Senior Budget Manager

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Closing Date:

06/26/2025

Type of Position:

Budget and Financial AnalysisNo

Job Type:

RegularNo

Institution Name:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas is a land grant institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the nation’s top 2 percent of universities with the highest level of research activity. The University of Arkansas works to advance the state and build a better world through education, research, and outreach by providing transformational opportunities and skills, fostering a welcoming climate, and nurturing creativity, discovery, and the spread of new ideas and innovations.

The University of Arkansas campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S. The growing region surrounding Fayetteville is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation’s strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is also quickly gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life.

As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

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Department:

Business & Fiscal Supporthttps://fama.uark.edu/

Summary of Job Duties:

The Senior Budget Manager is responsible for directing analysis and review of summary budget vs. actual activities to ensure expenses and revenue are coded correctly. They are charged with supervision of Budget Manager and Staff to ensure budgetary dollars are allocated correctly and transactions related to overall budget review are processed timely. This position will be a primary point of contact with central budget to complete annual budget responsibilities such as All Sources, Position budgets, and other system needs as directed. This manager will coordinate the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements and meet with Unit directors to review performance to budget trends and discuss annual budget needs for review with Chief Business Officer. The Senior Manager will analyze and update the Facilities Management budget model to ensure accurate summary reporting and work to devise new budget reporting tools and reports to assist departmental directors. This position will work closely with other managers and administrators of FAMA systems to ensure coding, charges and all transactions flow smoothly from FAMIS to Workday and other duties as assigned.

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job function of this job, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field from an accredited institution of higher education

• At least five years of experience in accounting, budgetary or business office role

• At least two years Supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of MS Excel to pull data and manipulate for reporting

• At least three years Higher Education experience establishing resource budgets/accounting at the departmental level

• At least two years experience with ERP systems such as Workday and Data Warehouses - producing reporting and analysis provided for decision makers/management

• Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field from an accredited institution of higher education

• Certification in Accounting or Finance or related field

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of fund, cost and financial accounting principles with the ability to summarize and report key information to Managers

• Ability to understand and complete budget trends and run rates to project future year needs

• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic resource planning

• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems

• Ability to considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one

• Ability to plan work unit objectives and operational activities and to assign and direct the work of subordinate supervisors

• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers

• Intermediate to Advanced skill in Microsoft office product use - including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project

• Knowledge and understanding of Maintenance and work order management systems

• Knowledge of procurement processes such as requisitions, purchase orders and other AP transactions

• Ability to manage cross-functional team to meet unit goals for process improvement

Additional Information:

$75,092 - $86,355; Commensurate with education and experienceCover Letter/Letter of Application, List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), ResumeLicense or Certificate (see special instructions for submission instructions), Proof of Veteran StatusCaitlin Hughes, Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist, [email protected]

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Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Pre-employment Screening Requirements:

Criminal Background Check, Financial Credit Check, Sex Offender Registry

The University of Arkansas is committed to providing a safe campus community. We conduct background checks for applicants being considered for employment. Background checks include a criminal background check and a sex offender registry check. For certain positions, there may also be a financial (credit) background check, a Motor Vehicle Registry (MVR) check, and/or drug screening. Required checks are identified in the position listing. A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication or adverse financial history information alone shall not disqualify an applicant in the absence of a relationship to the requirements of the position. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

The University of Arkansas seeks to attract, develop and retain high quality faculty, staff and administrators that consistently display practices and behaviors to advance a culture that embeds equal opportunity, educational excellence and unparalleled access for all.

The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity institution. The University does not discriminate in its education programs or activities (including in admission and employment) on the basis of any category or status protected by law, including age, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, protected veteran status, military service, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy. Questions or concerns about the application of Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, may be sent to the University’s Title IX Coordinator and to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

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Constant Physical Activity:

N/A

Frequent Physical Activity:

N/A

Occasional Physical Activity:

N/A

Benefits Eligible:

Yes