MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Foundational Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance; or closely related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in accounting, finance, budget preparation and management.
• Demonstrated experience providing personnel action processing, and employee unit records maintenance

2. Strategic Financial Planning and Continuous Improvement

• Three (3) years of successful experience in financial and strategic planning, analysis, and forecasting.
• Demonstrated experience of objectively communicating complex financial data and trends to multiple audiences, including executive leadership, to drive a culture of continuous improvement.

3. Facilitation and Change Management

• Demonstrated experience of tactfully and collaboratively facilitating and engaging colleagues and partners across multiple departments to drive a culture of fiscal responsibility and stewardship.
• Strong written, presentation, and communication skills.

4. Technology

• Demonstrated Excel experience, including the use of formulas, linking worksheets, pivot tables, analyzing and compilation of data.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience working with a complex ERP, reporting tools and/or applicant tracking tools.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Advanced Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in accounting, business (MBA), or finance.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
• Successful supervisory experience guiding exempt and non-exempt staff in an accounting, business or finance role.
• Successful experience working in higher education in an accounting, business or finance role that required a high level of accuracy.
• Successful experience working in a mission-based organization.

2. Strategic Financial Planning and Continuous Improvement

• Successful experience using insights from internal auditing and data analysis to identify KPIs and metrics to track performance toward multiple objectives and strategic initiatives.

3. Facilitation and Change Management

• Successful experience partnering with executive leadership to identify and solve operational and human capital inefficiencies and concerns through documented, equitable, and transparent processes.
• Successful experience building cross-functional relationships, and leveraging these partnerships to drive a culture that is data-driven and performance-focused.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Affinity for the values central to the Marianist environment including diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.

4. Technology

• Familiarity with Banner, Cognos or PageUp
• Experience with an integrated budget and planning software