Nova Southeastern University Looking for Assistant Director – Finance – 991594 Full Time

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Job Title:
Assistant Director – Finance –
991594

Location:
Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida

Work Type:
Full Time with Full
Benefits

Job Category:
Exempt

Hiring Range:
$55,000

Pay
Basis:

Annually

Subject to Grant Funding?:
No

Essential Job
Functions:
1. Prepares, examines, or analyzes accounting records, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness,
and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.

2. Assist with overseeing the operation of the Student Activity Fee Accounts
Office, ensuring the Office is staffed, open, and well-functioning.

3. Serves as co-advisor to the PanSGA student government
association and prepares financial reports.

4. Reports to management regarding the finances of assigned unit(s).

5. Develops,
maintains, and analyzes budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted revenues and expenses to actuals.

6. Interprets
budget directives and ensures compliance.
7. Classifies, records, and summarizes numerical and financial data to compile and keep
financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.

8. Prepares and reviews purchase orders, check requests, expense reports,
journal entries, and budget transfers. Ensures accuracy and approves/denies requests.

9. Compiles budget data and documents, based on
estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.

10. Reviews operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs and
takes corrective action, when needed.

11. Analyzes monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure
controls.

12. Provides advice and/or technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.

13.
Summarizes budgets and submits recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests.

14. Seeks new ways to improve
efficiency, reduce costs, and increase profits.

15. Assists in implementing yearly objectives and measurable metrics for the
unit.

16. Interprets, implements, and communicates, university or departmental policies, procedures, and service standards in
conjunction with management.

17. Serves as a backup for the management of the Student Activity Fee Accounts Office’s Electronic
Payment Systems in conjunction with the Treasury department including daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

18. Serves as the Ariba and
Concur back-up to the Director of Finance for Center of Finance approver on all financial transactions in the division.

19. Compiles
statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts
payable and receivable, and profits and losses.

20. Responds to inquiries and resolves discrepancies involving complex financial
transactions in a timely manner, requiring a thorough understanding of work-area policies and procedures.

21. Acts as liaison with
other departments, divisions, or organizations.

22. Assists in the recruitment, selection, and supervision of student employees and
graduate assistants.

23. Completes special projects as assigned.

24. Performs other duties as assigned or
required.

Marginal Job Functions:
1. Participates in college and university committee activities.

2.
Reconciles account statements of student clubs/organizations and resolves any discrepancies.

3. Provides collaboration and training
to staff on the financial and budgeting processes.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Knowledge:
1.
Proficient knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
2. Economics and Accounting – Working knowledge of economic
and accounting principles and practices, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
3. Customer and Personal Service –
General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.

Skills:
1. Active Listening –
Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking
questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Critical Thinking – Proficient skills in using logic and
reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
3. Mathematics –
Proficient skills in using mathematics to solve problems.
4. Speaking – Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information
effectively.
5. Judgment and Decision Making – Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to
choose the appropriate one.
6. Management of Financial Resources – Proficient skills in determining how money will be spent to get the
work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Abilities:
1. Mathematical Reasoning – The ability to choose the right
mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
2. Number Facility – The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and
correctly.
3. Problem Sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the
problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
4. Inductive Reasoning – The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules
or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
5. Information Ordering – The ability to arrange
things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words,
pictures, mathematical operations).

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
1. Speech Recognition – Must be able to identify
and understand the speech of another person.
2. Speech Clarity – Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
3. Near
Vision – Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
4. May be required to work nights or
weekends.
5. Travel – Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or
prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
7. May be required to accomplish job duties using various
types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, mobile devices, and computer keyboards.

Job
Requirements:

Required Certifications/Licensures:

Required Education:
Bachelor’s
Degree

Major (if required):
Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.

Required
Experience:
Two (2) to four (4) years of experience Accounting, Finance, or closely related field.

Preferred
Qualifications:
1. Master’s degree in Business Administration or related field.
2. Experience working at an academic or
government institution.
3. Experience with Banner and Ariba systems.
4. Experience with Point-of-Sale (POS) Financial systems.
5.
Experience with student clubs/organization’s financial accounting.
6. Professional certifications in accounting and/or
finance.

Is this a safety sensitive position?
No

Background Screening
Required?
No

Pre-Employment Conditions:

To ensure a safe learning environment for students and
staff, as a condition of employment the selected candidate will need to provide proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination prior to
commencement of employment or an approved exemption and reasonable accommodation.

Sensitivity Disclaimer:
Nova
Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to
applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.