Assistant Director of Finance & HR (CSUN employees only)

At CSUN we aspire to continually grow as an inclusive, cooperative community! 

CSUN strives to be a destination workplace, where everyone understands that they belong to a community that is vital in advancing student success and providing exemplary service to all stakeholders. We foster an environment of success, both for our students and our employees. We have a relentless passion for celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as being an employer of choice. You will also have the opportunity to realize your own personal goals and be recognized for the work you do and enjoy the unique value the CSUN community can offer. As a leader you will have the opportunity to thrive in a community in which our leaders share common traits as identified in our Leadership Principles https://www.csun.edu/leadership-principles. If this sounds like you, you've come to the right place.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Technology Strategy Officer (TSO), the Assistant Director manages daily financial operations and serve as a trusted liaison to Human Resources for personnel matters.

• Strategic Contribution: Innovate and enhance IT, financial, and human resource strategies to optimize the use of IT Division resources for both long-term, annual, and ongoing planning.
• Budget Collaboration: Partner with the TSO, CIO, IT Leadership, central Finance, and other key stakeholders to prepare and submit annual IT Division budgets using IT and university budgeting and planning tools and processes. Partner with the Assistant Director of IT Governance and Brand Management to align financial planning with project portfolio and strategy.
• Compliance and Adherence: Ensure compliance with university and Chancellor Office procedures and timelines in carrying out IT financial transactions and other fiscal activities.
• Financial Tools Proficiency: Master the financial tools needed to support planning, budgeting, modeling, and variance analysis. Conduct data analysis and generate reports and dashboards to inform ongoing financial decision-making and support strategic course corrections throughout each fiscal year.
• Fund Management: Oversee the receipt, allocation, spending, and reconciliation of all IT funds, including the State General Fund, student fees, and other budgetary sources. Monitor overall IT spending, maintain effective contract management processes and seek opportunities to leverage CSUN and CSU buying power to realize efficiencies in IT spend.
• Professional Development: Coordinate division-wide efforts to establish annual professional development plans for all staff and guiding the IT leadership team in its efforts to identify areas of needed skills and competencies.
• HR Liaison: Act as the Division’s liaison to Human Resources for all personnel, faculty fellow, contractor, and student worker matters. Provide direct support to IT Leadership in preparing employee training / development and advancement plans, re-classifications, promotions, performance evaluations, grievances, disciplinary actions, and adapting changes to collective bargaining agreements.
• Employee Engagement and Retention: Serve as an intentional mentor to direct reports and other team members, while more broadly driving a general discipline throughout IT of ongoing employee engagement and mentorship as core to learning, growing, and retaining top talent.
• Talent Acquisition and Development: Oversee recruitment and hiring for IT and recommend strategic investments in employee development and training.
• Committee Participation: Represent IT in financial, procurement, human resources, and administrative committees and advisory groups to ensure IT’s interests are advocated and addressed.
• Administrative Support: Supervise the administrative assistant team within the Division of IT to greet and support visitors, support IT leadership, and perform other administrative duties as needed.
• Strategic Advising: Advise the TSO and VP of IT on the strategic use of IT division space, adoption of university administrative services, and serve as a liaison to other university administrative service providers.
• As a leader, demonstrates a commitment to student success that is mission aligned with the university’s vision, values and priorities. Establishes an ethical and collegial work environment, promoting a collaborative, accountable and inclusive team. Encourages a courageous and resilient solution-oriented environment by participating in new opportunities to further the mission of the university. Participates in developing initiatives that further support the campus mission with a service-oriented and catalytic mind set. Strengthens employees by being communicative and a talent builder that develops team attributes, furthering departmental goals.
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