Contacts

• Oversees the overall vision and strategy for the budgeting and financial administration of SAS
• Manages the Office of Finance and Budget Planning by establishing best practices, setting tone and environment, and working collaboratively with team members
• Works to strengthen relationships with departments and centers throughout the school with the Dean’s Office
• Provides data, information, and recommendations to the Vice Dean of Administration and other senior leadership of the school
• Delivers communication to department/financial administrators on topics broadly impacting the school
• Serves as an advocate for the school on financial issues with central units as well as with peer schools/units throughout Rutgers

• Serve as a member of the leadership team of the Office of Finance and Budget Planning. Contribute to assigned University-wide committees and projects.
• Responsible for submitting timely and accurate SAS Budget and Quarterly Forecasts to the New Brunswick Chancellor’s Office as well as responding to NB-C questions and requests.
• Manages the timely and accurate analysis and completion of Annual Department Planning Tools

• SAS School Level Budgets & Forecasts: Salary and Wage, Plant Fund Transfer, Gifts, Endowment, Other Source Revenue, Supplies, Fellowship, Scholarship, Tuition Remission, Travel, Plant Ops and Professional Services.
• Primary point person for Department/Center Non-WFP S&W Planning Tool

• Work Force Planning -Distributes files to departments for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of budget data collection. Communicates timing and provides training and instruction. Organizes and tracks all data back from the field and heads the effort of entering WFP data collected into the Budget (EPBCS)
• Runs/updates the Payroll distribution and Transaction reports
• Transfers- tracks activity throughout the year.
• Populates the following templates – Chancellor's office Budget & Forecast, Operating Expense Planning Tool, Non-WFP Planning Tool, Tuition estimate, and Center Reviews.

• SAS School Level Budgets & Forecasts: Tuition, Transfers, EOF, Grants/F&A, Capital Additions, Capital Purchases, Construction in Progress, Dues & Subscriptions, Insurance, Other, Participation Support, Printing & Publishing, Recovery, Recruiting, Rent and Telecommunication.
• Primary point person for Department/Center Operating Expense Planning Tool

• Serve as a member of the leadership team of the Office of Finance and Budget Planning. Contribute to assigned University-wide committees and projects.
• Provides SAS unit Business Managers and Administrators, Department Chairs, Deans, and Divisional Directors of Administration with broad support, instruction, and guidance on the management of their operation.
• Analyzes and reviews financial data. Conducts audits of financial activity throughout the school to ensure appropriate and efficient use of SAS resources.

• Provide Audit, Analysis and Assistance service to all units for SAS.
• Interprets, develops, communicates, and implements policies and procedures.
• Monitors fiscal compliance and understands and enforces applicable regulations, and internal policies.
• Acts as a liaison to ensure the integration of SAS Business activities with corresponding functions at the departmental and University levels.

Department Assignments: Criminal Justice, English, English Writing Program, Geography, Italian, Language Labs, Linguistics, Math Sciences Learning Center, Philosophy, Spanish & Portuguese, Undergraduate Administration

• Provide Audit, Analysis and Assistance service to all units for SAS.
• Interprets, develops, communicates, and implements policies and procedures.
• Monitors fiscal compliance and understands and enforces applicable regulations, and internal policies.
• Acts as a liaison to ensure the integration of SAS Business activities with corresponding functions at the departmental and University levels.

Department Assignments: AMESALL, CCIS, Child Study Center, Cinema Studies, Classics, Comparative Literature, Earth & Planetary Studies, French, German, Jewish Studies, LSM, NHETC, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Raritan Review, Institute for Research on Women

• Provide Audit, Analysis and Assistance service to all units for SAS.
• Interprets, develops, communicates, and implements policies and procedures.
• Monitors fiscal compliance and understands and enforces applicable regulations, and internal policies.
• Acts as a liaison to ensure the integration of SAS Business activities with corresponding functions at the departmental and University levels.

Department Assignments: Africana Studies Anthropology, Center for Cultural Analysis, Division of Life Sciences (all areas-Administration, CBN, CINJ Partnership, HPO, ODASIS, Genetics, Keck Center, MBB, Undergraduate Instruction, K&H, and YSR), Economics, Edison Papers, Global Asia Initiative, Mathematics, RU Oral History Archives, Women’s & Gender Studies

• Provide Audit, Analysis and Assistance service to all units for SAS.
• Interprets, develops, communicates, and implements policies and procedures.
• Monitors fiscal compliance and understands and enforces applicable regulations, and internal policies.
• Acts as a liaison to ensure the integration of SAS Business activities with corresponding functions at the departmental and University levels.

Department/Center Assignments: American Studies, Art History, Asian Languages & Cultures, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Computer Science, DIMACS, History, Latino & Caribbean Studies, Religion, RU Center for Chinese Studies, Sociology, and Statistics

• Broad oversight/management of the Entrepreneurial Revenue and Research Administration group
• Delivers financial review and support to the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Provide budget planning and accounting setup support to Dean’s Office initiates such as External Engagement & Partnerships
• Provide pre- and post-award grant budgeting and accounting support to cluster programs as well as smaller academic departments
• High level review of SAS grants and F&A returns, provide grant activity reporting to Divisional Directors of Administration and the Office of Research and Graduate Education
• Analysis, reporting and transfer of revenue for programs with revenue sharing agreements 

Department/Center Assignments: Center for African Studies, Bildner Center, Center for Cognitive Sciences, Center for European Studies, Interdisciplinary Administration, Center for Latin American Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and South Asian Studies

• Provide budget planning and accounting setup support to Dean’s Office initiates such as External Engagement & Partnerships
• Provide pre- and post-award grant budgeting and accounting support to cluster programs as well as smaller academic departments
• High level review of SAS grants and F&A returns, provide grant activity reporting to Divisional Directors of Administration and the Office of Research and Graduate Education
• Analysis, reporting and transfer of revenue for programs with revenue sharing agreements 

• Overview and reconciliation of the Dean’s Office financials
• Approves daily Dean's Office purchase requests (Marketplace, Expense reports, PCards, etc.)
• Verifies CFL wire/check transactions are recorded correctly and maintains financial records
• Oversee financial review and approvals of student computing fee funds
• Provides general assistance to Depts and Dean's office staff with finance issues
• Coordinates/oversees with Director multiple finance related workgroups
• Various ad hoc financial reports/assignments

• Create SAS-centric training guides for Cornerstone and SAS policy
• Facilitate training classes with guides for SAS on the following:
  • Transfers (GL- General Ledger and Projects)
  • Reconciliations (GL- General Ledger and Projects)
  • Procurement issues
  • Tableau payroll reports
  • Employee Charging Instructions/Salary Reallocation processes
• Communicate financial/system updates to SAS
• Assists with daily inquiries from departments regarding tutorial and finance issues
• Mentor SAS staff with job duties when requested
• Assist Dean's office staff with reconciliation/finance/procurement issues internal to the dean's office
• Maintains Finance team's portion of SAS OOA website
• Serves as point person for Course Atlas when needed
• Creates ad hoc reports for Dean's office when requested
• Liaison with SAS EOF department including auditing of budgets and expenditure reports for the state