Executive Director of Budget (Please use link in the job description to apply)

Job Posting

JR101615 Executive Director of Budget (Please use link in the job description to apply) (Open)Department:

RegularOpen Date

BSU Strategic Initiatives, PMPosition Type:

01-22-2026Close Date

$160,000 - $180,000

Job Description

The Executive Director of Budget (ED Budget) serves as a conscientious advisor at all levels within the University supported by careful analysis. Reporting to the Vice President of Administration and Finance, the ED Budget administers the budget planning system, ensures the field has the knowledge, tools, and support necessary for sound fiscal management, and models the impact of established and anticipated strategic policy on the use of resources to deliver on mission and meet strategic priorities. The ED Budget is highly collaborative, exemplifies excellence in strategic thought, insightful analysis, and interpersonal behaviors while engaging consistently with all levels of the institution in planning, review, and implementation of the budget.

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Responsibilities

• Developing and preparing the University’s operation budget, budget request, and estimates revenue and expenditures.
• Overseeing the integration and execution of the University’s budget and ensure compliance with the State and University System of Maryland.
• Coordinating and monitoring budget processes with all University academic and administrative units to assure efficient fiscal planning and management.
• Overseeing financial, business, and administrative compliance with applicable state, federal, and USM statute guidelines, and policies and general accepted accounting principles and practices.
• Preparing and assembling statistical data and reports for use in budget evaluation.
• Advising executive leadership, including but not limited to VPs, Deans, and/or Chair level positions, on budgeting, financial planning strategies, and budget forecasts.
• Responsibility for maintaining position control and reporting of related information to ensure compliance with the University System of Maryland guidelines.
• Preparing revenue/expenditure projections, funding allocations, budget justifications and legislative review documents.
• Maintaining computerized budget system and designs and implements enhancements to the system when necessary.
• Attending all budgetary meetings conducted by the University and/or other State agencies/system.
• Responsibility for ensuring training and various budget information sharing is conducted at all levels of the University.
• Representing the Vice President and/or University at meetings conducted by the University, State agencies/system, and/or other external organizations.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in accounting, finance, economics, or business administration from an accredited four-year college or university. Master’s degree preferred.
• Seven (7) years or more experience in budgeting/accounting and/or managing fiscal services such as budget development, forecasting, or analysis of financial data, preferably in a higher education environment.
• Working knowledge of Financials, HR, and Student Services software or equivalent Enterprise Resource Planning software packages such as PeopleSoft, Oracle, and/or Workday.
• Proven success as a strategic thinker and in working with multi-year budget projects. Forward thinker with the ability to see the connections and pathways from today to 5 years ahead. Experience connecting budget to the strategic plan for implementation with on-going attention to alignment and refinement.
• Experience working collaboratively with and across all institutional stakeholders and with external groups to communicate budget decisions, processes, planning, and monitoring practices.
• Understanding of and ability to identify and implement efficiencies in processes and in use of ERP system (Workday).
• Knowledge of state government organization, functions and services.
• Demonstrated high-level organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and work effectively in a fastpaced, detail-oriented, and time-sensitive environment.
• Proven track record of successful analytic and project management skills, experience with budget management systems, financial software, and an enterprise resource (ERP) system.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stressful situations with tact and diplomacy, make difficult decisions, and work with a finding solutions mindset.
• Experience supervising and mentoring staff and the ability to lead individuals and teams.
  
  

Additional Job Information

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.

Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program.

The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.

In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.