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Metropolitan Community College · 1 month ago

Finance Business Partner & Budget Lead – Academic Affairs

Fort Omaha Campus

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$80K/yr - $80K/yr

4+ years exp

Metropolitan Community College is seeking a Finance Business Partner & Budget Lead for its Academic Affairs portfolio. This role is responsible for leading budget planning, financial analysis, and resource optimization to support informed decision-making and strategic execution within the division.

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Responsibilities

Leads annual and ongoing management of Academic Affairs’ all-funds operating and capital budgets, ensuring resource allocation aligns with institutional strategy, academic priorities, and Finance Forward standards

Assists supervisor to drive multi-year budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning in Adaptive Planning module, including position control, budget amendments, financial modeling, and long-range cost projections

Serves as the divisional budget lead in Workday, overseeing general, program, grant, gift, scholarship, and endowed funds

Partners with this supervisor, the Controller, and Human Resources to ensure budget integrity, financial transparency, and compliance across the academic enterprise

Provides proactive financial guidance, training, and decision support to deans, program chairs, and administrative leads, strengthening budget ownership, fiscal accountability, and operational efficiency across the division

Develops and delivers timely financial reports, dashboards, and variance analyses to inform strategic planning, program evaluation, and executive decision-making

Ensures compliance with institutional policy, grant requirements, donor restrictions, and fiscal controls, serving as the governance lead for Academic Affairs in coordination with the Controller and Grants Accounting

Oversees purchasing, expense management, and cost-center reconciliations, implementing transparent workflows, continuous improvement, and Workday-enabled process discipline

Leads enrollment-aware financial modeling, collaborating with Academic Affairs leadership to build revenue and cost forecasts that support academic program planning, schedule optimization, and sustainable instructional delivery

Manages faculty and staff compensation transactions in Workday, including costing allocations, workload management, adjunct/overload assignments, and compensation changes — ensuring alignment to staffing plans and budget authority

Provides oversight for faculty workload, instructional cost planning, and adjunct/overload budgets, serving as a strategic partner to the VP Academic Affairs and Deans to advance sustainable instructional models and compensation practices

Coordinates monthly review and reconciliation of divisional budgets, grants, scholarships, and procurement activity, ensuring data integrity, spend visibility, and timely issue resolution

Serves as a Workday subject-matter resource, promoting data accuracy, workflow adoption, and customer-focused financial solutions that streamline user experience and reduce administrative burden

Attends work activities or programs as scheduled or assigned

Qualification

Workday FinanceAdaptive PlanningBudgetingFinancial AnalysisData AnalysisFinancial GovernanceProject ManagementMicrosoft Office SuiteCustomer ServiceCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational SkillsAdaptability

Required

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, Economics, or a closely related field

Four (4) years of progressively responsible professional experience in finance, accounting, budget management, data analysis, or administrative operations

Hands-on experience with Workday Finance, Adaptive Planning, or another enterprise financial system (ERP) including reporting, transaction workflows, or planning tools

Equivalent combination of education and/or work experience considered

Ability to travel between campuses for meetings or position responsibilities

Must pass a background check