Director of Finance and Grants

Requisition Number: 59271

Location: Boulder Colorado

Employment Type: University Staff

Schedule: Full Time

Posting Close Date: 29-Sep-2024

Date Posted:

Job Summary

The Director of Finance and Grants reports directly to the Director of the Renee Crown Wellness Institute. In this capacity, this position will serve as a leader at the Institute, and provide high-level budgetary, financial policy, and operational support to the Director and the Institute. This position is expected to provide vision and leadership and has the authority and responsibility to represent the Institute in financial affairs, including fiscal issues, budgeting, accounting and gift administration to support strategic directions.

This role will provide key financial oversight for the Institute's complex production and operational budgets, identify and implement efficiencies, and support the Institute with forward-thinking and adaptive fiscal planning and budgeting. This position engages in long-term strategic projects, planning in consultation with the Director and leadership team, in addition to supervising financial, technical, and administrative personnel.

This position will collaborate and connect with relevant campus offices and implement campus administrative and fiscal processes and policies and will develop procedures to ensure the quality of administrative and financial processes and adherence with Crown Institute and grant reporting requirements.

The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Crown Institute (https://www.colorado.edu/crowninstitute/) 's research focuses on practices, programs, and policies that cultivate wellness among children and youth, families and caregivers, and educators. Scholars in multiple fields work together and in partnership with families, teachers, young people, and community members. The overall approach to the study of wellness in the Crown Institute foregrounds the importance of contextual factors and addresses disparities in access to health and education, such as those related to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, language, geography, or other forms of identity. Current areas of Crown Institute work include but are not limited to participatory action research with Latinx families, mindfulness and compassion among educators and youth, and factors that support young people's sense of belonging and agency in communities and schools.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Finance Management

• Act as the financial authority, directing and managing all daily accounting functions by directing the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal state and university rules and regulations. Establishes proper audit trails. Requires ability to evaluate the relevance and importance of finance and HR principles, and leadership skills to build a teamwork environment.

• Administer and monitor Institute budgets, expenses, and revenues for general, auxiliary, gift, grant, and service funds. Manages cost center accountability and net position for the Institute. Approves budget journal entries to align funding with expenses. Prepares monthly financial reports and financial projections. Reviews and approves all journal entries, payroll expense transactions, cash transfers, and requisitions over $10,000.

• Report financial status to RCWI leadership. Develops status reports by analyzing expenditures and by calculating projections based on the goals and current activities of the Institute programs.

• Prepare projections for sponsored research projects and work with the investigators to plan for optimal and appropriate usage of awarded funds.

• Manage all general, auxiliary, and gift fund speedtypes, including planning for payroll allocations.

• Approving authority for procurement cards and primary approver for all requisitions. Provides guidance as purchasing authority.

Proposal Development

• Develop budgets for grant proposals to outside agencies (federal, state, and private). Requires knowledge of funding agency rules and regulations, Office of Management and Budget circulars, and University policy and procedures. Provides oversight for other grant proposal submissions not under the direct control of this position.

• Act as authority, advising principal investigators (PIs) of procedural options available such as collaborative vs. subcontracting, consulting vs. subcontracting, on-campus F&A vs. off-campus F&A rates, cost sharing, matching, Position Management Portal, etc.

• Collaborate with Office of Contract and Grants' Proposal Analyst. Defends budgets to the University or funding agency as required. Acts as liaison among the University, the Pl, other collaborating institutions, and the funding agency. Requires supervision of PIs on managing the fiscal components of contract and grant proposals.

Human Resources

• Functions as primary supervisor of the Institute's HR liaison and serves as primary HR back-up as needed.

• Assist HR team with salary rosters for all employee classes, and other HR reporting as needed.

What You Should Know

• This position offers a hybrid work modality with at least two days per week in the office.

What We Can Offer

The annual hiring range for this position is $91,300-$110,000. Onboarding assistance is available for eligible candidates.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits (https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/benefits) , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder (https://www.colorado.edu/about) .

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What We Require

• Bachelor's Degree and three years of professional work experience that includes any of the following experience: finance, HR, grant submission, and post-award management.

What You Will Need

• Ability to train and supervise staff, and to empower and maintain cohesive staff teams.

• Ability to support the Institute's mission and goals.

• Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

• Ability to work well as a member of interdisciplinary teams.

• Excellent judgment and analytical skills to identify problems and develop solutions effectively.

• Ability to display initiative and introduce innovations to active research projects to accelerate Institute progress toward strategic vision and goals.

• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, and capacity to connect with poise with University faculty and external audiences.

• Ability to thrive independently.

• Capacity to handle sensitive and confidential issues.

• High attention to detail and organization.

• Flexibility to meet challenges as they arise.

• Excellent time management skills, with the capacity to prioritize tasks and set timelines.

• Excellent budget management skills and grant management knowledge.

• Excellent database management and computer proficiency, and ability to learn new computer programs quickly.

• Thrive in a lively work environment that requires coordination of multiple activities and the judgment and flexibility to reprioritize to accommodate urgent needs.

• Budgeting, forecasting, and accounting skills.

• Standout colleague who excels in communication. Curious and willing to learn and grow. Willing to develop and advance data science and financial management skills through formal and informal training.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. A current resume.

2. A cover letter that specifically addresses how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications and responsibilities of the position.

You will not be asked to upload references at this time. Please apply by 9/29/24 for consideration. Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs (https://jobs.colorado.edu/) .

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.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Director-of-Finance-and-Grants/59271 (https://apptrkr.com/5633334)

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