Director of Finance and Administration (M&I)

Preferred Skills:

• ·      Master’s degree (BA, Health Care Administration, Public health or related field)
• ·      Grant Management Experience

Required Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and relevant experience. Three years of progressively responsible managerial experience, including financial and budget preparation and two years of supervisory experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• ·      Demonstrated supervisory skills including conflict resolution.
• ·      Demonstrated experience implementing financial funding concepts and regulatory agency policies and guidelines.
• ·      Working knowledge of grants and contract administration.
• ·      Strong knowledge of industry standards and/or regulatory requirements.
• ·      Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze all pertinent information/data to make and communicate decisions to meet the unit's current and future financial, research, academic and administrative needs.
• ·      Strong negotiation and effective interpersonal skills.
• ·      Ability to establish a culture of integrity within their unit and with those external to the unit.
• ·      Demonstrate to others that he/she is direct, truthful and credible.
• ·      Demonstrated skills as a receptive listener, influential and persuasive and seeks to understand the differing sides of each situation.
• ·      Makes decisions effectively and decisively.
• ·      Demonstrated expertise in business and management concepts.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• ·      Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks.
• ·      Frequently sitting.
• ·      Occasionally stand/walk, reach/work above shoulders, use a telephone, writing by hand, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds;
• ·      Rarely twist/bend/stoop/squat, sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 11-20 pounds.

• * - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

Preferred Skills:

• ·      Master’s degree (BA, Health Care Administration, Public health or related field)
• ·      Grant Management Experience

Required Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and relevant experience. Three years of progressively responsible managerial experience, including financial and budget preparation and two years of supervisory experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• ·      Demonstrated supervisory skills including conflict resolution.
• ·      Demonstrated experience implementing financial funding concepts and regulatory agency policies and guidelines.
• ·      Working knowledge of grants and contract administration.
• ·      Strong knowledge of industry standards and/or regulatory requirements.
• ·      Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze all pertinent information/data to make and communicate decisions to meet the unit's current and future financial, research, academic and administrative needs.
• ·      Strong negotiation and effective interpersonal skills.
• ·      Ability to establish a culture of integrity within their unit and with those external to the unit.
• ·      Demonstrate to others that he/she is direct, truthful and credible.
• ·      Demonstrated skills as a receptive listener, influential and persuasive and seeks to understand the differing sides of each situation.
• ·      Makes decisions effectively and decisively.
• ·      Demonstrated expertise in business and management concepts.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• ·      Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks.
• ·      Frequently sitting.
• ·      Occasionally stand/walk, reach/work above shoulders, use a telephone, writing by hand, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds;
• ·      Rarely twist/bend/stoop/squat, sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 11-20 pounds.

• * - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.