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Associate Director of Finance

Cleveland, OH • On-site

Legacy Staffing Llc
Recruiting and Staffing Services • 11 - 50 employees

Other

Medical, Retirement

Posted 21 days ago


Key responsibilities

  • Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, year-end close activities, and long-range financial planning initiatives.

  • Manage day-to-day financial operations, including journal transfers, salary adjustments, expense reallocations, and account reconciliations.

  • Analyze budget-to-actual performance, forecasts, financial trends, KPIs, and significant variances.


Job description

Legacy Staffing has partnered with a well-established university in Cleveland, OH to hire an Associate Director of Finance. This is afirst shiftopportunity with a competitive salary based on experience, education, and financial leadershipexpertise.This role focuses on providing hands-on leadership for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and daily fiscal operations within an academic environment. The Associate Director of Finance will partner closely with senior leadership to support strategic decision-making whileremainingactively involved in accounting, financial analysis, reconciliations, reporting, and financial operations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, year-end close activities, and long-range financial planning initiatives.
  • Manage day-to-day financial operations, including journal transfers, salary adjustments, expense reallocations, and account reconciliations.
  • Analyze budget-to-actual performance, forecasts, financial trends, KPIs, and significant variances.
  • Identifyfinancial risks, changing assumptions, cost-saving opportunities, and revenue enhancement strategies.
  • Develop financial dashboards, management reports, and long-range financial models to support leadership decision-making.
  • Create andmaintainbusiness analysis tools, including contribution margin, ROI, and program pricing models.
  • Oversee general ledger activity and ensure transactions areaccurate,timely, and compliant with institutional policies.
  • Serve as a trusted financial resource for department leaders, administrators, and key stakeholders.
  • Coordinate financial close activities with central finance, budgeting, research administration, and controller functions.
  • Manage financial reporting for gift funds, endowments, endowed positions, and departmental allocations.
  • Coordinate andvalidatefinancial and research data for external higher education surveys and rankings.
  • Assistwith strengthening internal controls and continuously improving financial reporting tools, systems, and processes.
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, ora relatedfieldrequired.
  • 7-10 years of progressivefinancial managementexperience.
  • Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, accounting, financial analysis, and financial modeling.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, data analysis, reporting, and visualization.
  • Experience with ERP financial systems such as PeopleSoft or a comparable platform.
  • Ability to analyze large datasets and translate complex financial information into actionable recommendations.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Comfortable balancing detailed transactional work with strategic financial planning initiatives.
  • High levelof integrity, professionalism, and discretion when handling confidential financial and personnel information.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, ora relatedfield.
  • Experience in higher education, academic institutions, healthcare, or medical center environments.
  • Experience supporting senior leadership with strategic financial planning and decision-making.
  • Knowledge of financial reporting related to grants, endowments, and academic funding sources.
Benefits Include:
  • Affordable healthcare plans available for eligible employees
  • 401(k) with 4% company match after qualifying period and participation requirements are met
  • Weekly pay
  • Temp-to-hire opportunities with top companies across Ohio

Legacy Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Contact Scott at 216-377-1109 or Scott@legacystaffing.comfor more information.

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