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University of Wisconsin - madison
Suite 6101, 21 N. Park Street
Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

Phone: 608.265.0904
Web: http://www.wisc.edu/

Controller/Director of Accounting Services

Job ID: 53470

Job Views: 3,600

Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Job Category: Academia-Higher Ed, Accounting

Employment Type: Full Time

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Accounting-Finance: Auditing, Bookkeeping, Financial Control, Claims Review and Adjusting, Collections, Corporate Accounting, Corporate Finance, Credit Review-Analysis, Financial Analysis-Research-Reporting, Financial Planning-Advising, Financial Products Sales-Brokerage, Fund Accounting, General-Other: Accounting-Finance, Investment Management, Policy Underwriting, Real Estate Appraisal, Real Estate Leasing-Acquisition, Risk Management-Compliance, Securities Analysis-Research, Tax Accounting, Tax Assessment and Collections

Job Description

Controller/Director of Accounting Services

The University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for the position of Controller/Director of Accounting Services. The successful candidate for this position will lead the controller responsibilities for a premier Big 10 university with an enrollment of 42,000 students and a national and international reputation for educational excellence and cutting-edge research. UW-Madison has an annual budget of approximately $2.7 billion. Funding sources include state tax support, student tuition, federal research funding, gifts, grants, segregated fees and revenue from program operations. The university has 120 academic departments and more than 200 educational and research centers across 13 schools and colleges.

The Controller/Director of Accounting Services supervises 45 employees and reports to theUW-Madison Assistant Vice Chancellor for Business Services. This position is a key member of the Business Services management team and is responsible for University-wide Controllership and managing Accounting Services functions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Principal Duties

· Influencing, developing and implementing financial policies and procedures for all university-wide business processes.

· Assisting with financial management of the university’s budget of $2.3 Billion.

· Maintaining timely communications with departments and divisions to facilitate accuracy and integrity of financial information.

· Maintaining and documenting a system of internal control over all financial assets and transactions and periodically assessing for changing conditions and risk tolerances.

· Developing and implementing annual and long range business plans that coordinate with the UW-Madison’s plan and become a part of Business Services’ plans.

· Working with UW System Administration and the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to establish priorities and implement changes to the UW System’s Shared Financial System (SFS), based on Peoplesoft’s Financial software suite; including maintaining proper software change controls.

· Exploring, negotiating and implementing interfaces between the SFS financial ledger and other UW-Madison systems supporting business cycles, such as payroll and benefits, research administration, student accounts, revenue, fixed asset management, procurement, and accounts payable.

· Working with institutional management and divisional business representatives from schools, college, administrative, and auxiliary units to design and implement a general ledger chart of accounts that allows them to effectively manage finances at UW-Madison.

· Maintaining UW-Madison’s compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), tax laws and regulations, and other federal and State record keeping and reporting regulations.

· Directing and coordinating the annual fiscal year closing of the accounting records and providing System Administration with year-end information needed to prepare the UW System GAAP basis financial statements.

· Preparing and analyzing UW-Madison internal financial reports in conjunction with the UW-Madison Budget Office.

· Participating in the development and negotiation of UW-Madison’s Federal Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rates and Federal fringe benefit rates.

· Maintaining key statistics related to the financial processes and using those statistics to continuously improve processes via techniques such as Six Sigma as part of UW-Madison’s ongoing Administrative Process Redesign efforts.

· Directing and managing the staff of Accounting Services, developing talents and expertise of staff and recruiting and retaining a diverse staff of well qualified and high performing professionals, in accordance with the Human Resources directions outlined in Business Services’ Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles.

Relevant Experience, Skills and Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field required. MBA or other advanced degree desirable. CPA desirable.

· Minimum of 6 years of financial management experience preferably in higher education or a large decentralized business enterprise.

· Visionary planning and leadership skills

· Written and oral communications skills to deliver presentations to general audiences and executive level

· Experience in providing leadership to a diverse staff and delivering business services within a creative business that is highly regulated and subject to compliance requirements

· Data analysis and project management skills

· Team management and negotiation skills

· Change management skills

· Experience in the design, acquisition, and implementation of complex financial systems in large organizations

· Financial expertise and knowledge of GAAP for Colleges and Universities

· Understanding of state and federal regulations related to finances and accounting in higher education institutions.

More information about this position is available online at: http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_072579.html

To Apply

Please send cover letter referring to Position Vacancy Listing #72579, resume and the names and addresses of five references to Kathleen Smith at ksmith@bussvc.wisc.edu. Please send materials electronically and in one document.

Please note that under Wisconsin statutes the names of applicants who explicitly request confidentiality will not be made public. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. The committee particularly encourages applications and nomination

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