Manager Business and Operations

Job description

Job code: 008865
Pay grade: G
Pay type: Exempt/salaried

General summary

Oversees all financial and operational responsibilities for the department.

Major duties

  • Monitors department, college, or division finances to ensure appropriate resource allocation, consistency, and coherency. Reports and researches significant deviations from approved budgets. Forecasts financial performance using projection and statistical methodologies.
  • Ensures integrity of financial operations.
  • Develops, negotiates and executes facility, event and performance contracts and budgets.
  • Evaluates and manages fiscal aspects of contracts, budgets and negotiated agreements.
  • Manages schedule for building and programs, including community and University events.
  • Establishes and interprets department policy.
  • Develops short and long-term planning models and methodologies.
  • Oversees and administers human resources functions for the department, college or division to ensure compliance with university policies, procedures, applicable laws, regulations and contractual requirements.
  • May participate in capital project planning and development.

Minimum qualifications

Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.

Required education

  • Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution.

Required experience

  • Three years' relevant experience.
  • Supervisory or lead experience.
  • Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
  • Knowledge of contracts.
  • Knowledge of accounting, budgets and finance.
  • Budget management including fiscal analysis.

Required other

  • Ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours, including evenings and weekends.

Desired qualifications

Desired education

  • Master's degree in business administration, accounting or a related field from an accredited institution.

Desired experience

  • Experience working effectively and collaboratively in a collective bargaining environment.
  • A commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Physical requirements

Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.

Working conditions

Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.

Revised: 2022-08-31

This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.