"Director of Business Operations"

Job Description

Tennessee State University College of Agriculture invites applications for the position of Director of Fiscal Operations. The Director of Fiscal Operations is directly responsible to the Dean and Director of Research/Administrator of Extension.

Job responsibilities:

• Plans and directs multi-million dollar financial /accounting activities/matters within the College of Agriculture to ensure the integrity and proper allocation of fiscal, human, and physical resources of the College.
• Supervises personnel in the College's Business Office and works collaboratively with additional personnel strategically placed in other offices in the University.
• Ensures the integrity of financial data and accuracy of fiscal reports produced by the College. Identifies and solves problems in matters related to fiscal issues for all funded projects.
• Ensures compliance with federal regulations and guidelines relative to fiscal affairs.
• Supervises, trains and evaluate the performance of assigned staff. Interacts with funding agencies regarding fiscal matters; plans and develops short- and long-term budgets to provide projections and forecasts and analyzes financial impacts.
• Responsible for preparing fiscal reports as a primary responsibility in addition to the supervisory responsibilities.
• Experience in preparing fiscal reports for the government is essential.