Strategic Budget & Forecasting Manager

Stanfordlivetickets; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University’s School of Medicine is seeking a Financial Manager in the Budget and Financial Planning group. This role supports the 15‑year forecast and the annual consolidated budget of about $4.5B, coordinating the annual process and developing tools for budgeting across departments.

The position can be remote or hybrid, with on-site days as needed, and offers a broad range of benefits with a competitive pay range. Pay is location-dependent, with a range stated in the job posting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or Accounting.
• Expertise in budget applications and advanced PowerPoint and Excel / Google Sheets functions, including pivot tables and graphing.
• Ability to craft impactful presentations to enhance financial transparency and deliver financial analysis results and implications.
• Exceptional quantitative and financial analytical skills, especially with financial projections and forecasting.
• Ability to take initiative and ownership of projects.
• Strong problem-solving skills, working with stakeholders and other team members to fully analyze issues and develop insights and actionable recommendations.
• Expertise in institutional accounting systems, databases, data extraction methods, and report presentation.
• Self-starter with ability to gain the respect of others and elicit cooperation across organizations.
• Understanding of fund accounting and the operations of a medical school.
• Knowledge of Stanford's Oracle financial systems, data structures, and reporting methods is highly preferable.

Responsibilities

• Perform analytical, complex finance and control functions; reconciliations and related analysis; approve complex transactions and high-dollar value entries.
• Research and synthesize data for broad areas; develop complex financial analyses, budgeting, forecasting scenarios, and long-range planning.
• Develop complex financial reports and ad hoc analyses; provide consultation to senior leadership on results and implications.
• Prioritize and resolve strategic and unit issues; ensure efficient delivery and integration of financial services.
• Design internal controls and compliance programs within financial processes.
• Lead multiple high-visibility process improvement projects and strategic initiatives with measurable impact.
• Improve systems and processes for efficiencies and internal controls; design training on new financial systems.
• Analyze problems in critical systems; identify risks, solutions, and act as project owner.
• Represent the organization to clients and leaders as a subject matter expert on complex matters.
• Assess client needs and formulate recommendations for managing and completing processes.
• May supervise or coach other staff as needed.

Skills

Budgeting

PowerPoint

Excel

Google Sheets

Pivot tables

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Data extraction

Report presentation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or Accounting

Tools

Oracle financial systems

ERP systems

Job description

Stanford University’s School of Medicine is seeking a Financial Manager in the Budget and Financial Planning group. This role supports the 15‑year forecast and the annual consolidated budget of about $4.5B, coordinating the annual process and developing tools for budgeting across departments.

The position can be remote or hybrid, with on-site days as needed, and offers a broad range of benefits with a competitive pay range. Pay is location-dependent, with a range stated in the job posting.