Job Summary
The College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder encourages
applications for the Finance and Accounting Professional position!
This role is instrumental in processing budget transactions across
all divisions, ensuring that the budgetary conventions and
mechanics established through the College and Department Resource
Frameworks are applied consistently across the college. The
position involves maintaining position budget allocations and
rostering, processing budget transactions for college and
divisional commitments, and administering accurate reporting via
internal budget office reports.
Responsibilities will require a robust understanding of University
financial policies and standard procedures in order to align budget
conventions across the College. This position contributes to the
development and improvement of budgetary processes, promotes
compliance with financial regulations, and supports initiatives
that enhance operational efficiency and long-term sustainability.
As a member of the Central College Budget Office, this position
reports up through the Dean of the College and provides priority
support for Budget Office needs.
CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all
applicable federal, state, and local laws governing
nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a
workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and
dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to
apply, including protected veterans and individuals with
disabilities.
Who We Are
The College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder is the intellectual
core of the university, conducting research, scholarship, creative
work and education in more than 60 fields. Our research generates
new knowledge, solving some of the world’s most critical
problems.
The college leads nationally in undergraduate and graduate
education in the natural sciences, social sciences and arts and
humanities, bringing world-class research and scholarship to our
students, both in and out of the classroom.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
Fiscal Oversight
- Independently implement complex budget transfers for continuing
and temporary faculty and staff appointments across campus,
college, and department funding sources. Process budget and cash
transfers for rostering positions, course buyouts, sabbaticals,
subventions, compensation increases, and other faculty and staff
actions.
Use offer letters, appointment documentation, and funding
commitments to guide accurate transfers.
Balance positions via the Position Analysis Roster (PAN),
resolving budget deficits, identifying funding misalignments, and
sweeping back salary savings surpluses in accordance with
university and college policy.
Proactively identify and flag payroll or appointment-related
budget issues requiring departmental correction, exercising
judgment in determining when escalation is necessary.
Complete all related tracking documentation with accuracy and
audit-ready detail.
Maintain accurate continuing budget roster for faculty and
staff appointments.
Process bulk department transfers for college and divisional
budget allocations (Teaching Plans, department operating, faculty
funding, summer session, tuition remission, fiscal year end sweeps,
etc.), following College and Departmental Resource Frameworks and
applying standard budget conventions across the College.
Support Budget Office with creation of new SpeedTypes to align
with standard budget conventions.
Process other budget transactions as assigned.
Reporting and Tool Maintenance
- In collaboration with Directors of Budget, maintain, update,
and improve Budget Office reporting, tools, and templates.
- Support Directors of Budget in developing and maintaining
funding commitment tracking for faculty startup, retention, and
related commitments.
Leadership and Collaboration
- Develop systems and reporting for communicating position budget
concerns to Directors of Budget.
- As a representative of the college’s budget office, attend and
participate in divisional and college leadership meetings, budget
office meetings, and campus working groups.
- Partner with Budget Office team to support the development of
standard, college-wide mechanics.
Ad Hoc
- Custom reporting on an ad hoc basis for budget office, college,
and division leadership.
- Collaborate on active college project teams such as cash
carryforward, fund 10/11, CCO compliance, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Should Know
- Hybrid Schedule: At least 3 days a week on campus per campus
and college policies and guidelines. Subject to change based on the
business needs of the department.
- Standard business hours: 8:00AM - 5:00PM (Mountain Time) |
Monday - Friday.
- Employee may be expected to be on campus Monday-Friday during
onboarding, training, and/or professional development
events/meetings.
What We Can Offer
The salary range for this position is $75,000-$80,000.
Benefits
At the
University of Colorado Boulder , we are
committed to supporting the holistic health and well-being of our
employees. Our comprehensive
benefits package includes medical,
dental, and retirement plans; generous paid time off; tuition
assistance for you and your dependents; and an ECO Pass for local
transit. As one of Boulder County’s largest employers, CU Boulder
offers an inspiring academic community and access to world-class
outdoor recreation. Explore additional perks and programs through
the
CU Advantage program.
Be Statements
Be ambitious. Be pioneering. Be Boulder.
What We Require
- A Bachelor’s degree.
- Equivalent experience/education may substitute on a
year-for-year basis for the required degree.
- At least 3 years of progressively responsible experience in
higher education and/or public/nonprofit finance.
What You Will Need
- Experience leading change, enhancing operations, and improving
efficiencies.
- Flexible approach, willing to listen to others and consider
options and ideas that may take additional effort but have
significant potential.
- Proactive relationship builder genuinely interested in enabling
the success of others to strengthen CU Boulder’s internal
partnerships.
- Attentive and ethical communicator with excellent verbal and
written communication skills and the ability to explain complex
financial processes and reasons behind decisions customized to the
audience.
- Thorough analytical thinker, excited and able to tackle
problems through a logical and systematic approach and committed to
ensuring complete, accurate, and carefully prepared documents.
- Forward thinker with results orientation, relying on data and
institutional knowledge to forecast issues and opportunities and
prepare appropriate options for numerous outcomes.
- Technical expertise and demonstrated depth of knowledge and
skill in the field of public higher education budget modeling,
including advanced skills in the use of relevant applications such
as the Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
- Ability to lead and wrangle large data sets, bringing them into
formats understandable by a wide array of constituents.
- Experience as an independent and team contributor, with the
ability to identify what needs be done and the initiative to
address the task/issue before being asked.
- Self-confident and willing to take an independent position,
speak truth to leadership, and professionally advocate for a
position.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) from an accredited
university in business, finance, public/higher education,
administration, or a comparable field.
- Experience in higher education administration with a strong
focus on budget and financial analysis.
- Experience in a department or unit with responsibilities
greater than $1 million continuing budget.
- Experience in addressing executive leadership including ability
to take complex financial illustrations and adapt them to the
audience at hand.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- A current resume.
- A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background
and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and
responsibilities of the position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by
September 15, 2026 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For
consideration, please apply through
CU Boulder Jobs.
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in
any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying
information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school
attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting
or removing this information.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu
