Asst. Director, Financial Systems Process Transformation - Remote

University of Miami; Coral Gables (FL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Miami seeks an Asst. Director for Financial Systems Process Transformation to optimize finance processes and lead system changes. The role requires excellent strategic alignment, financial management skills, and a minimum of 7 years of experience. Join a vibrant academic community dedicated to transforming lives through education and innovation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience required.
• Skilled in aligning departmental goals with enterprise-wide strategy.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a finance and accounting SME, focusing on business processes.
• Leads financial system projects, including upgrades and strategic initiatives.
• Develops and implements audit strategies to ensure data integrity.

Skills

Strategic Alignment

Financial Management

Resource Management

Adaptability

Team Leadership

Technology & Analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Job description

Asst. Director, Financial Systems Process Transformation page is loaded

Asst. Director, Financial Systems Process Transformation

Apply locations Coral Gables, FL
Time type Full time
Posted on Posted 3 Days Ago
Job requisition id R100087453

Current Employees:

If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet.

The Asst. Director, Financial Systems (A) optimizes finance and accounting processes through effective financial system utilization, leading system changes, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulations.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Serves as a finance and accounting SME, focusing on business processes and financial systems.
• Translates business needs into detailed functional requirements for system implementations.
• Leads and coordinates project work plans, testing, and documentation for system changes.
• Facilitates discussions across Finance areas to improve processes through system functionality.
• Leads financial system projects, including upgrades and strategic initiatives.
• Provides timely communication on project status, issues, and timelines to stakeholders.
• Identifies, analyzes, and communicates system issues to technical teams and stakeholders.
• Collaborates on issue resolution, including workarounds and audits.
• Maintains logs of system issues and approved enhancements.
• Supports vendor case management and troubleshoots application issues.
• Develops and implements audit strategies and procedures to ensure optimal system utilization and data integrity.
• Contributes to the strategic design and evolution of financial system specifications, collaborating with technical resources to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and operational needs.
• Investigates complex data integrity issues and leads the identification and implementation of solutions for misalignments with policies and procedures.
• Serves as a key resource in understanding system configurations to ensure alignment with business operations and policies.
• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures. Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
• Certification and Licensing: Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements
• Experience: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience
• Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:
• Strategic Alignment: Skilled in aligning departmental goals with enterprise-wide strategy and develops comprehensive strategic plans.
• Financial Management: Ensures fiscal responsibility, and optimization of financial performance.
• Resource Management: Ability to allocate resources and drive innovation and growth.
• Adaptability: Proven ability to adjust to changes and leads/inspires transformational change.
• Team Leadership: Ability to build and lead high-performing teams, manage complex projects, and ensure successful project delivery.
• Technology & Analytics: Understanding of technology, data analytics, and performance measurement to drive strategic decisions and identify opportunities.
• Communication: Ability to influence others, articulate strategic vision, and ensure clear and persuasive communication.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

Job Status: Full time

Employee Type: Staff

Pay Grade: A16

About Us

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers.

The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.

The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.

The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.

Transforming lives

With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to add value. Through values of Diversity, Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Compassion, Creativity, and Teamwork (DIRECCT), the U community works together to create an environment driven by purpose, excellence, community, and service.