Finance and Accounting Senior Professional

University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a Finance and Accounting Professional to oversee budget transactions, maintain rosters, and ensure budget conventions are followed across the College of Arts and Sciences. The role supports the Central College Budget Office and liaises with multiple departments to maintain accurate reporting.

The position emphasizes compliance with policies, development of budget processes, and operational efficiency, with a hybrid work schedule and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience substituted on a year-for-year basis.
• At least 3 years of progressively responsible experience in higher education and/or public/nonprofit finance.
• Experience with budget modeling and financial analysis is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement complex budget transfers for continuing and temporary faculty and staff appointments across campus, college, and department funding sources.
• Process budget and cash transfers for rostering positions, course buyouts, sabbaticals, subventions, and related actions.
• Balance positions via the Position Analysis Roster (PAN) and resolve budget deficits and funding misalignments.
• Flag payroll or appointment-related budget issues and escalate when necessary.
• Maintain an audit-ready budget roster for faculty and staff appointments.
• Create and process bulk department transfers per standard frameworks and support SpeedType creation.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Leadership

Data handling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Equivalent experience substitute

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Job Summary

The College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder encourages applications for the Finance and Accounting Professional position! This role is instrumental in processing budget transactions across all divisions, ensuring that the budgetary conventions and mechanics established through the College and Department Resource Frameworks are applied consistently across the college. The position involves maintaining position budget allocations and rostering, processing budget transactions for college and divisional commitments, and administering accurate reporting via internal budget office reports.

Summary

The College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder encourages applications for the Finance and Accounting Professional position! This role is instrumental in processing budget transactions across all divisions, ensuring that the budgetary conventions and mechanics established through the College and Department Resource Frameworks are applied consistently across the college. The position involves maintaining position budget allocations and rostering, processing budget transactions for college and divisional commitments, and administering accurate reporting via internal budget office reports.

Responsibilities will require a robust understanding of University financial policies and standard procedures in order to align budget conventions across the College. This position contributes to the development and improvement of budgetary processes, promotes compliance with financial regulations, and supports initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and long-term sustainability. As a member of the Central College Budget Office, this position reports up through the Dean of the College and provides priority support for Budget Office needs.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder is the intellectual core of the university, conducting research, scholarship, creative work and education in more than 60 fields. Our research generates new knowledge, solving some of the world’s most critical problems.

The college leads nationally in undergraduate and graduate education in the natural sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities, bringing world-class research and scholarship to our students, both in and out of the classroom.

Responsibilities

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Fiscal Oversight

• Independently implement complex budget transfers for continuing and temporary faculty and staff appointments across campus, college, and department funding sources. Process budget and cash transfers for rostering positions, course buyouts, sabbaticals, subventions, compensation increases, and other faculty and staff actions.
• Use offer letters, appointment documentation, and funding commitments to guide accurate transfers.
• Balance positions via the Position Analysis Roster (PAN), resolving budget deficits, identifying funding misalignments, and sweeping back salary savings surpluses in accordance with university and college policy.
• Proactively identify and flag payroll or appointment-related budget issues requiring departmental correction, exercising judgment in determining when escalation is necessary.
• Complete all related tracking documentation with accuracy and audit-ready detail.
• Maintain accurate continuing budget roster for faculty and staff appointments.
• Process bulk department transfers for college and divisional budget allocations (Teaching Plans, department operating, faculty funding, summer session, tuition remission, fiscal year end sweeps, etc.), following College and Departmental Resource Frameworks and applying standard budget conventions across the College.
• Support Budget Office with creation of new SpeedTypes to align with standard budget conventions.
• Process other budget transactions as assigned.

Reporting and Tool Maintenance

• In collaboration with Directors of Budget, maintain, update, and improve Budget Office reporting, tools, and templates.
• Support Directors of Budget in developing and maintaining funding commitment tracking for faculty startup, retention, and related commitments.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Develop systems and reporting for communicating position budget concerns to Directors of Budget.
• As a representative of the college’s budget office, attend and participate in divisional and college leadership meetings, budget office meetings, and campus working groups.
• Partner with Budget Office team to support the development of standard, college-wide mechanics.

Ad Hoc

• Custom reporting on an ad hoc basis for budget office, college, and division leadership.
• Collaborate on active college project teams such as cash carryforward, fund 10/11, CCO compliance, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Should Know

• Hybrid Schedule: At least 3 days a week on campus per campus and college policies and guidelines. Subject to change based on the business needs of the department.
• Standard business hours: 8:00AM - 5:00PM (Mountain Time) | Monday - Friday.
• Employee may be expected to be on campus Monday-Friday during onboarding, training, and/or professional development events/meetings.

What We Can Offer

The salary range for this position is $75,000-$80,000.

Benefits

At the University of Colorado Boulder , we are committed to supporting the holistic health and well-being of our employees. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and retirement plans; generous paid time off; tuition assistance for you and your dependents; and an ECO Pass for local transit. As one of Boulder County’s largest employers, CU Boulder offers an inspiring academic community and access to world-class outdoor recreation. In fact, CU Boulder has been named one of Forbes' America's Best Large Employers , ranking #4 among large employers in Colorado and #28 among universities nationwide. Explore additional perks and programs through the CU Advantage program.

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What We Require

• A Bachelor’s degree.
• Equivalent experience/education may substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required degree.
• At least 3 years of progressively responsible experience in higher education and/or public/nonprofit finance.

What You Will Need

• Experience leading change, enhancing operations, and improving efficiencies.
• Flexible approach, willing to listen to others and consider options and ideas that may take additional effort but have significant potential.
• Proactive relationship builder genuinely interested in enabling the success of others to strengthen CU Boulder’s internal partnerships.
• Attentive and ethical communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex financial processes and reasons behind decisions customized to the audience.
• Thorough analytical thinker, excited and able to tackle problems through a logical and systematic approach and committed to ensuring complete, accurate, and carefully prepared documents.
• Forward thinker with results orientation, relying on data and institutional knowledge to forecast issues and opportunities and prepare appropriate options for numerous outcomes.
• Technical expertise and demonstrated depth of knowledge and skill in the field of public higher education budget modeling, including advanced skills in the use of relevant applications such as the Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to lead and wrangle large data sets, bringing them into formats understandable by a wide array of constituents.
• Experience as an independent and team contributor, with the ability to identify what needs be done and the initiative to address the task/issue before being asked.
• Self-confident and willing to take an independent position, speak truth to leadership, and professionally advocate for a position.

What We Would Like You To Have

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) from an accredited university in business, finance, public/higher education, administration, or a comparable field.
• Experience in higher education administration with a strong focus on budget and financial analysis.
• Experience in a department or unit with responsibilities greater than $1 million continuing budget.
• Experience in addressing executive leadership including ability to take complex financial illustrations and adapt them to the audience at hand.

To Apply, Please Submit The Following Materials

• A current resume.
• A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.

We may request references at a later time.

Please apply by September 15, 2026 for consideration.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.

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