Harvard College Observatory Assistant Finance Director
Core
Provide strategic financial leadership, comprehensive budgeting, and financial analysis for a large complex academic department or center within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Role type
Senior Finance Director (Academic Division)
Builds
Long-range financial plans, comprehensive budgets, and actionable financial insights for academic units.
Domain
Higher Education Finance / Academic Administration
Required skills
Strategic financial planning, budget development and management, financial analysis and reporting, endowment and restricted funds management, compliance with fund restrictions, stakeholder partnership
Preferred skills
MBA or Master's degree, familiarity with university financial systems, experience with sponsored research funding
Technologies
Shadow systems, financial modeling tools
Responsibilities
Partner with department leadership to align financial resources with strategic priorities; develop and maintain comprehensive budget workbooks including personnel and non-personnel costs; prepare variance analyses and trend reports for leadership; track balances and spending for endowments and gifts; ensure compliance with university financial policies and donor intent; collaborate with external institutions on financial agreements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC