Business Manager

NMSU Conference Services; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM invites applications for a Business Manager in the Office of Engineering Research. The role provides financial oversight for grants and contracts and partners with engineering researchers to ensure accurate accounting and compliant operations.

The successful candidate will manage budgets, deliver financial reports, and guide departments on funding and expenditures, supporting strategic planning and resource allocation within the College of

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree + 8 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 6 years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree or higher preferred.
• Bachelor Degree in Accounting and 8 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide fiscal oversight and financial management for grants and contracts managed by the Office of Engineering Research.
• Manage all accounting functions for the College of Engineering, including restricted/unrestricted funds and funded projects.
• Monitor daily fiscal operations to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, sponsor, and university policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Develop, monitor, and reconcile budgets for restricted and unrestricted funds, ensuring expenditures align with approved budgets and funding requirements.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports, budget projections, and fiscal analyses for college leadership, principal investigators, and other stakeholders to support strategic planning and decision-making.
• Provide financial guidance and oversight to departments and principal investigators regarding budget management, allowable expenditures, and funding availability.
• Coordinate annual budget development and forecasting for all college funding sources, ensuring accurate financial planning and resource allocation.
• Review financial transactions and account activity to maintain accurate records, identify discrepancies, and implement corrective actions as needed.

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

• 503887


• Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States


• Staff


• Staff Full-time


• Closing at: Aug 11 2026 - 23:55 MDT

Department Contact: Jay Misra, [e-mail]

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Business Manager to provide fiscal oversight and financial management for a diverse portfolio of grants, contracts, and institutional funding sources. The ideal candidate will oversee accounting operations, budget development, financial reporting, and compliance activities while ensuring the integrity of financial and business operations. This role serves as a key financial advisor to leadership, departments, and principal investigators, supporting strategic planning, resource allocation, and sound fiscal decision-making. Strong analytical, budgeting, and financial management skills, along with knowledge of regulatory compliance and fund administration, are essential for success in this position.

This position may be underfilled as a Fiscal Manager II on a career development plan if unable to fill at the Fiscal Manager III. Minimum requirements for the II level: Associate’s Degree + 6 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 4 years of relevant experience. Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience as approved by Human Resource Services may be used to meet the minimum requirements.

Position Title: Business Manager

College/Division: Engineering College

Department: 360600-OFFICE OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH

Location: Las Cruces

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $67,161.67 - To commensurate with experience

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Contingent upon external funding

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide fiscal oversight and financial management for grants and contracts managed by the Office of Engineering Research, for the College of Engineering researchers. Ensuring the integrity of accounting and business operations across multiple funding sources.


• Manage and oversee all accounting functions for the College of Engineering (COE), including restricted awards, unrestricted funds, Research and Public Service Projects (RPSP), E-Fee funds, gift accounts, Differential Tuition (DT) funding and Global funding.


• Monitor daily fiscal operations to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, sponsor, and university policies, procedures, and regulations.


• Develop, monitor, and reconcile budgets for restricted and unrestricted funds, ensuring expenditures align with approved budgets and funding requirements.


• Prepare and analyze financial reports, budget projections, and fiscal analyses for college leadership, principal investigators, and other stakeholders to support strategic planning and decision-making.


• Provide financial guidance and oversight to departments and principal investigators regarding budget management, allowable expenditures, and funding availability.


• Coordinate annual budget development and forecasting for all college funding sources, ensuring accurate financial planning and resource allocation.


• Review financial transactions and account activity to maintain accurate records, identify discrepancies, and implement corrective actions as needed.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: Associate's Degree + 8 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree + 6 years of relevant experience. Master's degree or higher preferred.

Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor Degree in Accounting and 8 years experience.

Special Certification/Licensure

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: Light physical effort. Effort applies to no more than two (2) hours per day.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Recruitment Summary

We are New Mexico’s land-grant institution and a comprehensive research university dedicated to teaching, research public service and outreach at all levels. NMSU is a welcoming community of talented faculty, staff and students who are working together to make a difference. We are a NASA Space Grant College, a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), a minority-serving institution (MSI) and home to the first Honors College in New Mexico. We offer an accessible education that shapes bright futures.

NMSU provides learning opportunities to a diverse population of students and community members at four campuses, Cooperative Extension offices located in each of New Mexico’s 33 counties, 12 research and science centers, and through distance education.

NMSU Global Campus

Since 1888, NMSU has proudly embodied this tradition, building relationships that last a lifetime while serving students who want to earn their degree and grow in their field. Today, NMSU Global Campus provides flexible, career-focused online education that helps our students transform their lives – and the lives of the people they love – through over 70 degree and certificate programs, skill-building microlearning courses, and career and talent development.

NMSU Main Campus

Located in Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico State University's 900-acre main campus is located at the crossroads of I-10 and I-25 in the Southwestern United States. As a thriving center of higher education, deeply rooted in the regional tradition, its role as a comprehensive university is recognized throughout the state.

Doña Ana Community College

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Alamogordo Campus

Established in 1958 to serve the needs of the airmen and families stationed at Holloman Air Force Base located only 10 miles west of Alamogordo, NMSUA is a community college with a long history of excellence that is supported by a caring community of hard-working students and dedicated faculty and staff. The campus is situated “on the hill” above Alamogordo and provides inspiring views of the city and the Tularosa Basin, offering the perfect venue for creative and motivated learning.

Grants Campus

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Special Instructions to Applicants

The electronic application is the official document that will be used to qualify applicants. Paper/email documents will not be accepted. Required documents must be attached to this application.

EEO Statement

New Mexico State University does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, military service, or other non-merit factor.

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