Finance Director, Provost Budget & Reporting

Duke Clinical Research Institute; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, seeks a Finance Director, Budget & Finance to lead the Provost Area Management Center budget and reporting for a 1.2B portfolio. You will guide processes, coordinate reporting, and partner with academic and administrative leaders to ensure financial health and policy compliance.

With a background in accounting/finance and at least ten years in financial management, you will manage staff, implement internal controls, and drive strategic funding

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least ten years of business/administrative experience in financial management, general accounting principles, ad hoc financial analysis and reporting, budgeting, and financial modeling.
• CPA and/or MBA.
• Three to five years in a research-oriented institution of higher education.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience managing large, complex budgets in higher education.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze trends and financial information to perform complex analysis and financial modeling.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and diplomatic skills with senior faculty and administrative leaders.
• Strong organizational, management, and administrative skills with attention to detail.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft tools and other integrated systems such as Advanced Excel and SAP.
• Flexibility and ability to work on multiple initiatives simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Guide and coordinate budget process oversight for the Provost management center, including the annual budget and projections.
• Establish timelines, coordinate budget meetings, prepare budget materials, reporting templates, allocation targets, guidelines, and communications for Provost units.
• Review budget submissions, analyze data, identify budget issues, and provide recommendations to improve submissions and estimates.
• Lead consolidation of strategic funding requests, track approvals, and monitor budget performance throughout the fiscal year.
• Develop relationships with Provost Office finance leads and business managers and assist with comprehensive financial responsibilities for Provost Area Management Center units.
• Create formal internal controls frameworks in consultation with central administration and internal audit.
• Review and recommend policy changes, approve policy exceptions, oversee systems workflow administration, and ensure management center approvals are completed timely.
• Create compliance monitoring reports and analyze exception reporting using data from SAP, Concur, and other systems.
• Directly manage associate directors supporting management center oversight activities.
• Lead year-end closeout processes and ensure compliance with accounting policies.
• Review financial statements, evaluate budget variances, and partner with central finance on corrective actions as needed.
• Serve as a resource for budget and reporting responsibilities and support training of new business and finance managers.
• Complete quarterly monitoring of budget versus actuals, AP problem invoices, exception reporting, and corporate card activities.
• Lead strategic finance oversight for Provost area centralized funding distributions supporting strategic initiatives, academic priorities, and reserves.
• Create and maintain commitment tracking databases for leadership reporting.
• Develop and manage memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreements supporting academic and strategic priorities.
• Create projections for strategic fund availability and develop executive-level presentations to support decision making by Provost leadership.
• Perform other duties and ad hoc requests as assigned.

Skills

Budget management

Financial analysis

Communication

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field

CPA and/or MBA

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Concur

Job description

Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, seeks a Finance Director, Budget & Finance to lead the Provost Area Management Center budget and reporting for a 1.2B portfolio. You will guide processes, coordinate reporting, and partner with academic and administrative leaders to ensure financial health and policy compliance.

With a background in accounting/finance and at least ten years in financial management, you will manage staff, implement internal controls, and drive strategic funding