Budget Director jobs in Oregon

Reporting to the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Director, Budget and Business Operations Manages and coordinates budgeting activities and the implementation of the organization's budget policies and guidelines. The Director, Budget and Business Operations serves as a member of the leadership team within the Finance department.

Work Location

The work location for this position is the OSU Foundation’s Corvallis, Oregon office.

Measures of Success

• Ensure the OSU Foundation’s expenditures are kept in line with budget.
• Professionally represent the OSU Foundation with external and internal constituents
• Provide high-quality, comprehensive support in managing risks for the OSU Foundation.
• Serve as operational support for all real estate that the OSU Foundation is managing.
• Provide customer service and guidance to university offices and business centers regarding accounts held with the OSU Foundation

Key Partners

The Director, Budget and Business Operations is responsible for ensuring a strong partnership based on trust, effective service and accountability with the Foundation’s CFO, Finance staff, OSU’s financial personnel, Business Center Managers, External Service Providers and with the donor community. Of utmost importance is a strong partnership and working relationship with internal staff within the OSU Foundation.

Major Duties

Assists the CFO in overseeing and evaluating the annual budget process by tracking spending and revenues. Produce monthly variance reports.

Monitors and analyzes performance against budgets. Implements and supports tools and reporting used for planning, forecasting, monitoring, and decision support.

Coordinates budget appropriations and respond to exception requests for funds.

Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets.

Provide initial revenue projections for all sources of operating revenues.

Work with units leads to establishing operational budgets and provides support throughout the year.

Responsible for managing and accounting for the 4238 Research Way, LLC activities.

Create and maintain a system that helps analyze our total investment in each fundraising unit.

Function as a resource to budget managers for questions and provide training as needed.

Review and explore how FE NXT works and how it can be utilized to streamline current
processes and provide improvements both internally and to external customers

Provide support related to the management of cash flow of income producing properties and ensure that payments to/from the University are made as agreed upon.

Work closely with CFO in regard to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) through gathering data and analyzing the data. This may also include the analysis of risk along with determining whether controls are in place that address risk.

Partner with Director, Real Estate and Facilities Operations on issues related to the Foundation’s Corvallis and Portland buildings.

Provide operational and financial support for any real estate being held by the Foundation.

Work with property and liability broker to manage annual Insurance process.

Manage the agenda and meeting materials for the monthly ERM.

Provide analytical support to CFO for special projects as needed

Perform ad hoc financial reporting & analysis for customers (University and Foundation), as needed

Assist in the annual audit through fiscal year-end schedules as needed.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Comprehensive knowledge of:

• accepted accounting principles.
• applicable regulatory and reporting requirements.
• current accounting standards (GAAP and FASB) relating to non-profit accounting.
• financial analysis and management of financial operations in a not-for-profit environment
• management information systems

Proven skill in:

• written and verbal communication
• planning and organizing
• interpersonal relationship building
• use of Microsoft Office software; computer-aided accounting, spreadsheet, and office computing software

Demonstrated ability to:

• analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement approved recommendations.
• use sophisticated financial information systems.
• stay current with industry trends and best practices.
• produce clear, concise, and accurate management proposals and reports.
• collect and research data; Use intuition and experience to complement data.
• be aware of, control, and express one's emotions appropriately, and to manage interpersonal relationships maturely, thoughtfully, and empathetically, including the ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• be a team player that motivates and educates other team members.
• set and manage priorities to meet strict deadlines.
• comprehend complex, technical subjects.
• translate technical accounting language to lay audiences.
• think openly and creatively and in a manner that demonstrates a thorough understanding of the fund raising and fiduciary responsibilities of the Foundation.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of accounting experience or a related area. Experience in public accounting, higher education and non-profit organizations preferred. Education and experience equivalencies will be considered.