Director of Budgets, Planning, & Analysis

To apply:

The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) is hiring a Director of Budgets, Planning, & Analysis to join our Finance team. We’re looking for someone with a deep understanding of budgeting and finance who can work cross-functionally as a team member and leader. If you are looking for an opportunity to have a major impact on budgetary outcomes for a large organization that works closely with state government, this position may be for you! CCCS provides generous leave, excellent benefits , and flexible work schedules, including hybrid-remote work within the state of Colorado.

In this role, you will provide financial and management leadership by directing the budget, planning and analysis activity for CCCS and providing legislative and technical assistance on behalf of our colleges. You will develop, monitor, and revise budgets for all colleges in the system and the System Office. The person in this position is a primary technical and policy liaison with legislative, Department of Higher Education and System college staff. This position also directly manages two budget department employees.

Some duties of the position include:

1. Developing budget formulas, predictive data models, financial forecasting and analysis, tuition/fee projections and rate recommendations, and working with the colleges’ budget staffs to prepare annual operating budgets for Board approval.
2. Serving as a technical and policy resource for college Business Officers, external stakeholders, and System Office staff related to budget and legislative finance issues. Provide technical assistance to college business officers in developing budgets, analyzing the impact of enrollments, and improving finance-related operations.
3. Developing System Office budgets, monitoring expenditures, producing budget to actual reports, maintaining vacancy savings reports, and initiating necessary cost center changes to reflect budget needs.
4. Developing and supporting System budget office staff with a focus on creating future leaders and expanding skill sets through mentorship. Coordinating colleges’ budget department personnel, acting as a leader and coalition-builder for all college budget director-level personnel and others as appropriate.
5. Assisting the System Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration on fiscal-related legislative issues and helping to implement the System’s fiscal-related legislative agenda, in cooperation with the System’s legislative coordinator and external lobbyists.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration or a closely related field. A combination of education and/or progressively responsible work experience may substitute for degree requirements.
2. Three years of progressively responsible, professional level work experience in finance, budget planning, and/or analysis.
3. Experience with financial management tools within an Enterprise Resource Planning software product and environment.
4. Experience with predictive analytics, statistical modeling, and data mining; adept at transforming data into information.

Attributes that will contribute to success in this position:

1. Proficiency with MS Office products, including Outlook, Planner, SharePoint, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
2. Proficiency in managing large team-based projects providing measurable organizational improvement outcomes.
3. Ability to perform effective and accurate financial and quantitative analysis.
4. Ability to develop and maintain budgets for large-sized organizations that have multiple functional areas and complex financial transactions.
5. Knowledge and experience with state, legislative, and college budget and fiscal processes.
6. Ability to manage a diverse set of employees and to mentor staff.
7. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to translate complex fiscal-related concepts effectively for non-finance staff and Board members.
8. Self-starter, well organized, and has the ability to work under short deadlines.
9. Team player with a positive outlook that can interact effectively with a diverse group of individuals, functional groups, and stakeholders.
10. High attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously while prioritizing effectively.
11. Ability to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality and to use discretion related to sensitive finance, payroll, student, and HR information.
12. Ability to build teams and coalitions effectively and lead them.
13. Ability to manage complex inter-departmental projects.

Work Location/Travel Expectations:

1. This position is located at the CCCS offices at 9101 E Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO.
2. Moderate in-state travel required, some to rural college locations that may require overnight stays.
3. Occasional out-of-state travel for conferences and/or training.
4. Alternative work arrangements, including flexible schedules and hybrid-remote work may be available. All work must be completed in the state of Colorado.

The Colorado Community College System is the state’s largest provider of higher education and workforce training, consisting of 13 colleges and over 35 locations across the state, educating approximately 113,000 students annually. In addition, we train more than 4,000 Coloradans each year through customized employer training programs. Our mission is to provide accessible, responsive learning environments where students can achieve their educational, professional and personal goals in an atmosphere that embraces academic excellence, diversity and innovation. We are an organization that encourages individuals to bring their whole selves to work.

CCCS believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive. In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

Note: per the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act , an applicant may redact information from their resume, cover letter, and/or transcripts that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. If your position requires us to review an official transcript, without redacting, we will request one as part of our conditional offer process. In order to evaluate work experience against established requirements for positions, we are still requesting dates of service (month and year) for positions in the applicant’s work history.