Department:
Executive Vice Chancellor
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Institutional Finance Leadership
Position Title:
Associate Vice Chancellor – Financial Planning Analysis
Job Family Group:
Professional Staff
Job Description Summary:
Applicant will lead and direct the Financial Planning and Analysis (FPA) team responsible for the reporting, business intelligence and advanced analytical efforts that facilitate the achievement of the University’s strategic missions through cutting-edge decision support and optimization of operational activities as well as Financial Planning for key strategic initiatives for the institution.
Job Description:
Job Description
- Contribute to the strategic planning process along with other University leaders.
- Proactively identify and prioritize areas and projects for which the institution would benefit from detailed planning and analysis efforts.
- Develop financial models and analyses to increase understanding of the economics of current operations and to assess contemplated future initiatives.
- Ensure information is effectively presented to leadership to support key financial decisions and initiatives.
- Define operational activities that support the strategic plan and advance the mission of the University.
- Demonstrate a high level of commitment, enthusiasm, integrity, and pride that becomes the practice of others.
- Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring for FP&A team members to ensure their continued development and ability to achieve their objectives.
- Respond to requests from KUMC leadership (EVC, CFO and others) to better understand the financial structure, drivers, and opportunities across all the various missions and organizations of KUMC.
- Identify, analyze, and recommend opportunities to partner with KU Lawrence campus on a multitude of operational and financial processes.
- Assist the AVC of Finance and the CFO in identifying opportunities within the institution to streamline processes, reduce costs and eliminate inefficiencies.
- Work with School and other University leadership to deliver central reporting to the federal government, Kansas Board of Regents, and other external agencies.
- Promote a business intelligence culture to the KUMC community, and work to make the use of business intelligence pervasive at KUMC.
- Participate actively in business intelligence and other similar professional organizations to assure KUMC receives current information on issues and trends affecting data analyses, reporting and data management.
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in the Business, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or other relevant field.
Work Experience:
- Experience managing an analytics team with demonstrated success developing and leading a team, building morale, and accomplishing objectives.
- Demonstrated experience in presenting complex analysis and information to institutional leadership.
- Experience in financial data modeling and process improvement skills as evidenced by application materials.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of financial, human resource and grants systems and data as evidenced by application materials.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), including advanced Excel skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Education: Master’s degree in the Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or other relevant field.
Work Experience
- Significant experience with the analysis of data in an academic health center.
- Experience developing reporting in, and working with data from, PeopleSoft and Workday ERP systems.
- Experience with enterprise-level analytics and business intelligence tools.
- Experience with data acquisition, modeling, and database management (e.g., SQL).
- Project management experience leading medium to large scale complex projects.
Skills
- Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively at all levels of an organization.
- High integrity, exceptional leadership skills, and ability to drive change.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills demonstrating the ability to assimilate complex and disparate ideas and data to deliver coherent and well-designed solutions and insights.
- Highly developed conceptual and problem-solving skills, the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, and the demonstrated capability to work effectively with members of the KUMC community.
- Demonstrated ability to generate accurate analyses and develop effective methods for disseminating relevant information on a routine basis to the KUMC community.
Required Documents
If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.
Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html
Employee Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Rate Type:
Salary
Compensation Statement:
The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.
Pay Range:
$150,000.00 - $254,000.00
Minimum
$150,000.00
Midpoint
$202,000.00
Maximum
$254,000.00