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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Penn State College of Medicine, Controller's Office in Hershey, PA is seeking a Director of Finance & Budget. The Director of Finance & Budget proactively leads employees and supports diversity through hiring, retention, and promotional activities; ensures established standards of continuous quality improvement are met; and provides leadership for outstanding customer service at all levels of the organization. Defines goals for future organizational performance and decides on the tasks and use of resources needed to attain them; communicates goals to employees throughout the unit or organization; and uses influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals; ensures operational and strategic direction and accountability; links unit operations to strategic objectives; exercises authority for unit policy and procedures and operational decisions for departments; influences organizational and community relations to develop and achieve strategic goals and manage customer relations.

• Approve the University annual appropriation, capital, and program requests to the Commonwealth, including the preparation of related summaries, analyses, and background materials
• Represent the University formally at meeting with officials of the State and Federal Government, and other institutions as required
• Responsible for maintaining the continuity of the operation of the University Budget Office in the absence of the University Budget Officer and ensuring timely responses to inquiries and research request initiated by senior University officers, and for the supervision of senior management staff within the University Budget Office
• Responsible for the planning and direction of internal and external reporting; liaison with federal and state government agencies for interpretation of and advice on mandatory reporting requirements
• Direct the conduct of the budget planning and development process leading to the formulation of the initial operating budget, the appropriation request, and the capital and program requests; evaluate budgetary proposals; analyze performance, and formulate the basis for the development of alternative scenarios and the future prospects of both income and expense
• Prepare the agenda materials for other senior officers’ meetings, and direct, design, development, and assembly of analytical materials in support of the annual planning and budget process, the strategic planning proc