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Job Category:
Academic Staff
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Budget Manager (B)
Job Summary:
The Deputy Budget Director will report directly to the Budget Director in the Madison Budget Office (MBO) which reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance. This position will supervise two to three MBO Budget Planners. The Deputy Budget Director will play a key role in development of the campus-wide budget and forecasts that are submitted to the Universities of Wisconsin System. This will include monitoring central fund balances and making recommendations to manage balances. Responding to leadership and divisional requests for financial and budget analysis including recommendations are key parts of this role. The role will assist with development of regular financial status reports and dashboards for campus leadership. The Deputy Budget Director will represent the MBO, and occasionally the VCFA, in campus-wide initiatives.
This position is flexible with the ability to work remotely regularly but will require occasional on-site presence.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Plans and directs staff implementation of budget initiatives, programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations
- Develops and administers unit or organizational budgets and large budget projections including budget planning, policies, controls, procedures, forecasts, and analysis
- Analyzes, identifies, and makes recommendations in budget planning to leadership
- Serves as the subject matter expert to unit leadership and institutional stakeholders regarding budget operations and functions
- Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
Department: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
Compensation:
Well qualified applicants can expect to earn between $165,000 - $195,000, with final salary based on experience and qualifications.
Required Qualifications:
1. Minimum five years of experience in budget development, financial planning, or fiscal management.
2.Progressive leadership experience, including supervising professional staff. 3. Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret financial data, develop models, and communicate insights to diverse audiences.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear, actionable information.
5. Experience developing or implementing financial policies, budget frameworks, or resource allocation models.
6. Commitment to equity, inclusion, transparency, and shared governance in financial decision‑making.
7. Bachelor’s degree in finance, public administration, business, economics, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Experience in higher education finance, particularly at a large public research university or similarly complex institution.
2. Knowledge of public sector budgeting.
3. Experience with enterprise financial systems
4. Experience collaborating with senior leaders, faculty, staff, and stakeholders across decentralized units.
5. Ability to navigate and influence decision‑making in a decentralized governance environment.
6. Master’s degree in public administration, higher education administration, business, finance, economics, or a related field.
Education:
Bachelors degree required.
Maters degree preferred.
How to Apply:
To apply for this position, please click on the I am a current employee button under Apply Now. You will be prompted to upload the following documents.
Please note when applying, there will be only one attachment field. You must upload all your documents in the attachment field. Applicants are to submit a cover letter and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced above. Failure to adequately demonstrate experiences aligned with the required qualifications in either a cover letter or resume will result in your application not being considered for employment. The application reviewers will be relying on your written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. References will be requested of final candidates. All applicants will be notified after the search is complete and a candidate has been selected.
Contact Information:
Daniel McCusky, HR Generalist
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