Dean of Sciences jobs in New Mexico

The College of Arts & Sciences is a multi-faceted organization, overseeing more than 40 academic departments, centers, and programs with an instructional budget exceeding $100M. We are looking for a highly motivated, self-directed individual to be part of the A&S Finance Team, committed to providing fiscal customer support to College units and their academic and research missions. This position will allow opportunities for growth and professional development.

 The successful candidate must have effective interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills and possess the ability to multi-task and prioritize daily duties and projects. This position will be responsible for research, comprehension, and the ability to explain detailed analysis from department budgets and financial operations, assist units with all fiscal services including transaction processing, budgeting, reconciliations, salary distributions, and support Principal Investigators with monitoring their restricted awards. There may be occasions to provide training and backup services to fiscal staff in the department units as needed.

Duties may include:

·        Assist in the annual Budget process, Categorization of Reserves, Projections, and other University wide projects

·        Complete reconciliations of all indices related to salary, operating, and plant fund expenditures to ensure budgetary control and managing restricted funds

·        Distribution of funding from the College to departments

·        Processing financial transactions such as labor redistribution, journal vouchers, coordination and preparation of regularly scheduled and special billings

·        Process reimbursements, purchasing requisitions, and other fiscal transactions

·        May assist with special projects and/or reporting as needed

·        Training/working with departments to build budgets, develop financial statements and create analyses.