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Senior Manager of Budget and Finance – University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)

Senior Manager of Budget and Finance (7710U) – #71950

One of the nation's leading university museums, the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum andPacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is a forum for cultural experiences that transform individuals and advance the local, national, and global discourse on art and film. As the premier visual arts venue at America's top public research university, BAMPFA is uniquely dedicated to art and film in equal measure, presenting more than 300 hundred film screenings, dozens of public programs, and more than fifteen exhibitions annually. BAMPFA takes a contemporary and critical perspective on its wide-ranging collections.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Administration and Strategic Initiatives, the Senior Manager of Budget and Finance will play a key role in the budgeting, reporting and forecasting processes, working directly with assigned departments as well as other constituents throughout the museum. As the lead financial analyst for BAMPFA, this role includes development of our $12 million operating budget across 8 departments through all phases, including preparation, development, evaluation, presentation, and approval by executive staff and Leadership Board. This position requires a mix of strong analytic and technical skills as well as good interpersonal skills in dealing with the departments and other finance colleagues. It is critical to understand monthly financial results, monitor changes in departments that impact actual results versus plans and be able to present and explain the results to management. The museum involves often complex funding arrangements which are then used to develop budgets and to ensure the correct accounting for funding of expenses. A keen ability to understand and interpret these arrangements is critical.

Responsibilities

Required Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of financial accounting concepts, policies and procedures, as well as related accounting and regulatory compliance requirements.
• 5 years or more experience working in an accounting or financial function.
• Highly skilled in budget creation, management, and process redesign.
• Thorough working knowledge of finance, fund accounting, and financial reporting analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to manage financial data and prepare/oversee budgets and forecasts.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively across the organization at all levels including budget owners, credit card holders, staff purchasing goods and services, executive director, development director, and grants manager.
• Sophisticated service orientation, ability to multi-task effectively in a varied, high volume environment, sound judgment and decision-making, critical thinking, creative problem solving, and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly developed analytical skills sufficient to develop and implement financial data management and reporting systems.
• Knowledge of the organizational environment of art museums or non-profits to understand institutional priorities, issues, motivations, and constraints.
• Ability to maintain professional confidentiality with sensitive information and financial data.
• Solid understanding of internal control concepts and the implementation of internal control systems in a complex business environment.
• Fluency in accounting software including Excel, SmartView, Google Sheets, OTRS, PeopleSoft and Oracle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of and/or can quickly learn campus and system-wide financial processes and procedures. This includes proficiency in Berkeley Financial Systems, BAIRs, CalReporting, CalPlanning, CalAnswers, BearBuy.

Salary & Benefits

This is a 100% full-time (40 hrs a week) exempt career position, which is paid monthly and eligible for UC Benefits. For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Due to compliance with California SB-1162, BAMPFA will not be able to offer a candidate anything above the top range of this posted amount. The budgeted salary that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $98,600 – $120,000.

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