Director, Budget & Planning Services

Overview

Auburn University is excited to begin the search for a Director of Budget & Planning Services! This individual provides overall leadership for the annual budget development process, leads institutional financial planning efforts, and delivers strategic financial reporting to campus leadership to support decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Manages the annual budget process by developing timelines, assisting in budget guideline development, assessment of efficiencies and process improvements, and maintaining budget systems.
• Serves as the strategist for the university's planning and budgeting software. This includes mapping out use cases to solve institutional challenges as well as providing end-user support while working with other personnel to build models under the connected planning concept.
• Collaborates with the AVP, Budgets & Business Operations in developing and updating short- and long-term financial models to perform revenue and expense forecasting to support the goals and strategic plan of the University.
• Prepares, analyzes, and reviews quarterly management statements and reporting under the Strategic Budgeting Initiative, as well as identifies opportunities for improvement in reporting.
• Directly supervises staff.
• Reviews all state reporting requirements and ensures accurate and timely completion of forms.
• Assists AVP, Budgets & Business Operations in the development of presentations and reports for communicating budget and other financial information.
• Collaborates with other business and auxiliary units on campus to build pro-formas that will include preparing ROI analyses and identify key performance indicators to assess sustainability success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8 years of experience in reporting, financial analysis, and budgeting for a large, complex organization.