Director of FP&A and Finance Business Partners at Brown University in South Street Landing

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Job Description: The hybrid-eligible Director leads a team of Finance Business Partners who support approximately half of the University's distributed departments and units to provide strategic, analytical, and relationship-driven budget and financial planning services. Together, the team delivers strategic and quantitative analysis on a wide range of financial strategy, planning, and policy issues, including objective analyses of unit financial performance and development of an in-depth understanding of its financial structure. This work includes managing financial deliverables, including the development and submission of sustainable unit budgets, forecasts, multi-year financial plans, financial reporting, and related deliverables. Major Responsibility: Lead a team of Finance Business Partners who support approximately half of the University's distributed departments and units to provide strategic, analytical, and relationship-driven budget and financial planning services Supporting Actions: Develop strong relationships with department and unit leadership and within central finance to collaborate on key financial planning challenges and opportunities. Develop an in-depth understanding of its financial structure and provide strategic and quantitative analysis on financial strategy, planning, and policy issues. Manage financial deliverables, including the development and submission of sustainable unit budgets, forecasts, multi-year financial plans, financial reporting, and related deliverables. Ensure departments and units achieve their targets through regular support, discussion and independent scrutiny. Serve as each partner unit's financial point of contact within the University and represent their interests and needs to the broader organization. Ensure financial processes, systems and reporting are continually enhanced to support the unit’s strategic goals and objectives. Develop and implement strategies for budgeting, forecasting, multi-year financial planning, financial modeling, variance analysis, financial reporting. Use these tools to effectively manage expenses, enhance revenue, and achieve other strategic goals and objectives. Manage a team of 2–3 Assistant/Associate Directors and 8–10 analysts, including the potential for growth Major Responsibility: Support the University’s central financial planning and management, including contributing to the development, communication, and management of the University's annual budget, forecast, and other financial planning processes Supporting Actions: Partner with the AVP of Financial Strategy and Planning and Director of Budget Planning and Analysis to set priorities that advance the University's central financial planning and management. Contribute to the development, communication, and management of the University's annual budget, forecast, and other financial planning processes. Provide strategic input and technical support to budgeting and financial system development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement, along with training and support Frame key questions and develop recommendations to help inform decision making among University leaders. Analyze and evaluate budgets, forecasts and multi-year financial plans and prepare review materials for Chief Financial Officer, Provost, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, President, and the Corporation. Synthesize findings and determine short- and long-term ramifications for all stakeholders. Design and deliver presentations that educate University leadership on potential options, facilitating informal and formal dialogue as needed. Develop hypotheses and conduct analyses to respond to ad-hoc queries and strategic requests. Major Responsibility: Lead special projects across a wide range of financial and strategic initiatives both within the Finance Business Partner’s portfolio and University-wide Supporting Actions: Partner with departments and project stakeholders on important strategic financial questio