Finance Manager

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Finance Manager (part-time, 28 hours/week)

Join the BYU Marriott School of Business as the Finance Manager, where you'll serve as the financial backbone of the Dean's Office while supporting financial excellence across the entire college. This strategic role combines hands-on accounting expertise with leadership and training responsibilities, ensuring strong internal controls, accurate financial reporting, and mission-aligned resource stewardship. You'll work directly with department leaders, faculty, staff, and students as the primary representative of the Assistant Dean of Finance, solving complex accounting challenges and fostering a culture of financial accountability throughout the college. This position offers the unique opportunity to balance operational excellence with Christlike leadership principles while making a significant impact on the financial health of a premier business school.

What you’ll do in this position:

• Serve as primary liaison between college departments and university financial services, vendors, and auditors.
• Resolve complex departmental accounting issues requiring sophisticated problem-solving.
• Lead and support month-end, year-end closing, and audit processes college-wide.
• Review, edit, and process all journal entries and budget adjustments across the college.
• Provide comprehensive financial analysis and forecasting for the Dean's Office and college departments.
• Prepare, manage, and review budgets for all Dean's Office functions and assist other college units as needed.
• Develop and deliver regular and ad hoc financial reports, dashboards, and analyses to support strategic planning and decision-making
• Promote wise and proper stewardship of university and college assets and resources.
• Provide expert assistance and training to department finance operations specialists on complex and unique situations.
• Supervise, hire, and train student financial employees, developing their professional skills.

What qualifies you for this role:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business-related area.
• Four years of accounting experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• A firm commitment to the mission of BYU
• Strong accounting principles knowledge with intermediate to advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups, complex formulas)
• Excellent organizational abilities with high attention to detail and mature judgment for handling confidential information
• Proven ability to train/manage employees and explain financial concepts to diverse audiences with varying expertise levels
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work independently and collaborate across organizational levels

Preferred

• Master's degree in accounting, finance, or business-related area
• Five years of accounting experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in higher education finance or complex organizational environments
• Expertise with databases, data visualization tools (Tableau), and ERP systems (Workday)
• Knowledge of higher education financial policies and BYU/state/federal regulations
• Strong commitment to BYU Marriott's mission with demonstrated interest in continuous process improvement
• Experience with internal controls and audit preparation

What we offer in return:

This position comes with fantastic benefits, including:

• 401k. BYU automatically contributes 8% at no cost to you. Additionally, if you contribute 5%, BYU adds an additional 4% (Rehires may qualify for different retirement plans)
• Employee assistance program, available to the employee and all members of their household
• Tuition benefits after two years
• Access to athletic facilities
• Access to the library
• Free on-campus parking
• Free UTA passes for employee, spouse, and qualified dependents
• Discounts at the BYU Store and for many events at BYU

Pay Grade: 54

Typical Starting Pay: $40.25 to $52.25 an hour

The actual compensation offered will take into consideration internal equity and may vary based on the candidate’s job-related experience, knowledge, skills, and other relevant factors. Candidates with very significant work-related experience may receive an offer higher than the posted typical range.