Associate Director of Finance

Position Details
Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title
Associate Director of Finance
Job Category
Staff & Executive
Department
CINJ-Finance
Overview
Through our science, our evidence-based actions, our openness, and our respect for those we serve, we will advance cancer-focused research worldwide and reduce the burden of cancer in our catchment area. By engaging with and empowering our exceptionally diverse populations, and addressing their questions and fears, we will engender hope for cancer patients and their families and play a critical role in strengthening the fabric of our communities by gaining and protecting their trust and providing access to the outstanding oncology care each person deserves.
Our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery focused on understanding cancer, innovating cancer treatment, and improving cancer prevention; to provide outstanding, novel, and compassionate patient care; to provide evidence-based and culturally informed education to physicians, nurses, researchers, staff, and the community; and to achieve cancer health equity in our state through outreach to and engagement of our extraordinarily diverse communities.
Curiosity and Discovery, Integrity, Collaboration, Cultivating Diversity, Respect and Caring, Perseverance.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking an Associate Director of Finance within the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The Associate Director role is responsible for the development, coordination, and analysis of information from across the Division of Finance to support the implementation and tracking of the Rutgers Cancer Institute budget. The position provides direction and expertise to groups inside and outside of Finance to ensure accurate and consistent personnel and non-personnel operating budgets across the Cancer Institute while leveraging internal and Rutgers-provided budget and finance information systems and technology tools. Position ensures financials from sponsored and non-sponsored accounts in both research and clinical areas are correctly aligned and presented to ensure accurate and meaningful variance analysis, forecasting, and decision support. Directly supervises a team of staff who assist in the collection, coordination, and analysis of budget information, as well as working with leaders within the Administrative and Operations areas of the Cancer Institute to directly develop and track budgets for those areas of the Institute. Among the key duties for this position are the following:

• Creates effective work plans and works closely with staff by supervising and addressing their training needs in order to achieve competency of work performance and understanding of personnel and non-personnel operating budgets.
• Works collaboratively across Finance to coordinate the development, implementation and submission of the annual revenue and expense budget for Rutgers Cancer Institute. Serves as the liaison to the University Budget Office and Rutgers Health for all required budget data uploads into Rutgers University systems.
• Ensures complete, accurate, and consistent allocation of all revenues and expenses across sponsored and non- sponsored activities as well as clinic-related activities funded through the Integrated Practice Agreement with RWJ Barnabas Health.
• Assists as needed in the development and reporting of budgets and expenditures associated with NJ State Budget Appropriations for submission by the Financial Reporting group within Finance.
• Works with staff to directly develop, manage, and track the personnel and non-personnel budgets of all sections within the Institute's Division of Administration and Operations.
• Develops budgets and forecasts for the Institute Director's recruitment and commitment financial package from Rutgers Health. Tracks and reviews that appropriate expenditures are applied and coordinates timely reimbursement from Rutgers Health. Provides ad hoc modeling of related expenses to Institute leadership as needed.
• Develops and coordinates routine and ad hoc analysis of Institute wide financials, including expenditure, FTE, and other pertinent data. This includes organization-wide modeling and estimation of the impacts from cost-of-living adjustments, fringe rate changes, RCM metrics, etc.

Position Status
Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA
Exempt
Grade
33S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary
118294.00
Annual Mid Range Salary
149642.00
Annual Maximum Salary
180989.00
Standard Hours
37.50
Union Description
MPSC - Legacy UMD
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to .
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment
Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility
ABP
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field is required.

Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Seven (7) years of related responsible experience in budget preparation, administration and control in a health care/academic environment required; including three (3) years in a management role. Maintaining confidentiality is required.
• Must be computer literate with proficiency and working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Outstanding human relations and leadership skills, and the ability to function in a team environment are required.
• Equivalent education, experience and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification preferred.
• Knowledge of how to accomplish superior performance in a unionized environment is preferred.

Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing. No special vision requirements. Lifting up to 25lbs.
Special Conditions
Posting Details
Posting Number
24ST1799
Posting Open Date
07/26/2024
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
City
New Brunswick
State
NJ
Location Details
Pre-employment Screenings
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Immunization Requirements

Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate's offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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