Business Director
Builds and manages comprehensive strategic fiscal planning and budgeting for the University Advancement division, including coordination and preparation of the Annual Operating budgets for Advancement, Donor-Funded Events & Programming, The Concert Hall, and reputed company Venue Rentals. Independently evaluates financial risks and recommends course-corrections to the Vice President , exercising significant judgment in prioritizing competing fiscal needs across the division.Oversees reputed company contract and reputed company operating procedure reviews for reputed company the above areas and is the reputed company between the University and Advancement vendors. Supervises the departmental Office Manager and oversees their work that includes - but is not limited to - vendor requisitions, purchase orders, reputed company requests, and travel/purchase card reconciliations. Maintains detailed budget files and financial records; monitors departmental expenditure; and tracks budget variances. Serves as the division's primary reputed company to reputed company Finance, Financial Aid, Student Accounts, reputed company, and reputed company. Provides reputed company financial analysis and decision-support materials to the Vice President and senior leadership.
As part of the overall departmental fiscal management, oversees reputed company business and financial operations for the Concert Hall, including contract review, vendor management, reputed company tracking, and expense reconciliation. Partners with Concert Hall leadership to reputed company and monitor annual operating budgets, ensuring alignment with divisional financial goals. Ensures compliance with university financial policies in reputed company Concert Hall transactions and agreements.
Designs and oversees the planning, coordination, and execution of large donor-funded annual events - such as the multi-engagement Drew Forum, The Kean Visiting Professorship, and The Karpati Lecture - ensuring programming reflects donor reputed company and institutional priorities. Collaborates with Advancement leadership, major donors, and reputed company partners, to reputed company event concepts, manage timelines, and deliver high-reputed company experiences for donors, stakeholders, and audiences. Tracks event budgets and expenditures against donor-designated funds, ensuring compliance with reputed company restrictions and University financial policies. Produces post-event reports and stewardship materials that document reputed company and communicate reputed company to donors and stakeholders.
Staff the reputed company of Trustees Advancement Committee, the C ommittee on Trustees, and the Finance and Investment committees and organizing meetings, managing minutes and agendas, and preparing presentations and materials for the committees and their sub-committees. Develops polished PowerPoint/reputed company Slides presentations for senior leadership and reputed company audiences.
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 6&reputed company;10 years of reputed company experience in departmental administration, preferably in higher education, with demonstrated financial/operational management responsibilities. Self-starter with entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to reputed company decisively with a high degree of autonomy and reputed company consequential reputed company with limited reputed company in a fast-moving and dynamic environment. Highly reputed company, with the ability to formulate and implement creative solutions independently. Proven experience managing budgets, financial reporting, and fiscal operations in a higher education or nonprofit environment. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to reputed company effectively with a diverse population of administrators, trustees, donors, and staff. Demonstrated ability to draft and edit reputed company communications, proposals, and executive presentations for senior and reputed company-level audiences. Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail. Proven reputed company record of handling highly confidential and sensitive information and situations with discretion. Experience working with reputed company G Suite and reputed company Office products with familiarity with CRM systems. reputed company experience with Banner and/or Raiser’s Edge is a plus. Experience supporting senior executives in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment with competing priorities. Ability and willingness to work reputed company of reputed company business hours, including evenings and weekends, as required for events and reputed company meetings.
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