leadership standards.

Employee Group

Employee Group Professional & Administrative -Salary

Pay Range

Pay Range $83,000 - $92,000 per year

Division

Division Finance and Administrative Services

Department

Department Financial Planning & Budgets

Position Status

Position Status Regular

Employment Status

Employment Status Full-Time

FTE

FTE 1.00

Position Type

Position Type 12 month

Weekly Work Schedule

Weekly Work Schedule Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as needed

Location

Location Mount Pleasant, MI

About the Department

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.

CMU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and institution. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex-based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight.

CMU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 not to discriminate in such a matter.

Inquiries about the application of Title IX can be made to CMU’s Title IX Coordinator, the US Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary, or both.

CMU’s Title IX Coordinator can be reached at:
Phone: [phone]
Office: 103 E. Preston St.
Bovee University Center, suite 306
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858
Email: [e-mail]

Posting Ends

Open Until Filled Yes

Supplemental Questions

• * How did you first learn of this job opportunity? Please list the specific advertising source or indicate if it was word of mouth.

  (Open Ended Question)

• * Are you currently an internal employee of CMU according to the university's definition?
  • Yes
  • No
• * If yes, to which employee group do you belong? (If not applicable, select "Not Applicable").
  • Not Applicable
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• * Do you have at least a bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting, finance, or a related field?
  • Yes
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• * Do you have at least four years of relevant professional experience with at least one year in a management role?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have supervisory experience?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have experience with advanced financial analysis?
  • Yes
  • No

Optional & Required Documents

Required Documents

• Resume/Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter

Optional Documents

• Recommendation Letters
• Other Document (1)
• List of References

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