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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

IT Budget Manager

Job Description Summary:

Under the direction of the IT Business Office Manager, the IT Budget Manager will maintain, control, and continuously improve all budgeting and accounting processes relating to operational and capital technology purchases for the college district. This person will be tasked with managing financial data and metrics related to IT Budgeting for the IT Department and broader constituent groups who utilize funds allocated to the college’s capital technology outlay.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Manage and coordinate budgeting activities and the implementation of the organization's IT budget policies and guidelines in accordance with standards established by ACC’s Business Services team.
• Encourage efficient use of resources, compliance with defined standards, and reduce or optimize the IT cost base.
• Assist the CIO in communicating the business values of IT Spend to help rationalize the budget.
• Provide CIO with detailed cost and consumption analyses. Enable analytics to support strategic decision-making, financial planning, budget justification, performance analytics, benchmarking, and value measurement capabilities.
• Monitor actuals against estimates and prepare annual and interim budgets for the CIO’s direct reports.
• Coordinate budget appropriations and respond to exception requests for funds.
• Implement and support tools and reporting used for planning, forecasting, monitoring, and decision support.
• Collaborate with the CIO and ITBO Manager to ensure all teams assigned IT spend (IT senior leadership, Department heads etc.) are given adequate budget distributions.
• Control budget approvals, usage policies around IT Cost Centers, processes for unplanned or emergency technology purchases, and adherence to established guidelines for requisition/purchase orders/invoicing, etc.
• Work with consultants and internal team to set up IT financial processes in our Financial Accounting Solution, Workday. Understand the functionality of Workday to enable continuous improvement.
• Ensure all IT teams are managing budget items consistently and in accordance with the department and organization’s standards.
• Coordinate between Information Technology and External Departments in all matters pertaining to the Information Technology budget, including budgeting for future fiscal years.
• Govern the processes and procedures of the IT budget, projections, procedures, philosophies, and needs.
• Prepare, review, and navigate complex financial transactions.
• Craft and maintain usable dashboards showing financial trends within IT-controlled cost centers.
• Identify trends in data and make recommendations to maximize the College’s return on its technology investments.
• Make presentations as needed to various audiences regarding financial matters.

Knowledge

• Cost accounting procedures and practices and their relationships to program budgeting.
• Trend analysis and reporting.
• Financial and root cause analysis.
• Business practices and procedures of an Information Technology department.
• Experience in Procure-to-pay and Accounts Payable
• Experience in Workday Platform and Adaptive Planning is preferred.

Skills

• Creating and running reports.
• Working with exacting accuracy.
• Strong analytical, planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Interpreting and applying rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Handling multiple projects and meeting deadlines.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

Technology Skills

• Advanced proficiency in business applications, such as Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Strong understanding of automated financial systems and their functions. Workday Financials experience is strongly preferred.

Required Work Experience

• 3 years of experience working in a similar capacity managing or controlling various aspects of accounting or finance.

Preferred Work Experience

• 5-7 years of experience in managing or controlling various aspects of accounting or finance.
• Experience working in an Information Technology environment.
• Experience in Business Intelligence Tools such as Domo, Tableau, and/or Power BI
• Experience in Workday Financial Platform
• Experience in Workday Adaptive Planning

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor's degree or higher in finance, accounting, business, or related field.

Salary Range

$65,560 - $81,949

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

September 2, 2024

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.