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Department Financial Strategic Svcs (QCU)

Position Title Manager 1-F&A Bus Ctr

Job Title Financial Services Manager

Appointment Type Professional Faculty

Job Location Corvallis

Benefits Eligible Full-Time, benefits eligible

Remote or Hybrid option? Yes

Job Summary

Financial Strategic Services is seeking a Financial Services Manager. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE ), 12-month, professional faculty position.

Building on 150 years as Oregon’s land grant institution, Oregon State University ( OSU ) serves the state, the nation and the world as a premier 21st-century research university.

OSU is building an organizational culture, founded on the values of inclusion, mutual respect, good physical and mental health, collaboration, and humility, so that people from every background are welcomed and thrive.

The Financial Services Manager ( FSM ) manages and supervises Financial Strategic Services ( FSS ) team members who provide direct fiscal support to colleges and units. The FSM team supports the Financial Strategic Partner ( FSP ) and college or unit served by providing consultation, guidance, advice, training, and direction on financial budgeting, reporting, analysis, specialized buying, and accounting.

To protect university resources and reputation, the FSM uses knowledge of relevant policies and regulations to ensure appropriate internal controls. The position has detailed knowledge of college or unit operations and personnel, working closely with administrators and support staff to stay informed of pending personnel actions and other activities that will impact college and/or unit financial resources. The position reports to the Financial Strategic Partner, Associate Director of Financial Strategic Services or Director of Financial Strategic Services and collaborates with FSMs serving other units, the Division of Finance and Administration, and other university partners.

The position analyzes and advises college and units of the budgetary impacts of proposed programmatic or policy changes. The FSM provides revenue modeling and financial projections based on enrollment trends, tuition rate changes, grant activity, fundraising and other revenue sources. This position identifies gaps and provides or facilitates appropriate financial training for FSS team members, college or unit leadership and other college or unit administrators. The FSM works independently but uses collaborative decision making, available metrics, and performance indicators to support the college and/or unit financial and business requirements.

Why OSU?

Working for Oregon State University is so much more than a job!

Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem-solvers and change-makers. We don’t wait for challenges to present themselves — we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep-rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.

FACTS :

•Top 1.4% university in the world

•More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined

•1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.

•2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties

•7cultural resource centers (https://hr.oregonstate.edu/work-life/diversity-and-cultural-resources) that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone

•100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates

•35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color

•217k+ alumni worldwide

•For more interesting facts about OSU visit:https://oregonstate.edu/about

Locations:

Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport.

Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state-of-the-art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.

Total Rewards Package:

Oregon State University offers acomprehensive benefits package (https://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/prospective-employee) with benefits eligible positions that is designed to meet the needs of employees and their families including:

•Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life. OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.

•Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.

•Retirement savings paid by the university.

•A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.

•Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.

•Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.

•Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical illness insurance, giving you peace of mind and the support you need to thrive in all aspects of your life.

Oregon State University is deeply committed to the principles of a Health Promoting University. This commitment drives a collaborative approach across OSU’s safety and well-being programs, reducing silos and coordinating efforts to enhance employee safety and well-being. By prioritizing resources that support the health of both employees and students, OSU fosters a culture of care and a healthier campus environment where everyone can thrive.

2025 Best Place for Working Parents® Designation! (https://bestplace4workingparents.com/policies/)

Future and current OSU employees can use theBenefits Calculator (https://hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/new-employees/benefits-calculator) to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU .

Key Responsibilities

30% Financial Analysis and Consultation

Closely monitor the financial position of college or unit, identify and address issues as appropriate to safeguard university resources in an ethical and transparent manner.

Clearly communicate current financial position with the FSP and/or college or unit to ensure effective decision making, proper stewardship of resources, and appropriate compliance and risk management.

Collaborate with FSP , stakeholders, and business partners to maximize college or unit support and drive operational changes. Works closely with business partners in University Human Resources; Budget and Resource Planning; Research Office; Office of Audit, Risk and Compliance; Procurement, Contracts and Materials Management ( PCMM ); Controller’s Unit; other offices in the Division of Finance and Administration; and Ag Research and OSU Foundations.

Promote compliance with university fiscal policies and applicable legal rules and regulations.

Advise FSP and/or college or unit regarding necessary policy compliance and audit requirements as they pertain to the college or unit. Develop, assess, and monitor appropriate internal controls to protect college or unit and university resources and reputation. Coordinate college or unit response to financial audits.

Optimize all college or unit resources, which may be complex and come from numerous sources, by understanding the relationships between all funding sources.

Analyze financial impact of proposed business decisions and advise FSP and/or college or unite of possible alternatives. Requires thorough understanding and knowledge of college or unit and university financial systems, business practices and policies. Create multiple financial scenarios when necessary to model proposed actions and highlight impact of decisions.

Create clear financial presentation documents and present as necessary to FSP and/or college or unit and other audiences. Requires ability to understand audience financial aptitude and tailor presentations appropriately.

Coordinate preparation of financial reports and narratives for college accreditation requirements and assist as necessary during site visits, including interviews with accreditation team.

Interpret complex financial data requests to facilitate clear understanding of requirements and coordinate responses as appropriate. Includes requests from both university and external partners and stakeholders.

Advocate as appropriate for the college or unit when OSU policy, business process, or system limitations prevent or hamper mission critical activities. Escalate matters when called for to support college or unit operations. Coordinate with the Division of Finance and Administration to ensure effective communication.

Coordinate as appropriate with college and unit administrative support positions to share relevant information regarding policy and procedure changes and upcoming deadlines, highlighting any implications to college or unit resources or operations. Requires detailed knowledge of college or unit operations and the ability to act as a change agent when necessary.

Develop on-boarding process as necessary for new college or unit administrators and staff in regard to financial services and activities. Requires the ability to understand financial aptitude of new leaders and to tailor materials appropriately.

Seek new opportunities for problem solving and enhancing strategic financial activity through collaboration with other FSMs and DFA units so as to maximize efficiency and leverage collective knowledge to ensure high quality and continuous improvement.

15% Budget Administration and Financial Planning

Provide consultative services and expertise to guide the college or unit as needed through the annual budget process. Deploy resources as appropriate to assist in all phases of the budget cycle; preparation, approval, execution, and monitoring.

Advise leadership regarding alignment between the budget process and current college, unit, and university strategic priorities. Requires a detailed understanding of college or unit operations, regular communication with college or unit personnel, and strong professional relationships to ensure confidential and sensitive information is shared appropriately.

Collaborate with FSP and/or college or unit and university business partners to ensure budgets are created and ready to approve and load into university systems at the scheduled time. Review data for accuracy and ensure all college or unit personnel with budgetary authority are aware of the unit’s allocated budget.

Be aware of variances between budget and expense and work with the FSP and/or the college or unit to ensure the appropriate administrators and leaders are informed of material variances.

Inform the FSP and/or college or unit regularly of any deviations from the approved financial plan. Requires a detailed understanding of college or operations, including pending personnel changes, hiring plans, and strategic priorities. Also requires an awareness of financial commitments that are not encumbered in Banner and a thorough understanding of the university budgeting process to accurately project the many budget adjustments that occur mid-cycle and at year-end-close.

Verify approval, execution and accuracy of financial agreements between colleges or units. This may include MOUs, budget adjustments/settle-ups and other financial transactions.

Collaborate with business partners in the preparation of periodic budget projections for the Office of Budget and Resource Planning and for other ad hoc projection requests, including those from college accrediting agencies.

Maximize the value of college or unit and university resources by ensuring funds are used in an optimal manner, with proper consideration to the unique requirements for use of each funding source. Work strategically and collaborate with university business partners as appropriate to ensure no resources expire unnecessarily before use. Requires coordination with fund managers in other units and organizations. (E&G, OSUF , self support etc)

Prepare and present periodic budget updates as needed for a variety of college, unit, and university audiences. These may include the FSP , college or unit leadership, school and department faculty, program areas, and others.

Accounting/Oversight:

45% Service delivery and supervision

Serve as key college or unit business partner for financial operations. Apply strategic thinking skills and business acumen to advance college or unit and university mission. Owns day to day delivery of service.

+ Provide leadership, supervision and direction for direct reports and financial strategic services team. Hire and ensure training programs are in place for employees. Plan, assign and review work, establishing professional development and performance goals with team. Assess performance through completion of quarterly check ins and annual evaluations. Act on disciplinary issues and address grievances developing a framework for corrective action as necessary, up to and including dismissal.

+ Create a culture of trust in university partners and financial strategic services team.

+ Understand in detail entire end to end process standards, variations, pain points, system and control environment.

+ Coordinate with colleagues and business partners internal and external to OSU to identify and advocate for process improvements on behalf of university clients.

+ Keep apprised of new compliance requirements or business processes changes impacting clients and ensure there are plans to successfully navigate.

+ Proactively evaluate and assess the need for training of stakeholders in units served to ensure effective partnerships, information sharing, and compliance with relevant policies/procedures.

+ Develop, communicate, and provide training as appropriate.

+ Supports team in providing timely financial reports, budgets, and forecasts to clients served.

10% Change management and special projects

+ Identify issues faced by unit served across FSS reporting, budgeting, financial analysis and strategic services.

+ Support changes efforts through collaboration with appropriate stakeholders.

+ Supports Associate Director, FSP and/or Director of Financial Strategic Services and various special projects and activities as appropriate.

+ Actively participate in continuous process improvements to enhance business services and assist with implementation of technology solutions

What You Will Need

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Accounting, Finance or related fieldandthree years of experience successfully managing financial operational activities, directly advising/ consulting leaders on financial activities and experience managing/supervising financial reporting and accounting activities.

OR

A combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to eight years which includes experience directly advising/ consulting leaders on financial activities and experience managing/supervising financial reporting and accounting activities.

Demonstrated experience evaluating and implementing internal controls in financial reporting and accounting operations.

Core Competencies:

Strategic thinking- Prioritize process improvement efforts based on the understanding of enterprise strategic objectives, upcoming business model shifts and related enterprise initiatives.

Process knowledge – Make informed decisions regarding the level of process standardization and how best to improve it with best practices and emerging technologies.

Problem-solving – Identify core process breakdowns, analyze potential causes. Identify options to implement the most effective solutions. Understand customer needs and innovate to serve and solve any issues customers have.

Relationship building – Build strong relationships with other leaders and teams to align their priorities, manage expectations and influence changes in the process.

Change management – Understand the organization’s ability to absorb change and take deliberate action to ensure stakeholders and service delivery teams are ready and able to implement changes smoothly and consistently across locations.

Effective communication – Prepare and/or oversee the preparation of special reports, studies, and analysis to effectively and clearly communicate verbally and in writing.

Organizational Awareness – Understand and convey the University’s mission, the function of the division, and the purpose of the unit’s work and how it interrelates with other work units to serve the customer/client. Understand the impact and implications of decisions on the community and other departments.

Excellent time management skills. Must be self-motivated, schedule workflow, and anticipate deadlines.

Commitment to contribute to a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

What We Would Like You to Have

+ CPA / CMA

+ Master’s Degree

+ Three years of experience managing or supervising financial reporting and accounting activities.

+ Experience in Higher Education

+ Knowledge of COSO model for internal controls

+ Experience successfully managing applicable operational activities of a research university or in the non-profit or governmental sector.

+ Experience or at least familiarity with multiple fund types

Working Conditions / Work Schedule

Office environment. Pressure to meet deadlines with competing priorities. In normal conditions, this position will work within an office environment and may be expected at times to work after hours to complete projects and/or meet deadlines. This position is to be onsite and hybrid option is upon agreement with supervisor and/or director approval.

Pay Method Salary

Pay Period 1st through the last day of the month

Pay Date Last working day of the month

Recommended Full-Time Salary Range $95,000-$107,000

Link to Position Description

https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/position\_descriptions/115492

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number P09678UF

Number of Vacancies 1

Anticipated Appointment Begin Date 03/02/2026

Anticipated Appointment End Date

Posting Date 01/16/2026

Full Consideration Date

Closing Date 01/30/2026

Indicate how you intend to recruit for this search Competitive / External - open to ALL qualified applicants

Special Instructions to Applicants

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

1) A resume/CV; and

2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

You will also be required to submit the names of at least three professional references, their e-mail addresses and telephone numbers as part of the application process.

For additional information please contact: Aracely Arredondo at [email protected] or 541-737-0669

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

Starting salary within the salary range will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. This job has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities. If you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at ourBackground Checks (https://hr.oregonstate.edu/careers/background-checks) website including thefor candidates (https://hr.oregonstate.edu/careers/candidates) section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team [email protected].

Supplemental Questions

Read More at: https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/176221

OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.