Job Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Location: Assistant Comptroller
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job ID: 606483
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Workplace Culture
NAU is a community devoted to student success and sustained by an unshakable commitment to our shared mission, vision, and values. We—faculty, staff, and administrators—thrive by combining our efforts and working side by side to further NAU’s culture of excellence.
Special Information
- This position is located on the Flagstaff Mountain Campus. This position requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities for remote work are rare.
- Only complete applications including the NAU application, a cover letter outlining interest in the position and how past experience matches with job requirements, and a resume with 3 professional references will be considered. This is a full-time position on the Flagstaff Mountain Campus.
- This position has been identified as a safety/security sensitive position. Therefore, per AZ Revised Statute, Northern Arizona University requires satisfactory results for the following: a criminal background investigation, employment history investigation, degree verification (in some cases) and fingerprinting.
- Additionally, as an employer in the state of Arizona, NAU is required to participate in the federal E-Verify program that assists employers with verifying new employees’ right to work in the United States.
Job Description
Northern Arizona University’s Assistant Comptroller is now hiring for one (1) Business Intelligence Analyst, Senior. This position evaluates and addresses the university’s business intelligence, reporting, and data analysis needs. The successful candidate will transform business data into actionable information to make sound decisions and drive business value as well as develos data-driven insights, identifiy efficiency opportunities, and drive reporting automation initiatives.
Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, and Reporting – 60%
- Works with complex, disparate, financial data to derive meaningful visualizations.
- Compiles data, develops reports, and determines recommendations.
- Gathers and analyzes university business data & information to assess the impact of changes to current business processes, and formulate recommendations.
- Identifies risk factors associated with business process and the need for compliance, continuity of operations, and other risk mitigations to ensure consistency, efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of the unit.
- Defines metrics and KPIs to quantify business process efficiencies and effectiveness.
- Understands and applies appropriate data handling practices with university data.
Automation and Efficiency Identification and Analysis – 35%
- Leverages a data-driven approach to create specifications for new business process designs and intelligence solutions for presentation to department leadership.
- Identifies and recommends solutions for streamlining and improving the operations of the organization.
- Collaborates with finance professionals, business analysts, and stakeholders as necessary to ensure complex projects and reporting are deployed appropriately.
- Designs test plans using advanced cases to assess impact of business process changes on university systems.
Other – 5%
- The duties mentioned in this job profile are not the only tasks to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The incumbent is expected to perform other duties necessary for the effective operation of the department.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or related field.
- 2-4 years of accounting or business experience OR
- Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, accounting, finance, MIS, or related field.
- Accounting and/or finance experience in higher education.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of business intelligence and analysis techniques, including specification & requirements gathering, data management & aggregation and implementation & testing.
- Knowledge of translating non-technical requirements into technical business requirements.
- Knowledge of financial analysis and reporting in higher education.
- Knowledge of business and technology to recommend systems and process improvements.
Skills
- Experience with data visualization and summarization tools (SQL, MS SQLServer, Tableau).
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
- Familiarity with PeopleSoft, ServiceNow.
- Skill in developing stories with complex data.
- Skill in accounting information systems.
- Skill in data management techniques.
Abilities
- Demonstrates ability to identify automation opportunities for recurring financial reporting cycles.
- Analyzes complex situations and anticipates issues.
- Balances competing priorities.
- Demonstrates problem solving, organizational, and analytical capabilities.
- Communicates effectively.
- Promotes a diverse, inclusive environment.
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
As of 12/10/21, the Safer Federal Workforce employee vaccination requirement is currently suspended pending the outcome of a federal court-issued injunction. This injunction has suspended the recent executive order issued by President Biden requiring all employees of federal contractors to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. For current status of the vaccine requirement and/or questions, please visit FAQs for Employee Vaccination Requirement.
Background Information
This position has been identified as a safety/security sensitive position. Therefore, per AZ Revised Statute, Northern Arizona University requires satisfactory results for the following: a criminal background investigation, employment history investigation, degree verification (in some cases) and fingerprinting. If you are applying for a job that requires a CDL, you will be required to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and adhere to the clearinghouse requirements. Additionally, as an employer in the state of Arizona, NAU is required to participate in the federal E-Verify program that assists employers with verifying new employees’ right to work in the United States. Finally, each year Northern Arizona University releases an Annual Security Report. The report is a result of a federal law known as the Clery Act. The report includes Clery reportable crime statistics for the three most recent completed calendar years and discloses procedures, practices and programs NAU uses to keep students and employees safe including how to report crimes or other emergencies occurring on campus. In addition, the Fire Safety Report is combined with the Annual Security Report for the NAU Flagstaff Mountain Campus as this campus has on-campus student housing. This report discloses fire safety policies and procedures related to on-campus student housing and statistics for fires that occurred in those facilities. If you would like a free paper copy of the report, please contact the NAUPD Records Department at (928) 523-8884 or by visiting the department at 525 E. Pine Knoll Drive in Flagstaff.
Salary
Anticpated salary range is $62,996 – $78,745. Annual salary commensurate with candidate’s qualifications and related experience.
FLSA Status
This position is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and therefore will not earn overtime or compensatory time for additional time worked.
Benefits
This is a Classified Staff (CLS) position. NAU offers an excellent benefit package including generous health, dental and vision insurance; participation in the Arizona State Retirement System; paid vacation and 10 holidays per year; and tuition reduction for employees and qualified dependents. More information on benefits at NAU is available on the Human Resources benefits website. Classified Staff employees are in a probationary status for their first six months at NAU. NAU is a tobacco and smoke-free campus. Employees offered a position will be eligible for state health plans (including NAU’s BCBS Plan). New employees are eligible for benefits on the first day of the pay period following their enrollment, after their employment date. Employees will have 31 days from their start date to enroll in benefits. Additionally, new employees will begin participating in the Arizona State Retirement System, and the long-term disability coverage that accompanies it, on the first of the pay period following 6 months after the new employee’s start date.
Learning and Development
Your career at Northern Arizona University includes the opportunity for professional development. New employee on-boarding training includes courses to be completed within the first 30 days. If your position includes the supervision of a benefit-eligible employee, we offer the NAU Supervisors Academy for you to complete within your first 2 years.
Immigration Suppt/Sponsorship
NAU will not provide any U.S. immigration support or sponsorship for this position.
Application Deadline
October 27, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please click on the “Apply” button on this page. You must submit your application by clicking on the “Submit” button by midnight of the application deadline. If you need assistance completing your application there are instructions available on the Human Resources website or in person in the Human Resources Department located in Building 91 on the NAU Campus – on the corner of Beaver and DuPont Streets.
If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process please contact the Office of Equity and Access at: 928-523-3312/TDD – 928-523-1006 or PO Box 4083, Flagstaff AZ 86011.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Northern Arizona University is a committed Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. NAU is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.
EEO is the Law Poster and Supplements
NAU is an Employer of National Service. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service alumni are encouraged to apply.
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