Business Manager Tickle College of Engineering UTK

Description

The Business Manager provides leadership and oversight for fiscal management human resources and office operations within the unit. This position ensures compliance with university state and federal policies while maintaining sound business and administrative practices. Responsibilities include financial approvals budget management personnel oversight and coordination of data and reporting used in accreditation audits and academic reviews. The Business Manager serves as the primary resource for financial and HR policies and assists faculty and leadership with sponsored project activities and data management processes.

Responsibilities

Assist the department head / director in overseeing and administering fiscal office human resource publication and data management responsibilities. Provide leadership and oversight to ensure compliance with university state and federal policies and to maintain fiscal and administrative integrity. Approve financial and accounting transactions prepare and analyze annual budgets monitor expenditures and represent the unit at meetings and budget hearings. Supervise and coordinate accounting and bookkeeping activities serve as a resource for financial policies and procedures and assist faculty in the preparation and submission of research budgets justifications and financial reports.

Approve all personnel actions for faculty staff and students within the unit. Serve as a resource for HR policies and procedures assist with hiring processes supervise staff and student assistants coordinate HR-related training conduct performance evaluations and resolve HR-related issues.

Oversee the daily operations and appearance of the unit office. Assign and balance workloads ensure cross-training provide staff training and maintain compliance with university policies. Assist with staff recruiting evaluations and discipline as warranted. Maintain housekeeping and coordinate with Facilities Services for furnishings repairs and space needs.

Coordinate and maintain financial and student databases for accreditation and program reviews. Prepare reports on budget expenditures research productivity and projections for leadership decision-making. Collect and analyze data for budget preparation audits and space inventories. Compile and maintain scholarship and fellowship information award records and databases for graduate students and office assignments.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Education :

• High School diploma or GED

Experience :

Knowledge Skills Abilities :

Preferred Qualifications

Education :

Associate degree with four years of accounting / business management experience; or Bachelors degree with two years of accounting / business management experience in a related field.

Experience :

Project management or administration of federally funded projects including experience with project budgets financial reporting and forecasting.

Financial work history at a comprehensive research university.

Knowledge Skills Abilities :

Experience with Oracle / DASH (ERP) Award Management software (Research Admin) Student Information System (SIS)

Work Location

Compensation and Benefits

Application Instructions

To express interest please submit an application with the noted below attachments.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Hospitality Experience,Go,Management Experience,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Mechanical Engineering,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1