Reporting to Sr. Director of Revenue, Financial Operations, Budgeting and Strategy, he/she helps facilitate all aspects of departmental financial operations, including $140M annual operating budget, $35M investment portfolio, $7.0M endowment income and expenditure, 800+ faculty and staff payroll and discretionary accounts with collaboration from Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Faculty Practice Foundation and sponsored institutions. He/she will be responsible for developing financial models and managing projects in support of financial planning, budgeting, and strategy. Analyzes financial information and develops revenue/expense analyses, projections, reports, and presentations. This position will work with hospital and physician leadership, finance staff, department managers, administrators and others.

Position Essential Functions:

• Finance & Project Management.
• Assist in oversight of the finances of 18 sections including 10 clinical and 4 research sections within the Department of Medicine.
• Assist in management of $34M in CARE+ funding and endowment of $7M annually including adherence to regulatory requirements.
• In coordination with Senior Director, develop standard financial and operational metrics to assist Section Chiefs, Center Directors, and Administrators monitor clinical, educational, and research performance.
• Develops and maintains dashboards and reporting for assigned projects.
• Works with Section Administrators, DOM Finance, and Administration to ensure accuracy.
• Collaborate with FPP Internal Audit staff as required.
• Creates, prepares and reviews monthly financial and statistical reports with information regarding to hospital funding, financial statements, payroll analysis, endowment funding, and other key financial indicators of department performance.
• Develop training materials, best practices and documentation for end users (INFOR, Workday, BU SAP).
• Communicate with and meet with sections on an as needed basis.
• Works with IT and INFOR to make necessary updates and improvements to the accounting system.
• Provides ongoing validation and reconciliation of data within applications, budget recon, payroll recon, etc.
• Identify and troubleshoot data discrepancies with appropriate parties.
• Develop deep understanding of data extracts and how data layers are stitched together.
• Work with and act as liaison to BMC, BU, BUMG.

Budgeting

• Develop and implement annual section budgets in conjunction with section administrative directors, Vice Chair of Finance and Administration and Department Chair.
• Designs, maintains and analyzes actual to budget reporting distributed at multiple levels throughout the organization.
• Works with Directors to develop budgets, analyze variances, and develop action plans.
• Works with Directors in developing and refreshing annual compensation models.

Strategic Planning

• Facilitate financial forecasting and planning for leadership - includes budgeting and forecasting models, financial analyses.
• Supports Sr. Director in developing and implementing strategic initiatives.
• Complete analyses and provides recommendations for Cash Flow and Professorship Funding.
• Assists in analyzing financial implications of organizational change.
• Works closely with Chair, Vice Chair and Sr. Director to execute on departmental goals.
• Supports implementation of new processes/systems Infor, AP, New BU I/Os.
• Contributes in negotiations with hospital partners for mutually beneficial cost-sharing arrangement (CARE+).
• Participates in ad-hoc departmental projects as-needed.

Required Skills

• Advanced communication skills, written and oral.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Master's Degree required.
• Supervisory and management experience preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience, advanced financial and/or research management a plus.

Please note all newly hired staff and faculty will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Resources site.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Required Experience

• Advanced communication skills, written and oral.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Master's Degree required.
• Supervisory and management experience preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience, advanced financial and/or research management a plus.

Please note all newly hired staff and faculty will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Resources site.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.