Finance, Operations, and HR Principle Professional

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Summary

The Finance, Operations, and HR Principle Professional is a key member of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences Dean's Office team that oversees and supports college-wide financial and HR operations. This position exercises discretion, analytical skill, personal accountability and responsibility. This position supports the HR Director in the administration of a broad range of professional-level human resources (HR) functions in the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. Similarly, this position also supports the Senior Assistant Dean of Finance & Operations by providing continuous support and training related to financial policies, operations, procedures, and payroll to chairs, directors, faculty, and staff college-wide (300+ permanent employees and 200+ temporary lecturers).

Essential Functions

The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

Budget Oversight, Monitoring & Training – All Funds
• Provide oversight, guidance, and training to faculty and staff on revenue/expenditure monitoring across all fund types.
• Serve as primary contact for monthly deficit management and corrections.
• Develop procedures, guides, labs, and training for budgeting and corrections.
• Create and maintain high-level quarterly budget reports.
• Coordinate with Accounting, Budget, SFS, HR, and Sponsored Research.

Procurement, Reimbursement & Travel
• Support procurement, reimbursement, and travel processes.
• Provide expert interpretation of policies for purchasing, P-cards, reimbursements, and travel.

Payroll & Annual Merit Salary Increase Process
• Support payroll processing across the College.
• Advise chairs and staff on $3M+ in annual payroll for lecturers and others.
• Process summer research payroll and report effort data.
• Support merit salary process, verifying position budgets, FTE, and compensation pools.

Budget Analysis, Reporting & Recommendations
• Compile, create, and interpret financial reports.
• Make recommendations supporting effective decision‑making.

Recruitment and Hiring Management
• Manages the recruitment and hiring processes for the college of LAS, including position description development, budget availability, search waiver requests, search committee support
• Manages job postings by initiating the Request to Fill, draft posting in CU Careers, and coordinating with HR to post
• Manages search committees by scheduling and running charge meetings, checking finalists with HR, initiating SkillSurvey reference checks, creating letters of offer and sends for electronic signatures, initiates onboarding process for new hires, including background checks and Person of Interest (POI) appointments
• Completes candidate dispositions in CU Careers
• Informs Dean's office staff, College finance team, and Provost's office of new hires (for new faculty orientation)
• Ensures new hires are added to LAS email and new faculty lists, RPT and sabbatical schedules

Additional Appointments and Amendments
• Assists with coordination with Dean, HR Director, and College finance team to determine terms of additional or revised appointments (FTE, budget, compensation, begin and end dates, job duties).
• Creates offer and amendment letters, sends through Adobe Sign for electronic authorizing signatures. Provides copies of fully signed letters to department chairs and program assistants, college financial staff.

Post Monthly and Bi-Weekly Timesheets
• Post all monthly staff timesheets.
• Post bi-weekly student timesheets for the LAS Dean's Office and other departments, if coverage is needed.

Performance Review Process Management
• Manages the IRC annual performance review process and supports the HR Director in the management of staff evaluations. May be responsible for some of the following tasks: Communicating processes, timelines, forms, relevant policies. Collecting and ensuring all required documents are provided.

Separations and Terminations
• Initiates and monitors the separation/termination processes for leaving employees. Provides separation information to those who leave the university (retirement, COBRA, return of university-owned items, keys, etc.).
• Enters separation ticket in Cherwell for termination of access. Enters separation in HCM; coordinates with HR re: payouts.
• Terminates secondary administrative appointments in HCM at end of appointment.

Other Duties
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Tentative Search Timeline

• Priority will be given to applications submitted by: September 23, 2026; 5pm MDT
• Potential interview dates: Week of September 28, 2026
• Potential start date: October 15, 2026

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.

In accordance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, UCCS does not discriminate based on sex in our employment or compensation practices.

Qualifications :

• Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in HR, finance, business, accounting, or related field OR substitution of year for year equivalent experience is required.
• Experience:
  • Must have professional experience in Finance, Budget or Accounting.
  • Professional experience in Higher Education is preferred.

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs has implemented a misconduct history check program with respect to final candidates for specific appointments. The misconduct history check program is intended to allow UCCS to collect and review information about a candidate's conduct at their previous institutions, specifically conduct related to sexual misconduct, harassment, and/or discrimination – before making hiring decisions. All final candidates to these appointments are required to complete an Authorization to Release Information and provide contact information for their previous institutions.