Fiscal Manager

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania; Cheyney (PA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Wellness programs

Retirement plans

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Military leave

Holidays off

Tuition waiver

Training & development

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania seeks a Fiscal Operations Manager to oversee advanced bookkeeping and grants administration, ensuring compliance with GAAP and university policies. The role requires strong data analysis, process improvement, and cross‑functional collaboration to support finance operations and grants management.

Responsibilities include leading financial applications, portfolio health analyses, and data accuracy across financial systems while prioritizing critical tasks and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred in Finance/Accounting or related field.
• 3+ years in Finance at a Higher Education institution or related financial work with accounting principles.
• Excellent communication, verbal and written skills.
• Ability to interact with diverse publics and work in a team.
• Ability to work in a crisis-oriented environment and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency with Excel, Microsoft Office, and accounting software.
• All offers subject to satisfactory background checks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary business support for financial applications and ensure compliance with finance processes and policies.
• Analyze grants and current state, developing portfolio health analyses with dashboards.
• Prioritize and manage tasks in a sensitive environment and meet deadlines.
• Deploy project management to improve productivity across the finance division.
• Lead continuous improvement of workflows across purchasing, expenses, AP, budgeting, and reporting.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across financial systems.
• Apply GAAP to electronic records for Grants administration and related offices.
• Provide decision support and sound judgment for Grants operations.
• Prioritize fiscal processes in renewals and close management for all Grants.
• Certifying official for review of all Grants submissions by Cheyney University.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Data analysis

GAAP knowledge

Crisis management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Accounting software

Job description

Proudly standing as the nation’s oldest HBCU, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been a stalwart and highly respected institution of higher education since our founding in 1837.

For over 185 years our alumni have emerged as leaders and left their mark on the social, economic, and political history of Philadelphia, the surrounding region, the nation, and the world. Building on this legacy, the vision for Cheyney University is to become the premier model for academic excellence, character development, and social responsibility.

Here at Cheyney, we value scholarship, diversity, integrity, respect, and service.

We are committed to maintaining a vibrant educational community that is dedicated to promoting scholarship and lifelong learning for its students, offering wide student access to resources to ensure an opportunity for all to acquire an education, encouraging freedom of thought and freedom from discrimination by ensuring a respectful environment, and provide outreach and service to external and constituent communities, demonstrating their understanding of the importance and value of service.

We’re looking for exceptional individuals who share our values, embrace our mission, recognize our potential, and covet the opportunity to continue to move our historic University forward.

CU proudly offers a positive and purposeful work environment; comprehensive employee benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance along with many wellness programs; generous retirement plans; a commitment to work-life balance including generous paid vacation, paid sick time, military leave and paid time off for most major holidays; and a University mission to support employee personal and professional growth including a tuition waiver for self and family members, training and development, and advancement opportunities.

The Fiscal Operations Manager role supports all areas of fiscal operational excellence at the University. The incumbent performs advanced bookkeeping duties in recording, reviewing, processing, and controlling financial records and documentation ensuring the compliance of all new and restricted/ sponsored programs.

Work involves detailed examination of a variety of records and documents for propriety, quality, and accurate conformity to established fiscal procedures and university policies. The work is performed independently within a framework of prescribed accounting procedures and university regulations. The role operates within the TitleIII Part B Grant and works under the supervision of the Senior Director of ORSP/ Title III.

• 1. Serve as the primary business support for financial applications, ensuring they align with finance processes, compliance requirements, accounting standards, organizational policies, and evolving businessneeds.
• 2. Supportcurrentstateassessmentandanalysisofallcurrentandindigentgrants,leveragingreporting, technology tools and dashboard techniques and systems to develop a portfolio health analysis of
• 3. Prioritization:Abilitytoprioritizeandmanagetasksinorderofimportance.Thisisnecessaryin supporting the offices with sensitive tasks
• 4. Deploy project management skills, helping to manage many time-sensitive tasks. This role is designed tohelpimproveproductivityacrossthedepartmentandfinancedivision,whilemeetingcriticaldeadlines. NeededintheORSPandGrantsOffice.
• 5. Leadcontinuousimprovementtooptimizefinanceworkflows(purchasing,expensemanagement,AP, Approvals, budgeting and reporting across the division of finance, in compliance with the continuous improvementgoalsoftheTitleIIIGrant
• 6. Ensuredataaccuracyandconsistencyacrossfinancialsystemsthroughrigorous,systematic Data review and partnership.
• 7. UnderstandtheGenerallyAcceptableAccountingPrinciples(GAAP),andapplytotheorganizationof electronic records for the Grants administration office, SFS and Division of Finance
• 8. Exercisecriticalthinkingskillsbyanalyzingfinancialinformationobjectivelyandmakeareasonable, sound judgment across critical decisions needed for the operation of the Grants Office.
• 9. Problemsolvingskills:troubleshootingissuesbyidentifyingtheproblemandcreating solutions.Evaluatingoptionsandimplementingaplantoresolvetheissue.
• 10. Team Buildingskills:asaleader,truecommitmentisneededtoensurepersonalandProfessionalgrowthofteammembers. This includes developing positive relationships
• 11. amongtheteammembers.
• 12. Serve as a supporting Certifying official for the review of all Grants submissions conducted by Cheyney University
• 13. LeverageexpertiseinallrelevantCodesofFederalregulations,aswellasstateandregulatorybody requirement,inorderto supporttheSeniorManagerofRestrictedAccountingandtheT3/ORSPDirector
• 14. ServetohelpprioritizefiscalprocessesintherenewalsandclosemanagementprocessesforallGrants. This is necessary in supporting, prioritizing, and managing tasks across the offices with sensitive tasks

AdditionalDuties&Responsibilities

1. Handlesensitiveissuesandinformationwithconfidentialityanddiscretion.
2. Effective Leadership skills

RequiredminimumQualifications: Education,Training,and/orExperience

Three or more years working in Finance at the Higher Education level or three years of related work involvingFiscalAffairsandfinancialrecords,includingtheapplicationofaccountingorfiscalprinciples and practices; a Bachelor's degree required, however a Master's degree is preferred.

Knowledge,Skills&Abilities:Excellentcommunication,verbal,andwritten.

Abilitytointeractwithdiversepublicsinafriendlyandwelcomingmanner. Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Abilitytoworkinacrisis-orientedenvironment. Ability to meet deadlines.

Abilitytodevelopsolutionstoproblems. Ability to organize and plan effectively.

Abilitytoprovideattentiontodetailinanalyzingandevaluatinginformation. Ability to multi-task.

Skilledinuseoftechnology(ExcelandMicrosoftOfficeSuiteandwork-relatedsoftware) Ability to make recommendations to enhance, correct, or streamline operations.

All offers of employment are subject and contingent upon satisfactory completion of all pre-employment criminal background checks.

Cheyney University an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.