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Finance Manager University Housing - UTK

Position Number: 6281554
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Business and Financial Management

Finance Manager University Housing - UTK
Knoxville, TN, United States

Job Identification: 3216
Job Category: Financial
Posting Date: 06/05/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 2107 Andy Holt Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37996, US (On-site)

Job Description
The Finance Manager oversees the day-to-day management of the University Housing budget and finance area and develops training and procedures to ensure compliance and consistency. Additionally, this position provides analysis of budget-to-actuals to assist with budget planning and serves as a financial and payroll resource for the department.

This position is responsible for managing, overseeing, and administering the fiscal responsibilities for University Housing and the subsequent reporting of these activities. This position serves as a departmental administrator by ensuring compliance with university policy and state and federal law.

Responsibilities

Budget planning
Assist with budget analysis
Function as departmental reviewer
Supervise the daily tasks of the Financial Associates
Train, troubleshoot and ensure employees are set up in timekeeping system and balance time with the Payroll office
Partner with on-campus departments and off-campus entities to research, report, and resolve billing
Evaluate, develop, and implement improvements to the departmental internal business processes, procedures and controls within university policy
Compare actual operating results to the monthly budget
Analyze student billing transactions and verify each term billing cycle
Oversee and manage the University Housing financials for the public private partnership (P3) residence halls
Create the annual budget for the project in consultation with the owner and project operations committee
Prepare Sales Tax and Unrelated Business Income Tax Returns
Prepare annual conference profitability report

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

Education:
- Bachelor's degree - Business Administration or Accounting or Finance
Experience:
- 3 yrs experience in fiscal management/accounting working directly with significant budget analysis and budget management.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Ability to multitask; Strong communication skills; Excellent writing, grammar, and proofreading skills; Extensive problem-solving skills; Microsoft 365 proficiency required; Ability to work in team environment; Ability to meet deadlines consistently and accurately; Ability to be flexible.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:
- 5 yrs experience in fiscal management/accounting working directly with significant budget analysis and budget management; Experience in higher education; Oracle or other higher education financial software system experience
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Knowledge of university fiscal policies and procedures

Work Location

Knoxville, TN

Compensation and Benefits

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Application Instructions

Please complete the on-line application for full consideration. Applicants must include a cover letter, resume and a list of at least three references (with current e-mail address and phone number/s) in the application file. A review of all applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

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About Us

About Us
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees-the Volunteers-who uphold the university's tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee's flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy's largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as "Best Employer for New Graduates," "One of America's Best Large Employers," and "Best Workplace for Women," and has been designated as "Best Place for Working Parents" by Forbes Magazine.

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