Business Services Director, Director of Finance and Administration

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

 Department: School of Medicine, Department of Immunology and Microbiology

Job Title: Business Services Director, Director of Finance and Administration

Position #:00809420– Requisition #: 36976

Job Summary:

The Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) for the Department of Immunology and Microbiology coordinates policies and procedures and oversees the implementation of research and administrative programs within Department of Immunology and Microbiology. The DFA oversees and has authority over all administrative functions including finance, grants and contracts, human resources, procurement, faculty affairs, information technology and services, official functions, asset and space planning, and day-to-day operations. The DFA represents the department within the School of Medicine and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Key Responsibilities: 100%

• Oversee and direct all departmental fiscal, human resources, administrative and operational activities. 
• Oversee, direct, and manage all funds of the department, including State appropriations, gift and endowment funds, grant and contract funds, auxiliary and grant release funds.
• Oversee financial reporting, analysis, forecasting and business planning. Negotiates institutional budgetary support for operational activities, recruitment packages, capital procurement and facility improvement.
• Develop and maintain, with department leadership, standardized compensation plans for faculty and senior administrators, and implements an annual review of effort, productivity and funding sources for all faculty.
• Ensure compliance with compensation models, regulations and policies.
• Partner, collaborate, and provide direction to internal and external stakeholders and partners on financial management, administration, and operations.
• Engage in development activities related to finding new or expanded funding sources and opportunities.
• Oversee and coordinate the appointment, re-appointment, promotion, tenure, retention activities and grievance procedures for faculty in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology with appropriate campus and outside agency personnel when necessary.
• Serve as a business and administrative resource for individual faculty members relative to all faculty affairs. Information requests by individual faculty members will be coordinated and processed through the Department Chair’s office.
• Prepare reports such as self-studies, AAMC and NSF reports, and other required documents as requested by the CU Anschutz Chancellor’s Office, CU SOM Dean’s Office and the Department Chair.
• Oversee departmental purchasing activities, including delegation of purchasing responsibilities and adherence to purchasing policy, acquisition of capital equipment items and major capital building/renovation, and negotiation of service agreements and contracts.
• Oversee facilities, research resources and digital information technology infrastructure, to ensure compliance and efficiency of operations.
• Participate in construction and/or remodeling activities and annual space and equipment inventories to assist in the long-range planning of department operations and research.
• Participate in planning activities for the department, including long-range and short-range planning.
• Provide strategic and operational oversi