Job Summary:
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing is seeking a talented Financial Manager to join our team! At the heart of our values and culture is a commitment to excellence, innovation, and collaboration. As our Financial Manager, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining financial integrity by auditing transactions, projecting revenue and expenses, and providing timely and relevant financial reporting. With your keen attention to detail, you will communicate and clarify policies and rules, ensuring compliance and efficiency across multiple finance functional areas. From managing program revenue accounts to monitoring our purchasing card program, you will be the go-to expert in financial matters. Your expertise will shape efficient and compliant reporting processes, guiding our institution towards financial excellence. Apply now and be part of our dynamic team at UW-Madison School of Nursing!

Responsibilities:
Guides financial and or accounting staff performing work in multiple finance functional areas and participates in day-to-day financial operations to ensure accuracy of financial transactions and reports, and/or supervises staff. Recommends and implements fiscal policies and advises on development of processes in support of efficient and compliant reporting.
50% Plans, directs, and engages in financial and/or accounting operations for multiple areas; coordinates data management, budget preparation and management, and financial reporting efforts
25% Identifies, verifies, and audits financial charges, credits, and authorizes payments
10% Recommends, interprets, disseminates, and implements unit-focused fiscal policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with established rule, regulations and financial guidelines
5% Participates in the development, maintenance, and monitoring of automated financial information systems
5% Analyzes financial information and makes recommendations to unit leadership
5% Serves as a subject matter expert to unit leadership regarding financial operations, status and reporting, and recommends process improvements
Tasks:
Attend campus financial management meetings.
Audit transactions for proper fund, account, program, project, etc. Initiate corrective action when necessary.
Communicate and clarify policies and rules for purchasing, accounting, travel, payments for services, payments to individuals, employee/employer relationships, academic support services, etc.
Ensure invoice payments are administered correctly and in a timely manner.
Manage financial aspects of scholarships. Advise on availability of funds.
Manage post-award activities for extramural and intramural. Serve as SoN representative to various agencies regarding post-award issues.
Manage program revenue accounts. Process journal entry transfers.
Monitor the School's purchasing card program.
Monitor, administer and approve transfers.
Prepare and review financial statements for academic, research, and administrative functions. Monitor and analyze expenditures and investigate budget variance.
Prepare regular budget reports for faculty and staff and provide input on resource allocation decisions.
Provide PIs with guidance on award terms, policies and procedures, and requirements. Work with RSP to resolve post-award issues.
Provide department-level review and approval of custodian funds.
Work on the summer session and service budgets, compile faculty payments, ensuring accurate funding sources in compliance with policy.
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Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

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Education:
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree

Qualifications:
Required
-Minimum 7 years' experience in finance, accounting or business services in a higher education setting.
-Minimum 5 years' experience with UW purchasing and e-Reimbursement processes.
-Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
-Ability to demonstrate initiative, proper judgement, and independent decision-making.
-Effective oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, team participation skills, problems solving techniques, and strong customer service skills.

Preferred
-Experience in managing student scholarships.
-Experience in managing post-award activities for extramural and intramural funding.