Director of Business Operations

Job Description

Tennessee State University College of Agriculture invites applications for the position of Director of Fiscal Operations . The Director of Fiscal Operations is directly responsible to the Dean and Director of Research/Administrator of Extension.

Job Responsibilities

• Plans and directs multi-million dollar financial /accounting activities/matters within the College of Agriculture to ensure the integrity and proper allocation of fiscal, human, and physical resources of the College.
• Supervises personnel in the College's Business Office and works collaboratively with additional personnel strategically placed in other offices in the University.
• Ensures the integrity of financial data and accuracy of fiscal reports produced by the College. Identifies and solves problems in matters related to fiscal issues for all funded projects.
• Ensures compliance with federal regulations and guidelines relative to fiscal affairs.
• Supervises, trains and evaluates the performance of assigned staff. Interacts with funding agencies regarding fiscal matters; plans and develops short- and long-term budgets to provide projections and forecasts and analyzes financial impacts.
• Responsible for preparing fiscal reports as a primary responsibility in addition to the supervisory responsibilities.
• Experience in preparing fiscal reports for the government is essential.