Strategic Budget & Gifts Manager, Academic Affairs

Wellesley College

Framingham (MA)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 115,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Excellent benefits package

Free campus parking

MBTA access

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Hybrid work environment

Tuition benefits

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Job summary

Wellesley College is seeking an Assistant Director of Academic Budget and Financial Operations to manage the college’s $124M academic division budget and advise the Provost and Deans with timely information and analysis to inform decisions.

The role develops budgets, oversees Provost’s Office funds, collaborates with chairs and administrators, tracks gift funds (over 200 accounts), and ensures optimal use of resources to advance the college’s academic priorities.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of five years’ experience in a role working directly with budgets and financial data. Accounting or finance background in a higher education environment with restricted gift funding strongly preferred.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer’s sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

(50%) Informs and supports the work of the Provost’s Office on all budgetary and financial matters. Conducts financial and data analysis to inform data-driven recommendations driving policy and programming decisions. Assists academic cost center managers with budget questions via a portfolio-based model and advises on college and Provost’s Office policies, procedures, and deadlines. Supports faculty through service on internal faculty award committees and training of new department chairs on the budgeting processes.
(25%) Collaborates with the Office of Finance and Administration in budget development and year end close processes. Submits the Provost’s Office budget and capital requests, and represents the academic division during the capital budget process as a member of the Capital Budget Committee.
(10%) Budgets and oversees use of all endowments and gifts under the control of the Provost’s Office to advance the academic priorities of the College; acts as primary contact for new gifts in Provost’s area. Tracks gift and endowment balances across the academic division, and reviews with Provost and Deans gifts and endowments with accumulated balances. Develops proposals for use of new gifts upon request from the Development Office, consulting on areas of need for fundraising goals.
(5%) Manages the annual administrative salary increase and bonus processes for the academic division administrative staff members.
(5%) Supervises and mentors Academic Budget and Financial Operations Analyst .
(5%) Serves as back up in responding to individual tickets in the Provost Finance ticketing system as needed, supporting Academic Budget and Financial Operations Analyst.