Director - Financial Planning - Harvard University - Cambridge

Job description
Duties & ResponsibilitiesThe FAS Office of Finance strives to ensure optimal use of resources to support the education and research missions of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Director of Financial Planning reports to the Assistant Dean of Budget and Financial Planning and works with a talented group in the Budget and Planning Team. This position performs strategic and financial analysis to inform resource allocation and decision making for the Dean, Academic Leadership and Senior Management.
This position conducts financial planning and analysis for highly complex centrally managed budget areas, including faculty, capital and campaign planning and FAS-wide multi-year planning. Primary responsibilities for this position include the following:

Multi-Year Planning:
Develop and update FAS multi-year financial projections, as well as report on key assumptions and perform sensitivity analysis on major drivers of the FAS financial position.
Develop plans for investments in major initiatives, cost savings opportunities and revenue enhancements
Capital Budgeting and Planning
Work with key members of the Office of Physical Resources to develop the multi-year capital budget and the facilities operations and maintenance budget
Approve capital projects and validate that appropriate sources of funding are identified and applied
Develop the annual forecast and budget for debt service and provide updates on debt metrics
Perform budget to actual reviews of capital project budgets, including spending and funding
Develop analysis and decision support tools for renewal of undergraduate houses
Faculty Budgeting and Planning
Work with the key members of Faculty Affairs and Divisional Deans to develop faculty growth plans
Quantify financial impact of faculty growth plans through the use of multi-year financial models
Develop faculty offer budgets and monitor actual commitments against budget
Campaign Budgeting and Planning:
Work with key members of the FAS Development Office to develop the multi-year fundraising projections, including analysis of fundraising versus cash receipts
Develop structure for reporting campaign goals versus actual results
Monitor campaign progress and results
This position works collaboratively with the Budget Team to prepare the FAS Consolidated Budget and perform various ad-hoc and special projects as assigned by senior management. The position is expected to identify opportunities to enhance all planning activities (i.e., consider the best application of current systems/tools such as Smartview, HUBS, Asperin, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

Additional QualificationsMBA or other relevant professional/graduate degree preferred. Ability to utilize statistical methods of analysis required. Proven record of driving problem solving and leading projects. Must possess excellent computer skills including data management and spreadsheet software, including Microsoft Office applications. Must be highly organized, detail oriented, and possess strong time management skills. Proven ability to work in a complex environment and take an assignment from project design to final presentation with a minimum of supervision is necessary.

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