Director of FP&A and Finance Business Partners

Job Description:

The hybrid-eligible Director leads a team of Finance Business Partners who support approximately half of the University's distributed departments and units to provide strategic, analytical, and relationship-driven budget and financial planning services. Together, the team delivers strategic and quantitative analysis on a wide range of financial strategy, planning, and policy issues, including objective analyses of unit financial performance and development of an in-depth understanding of its financial structure. This work includes managing financial deliverables, including the development and submission of sustainable unit budgets, forecasts, multi-year financial plans, financial reporting, and related deliverables.

Major Responsibility: Lead a team of Finance Business Partners who support approximately half of the University's distributed departments and units to provide strategic, analytical, and relationship-driven budget and financial planning services

Supporting Actions:

• Develop strong relationships with department and unit leadership and within central finance to collaborate on key financial planning challenges and opportunities.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of its financial structure and provide strategic and quantitative analysis on financial strategy, planning, and policy issues.
• Manage financial deliverables, including the development and submission of sustainable unit budgets, forecasts, multi-year financial plans, financial reporting, and related deliverables.
• Ensure departments and units achieve their targets through regular support, discussion and independent scrutiny.
• Serve as each partner unit's financial point of contact within the University and represent their interests and needs to the broader organization.
• Ensure financial processes, systems and reporting are continually enhanced to support the unit's strategic goals and objectives.
• Develop and implement strategies for budgeting, forecasting, multi-year financial planning, financial modeling, variance analysis, financial reporting. Use these tools to effectively manage expenses, enhance revenue, and achieve other strategic goals and objectives.
• Manage a team of 2-3 Assistant/Associate Directors and 8-10 analysts, including the potential for growth

Major Responsibility: Support the University's central financial planning and management, including contributing to the development, communication, and management of the University's annual budget, forecast, and other financial planning processes

Supporting Actions:

• Partner with the AVP of Financial Strategy and Planning and Director of Budget Planning and Analysis to set priorities that advance the University's central financial planning and management.
• Contribute to the development, communication, and management of the University's annual budget, forecast, and other financial planning processes.
• Provide strategic input and technical support to budgeting and financial system development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement, along with training and support
• Frame key questions and develop recommendations to help inform decision making among University leaders.
• Analyze and evaluate budgets, forecasts and multi-year financial plans and prepare review materials for Chief Financial Officer, Provost, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, President, and the Corporation.
• Synthesize findings and determine short- and long-term ramifications for all stakeholders.
• Design and deliver presentations that educate University leadership on potential options, facilitating informal and formal dialogue as needed.
• Develop hypotheses and conduct analyses to respond to ad-hoc queries and strategic requests.

Major Responsibility: Lead special projects across a wide range of financial and strategic initiatives both within the Finance Business Partner's portfolio and University-wide

Supporting Actions:

• Partner with departments and project stakeholders on important strategic financial questions that require thoughtful problem-structuring and analytic capability and developing an understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by the university, department or unit.

Major Responsibility: Leadership and team building

Supporting Actions:

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional growth through coaching, mentoring, workforce planning, and succession development.
• Provide leadership determining the direction of the team's priorities.
• Support the creation and implementation of OFSP goals, strategies and priorities.
• Responsible for management decisions, hiring, promoting and other.
• Recruit new analysts as needed to strengthen and grow the team, as applicable.
• Promote an inclusive, diverse, and innovative work environment.
• Partner with other groups across the Finance Division, including the Controller's Office, Treasury and Insurance, Gifts and Endowments, and Financial Services teams, to build a University-wide understanding of financial management issues that inform planning, reporting, and analysis.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12: Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 7 years of related experience.
• Grade 13: Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 10 years of related experience.
• Management experience preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong technical skills, including data base management and spreadsheets
• Experience with Workday and Adaptive Planning preferred

The Office of Financial Strategy and Planning (OFSP) is seeking a skilled Director of FP&A and Finance Business Partners. This position will be filled as a Grade 13 or Grade 12, depending on the finalist's depth of qualifications, technical expertise, and relevant experience.

Applicants are asked to include a resume and cover letter.

Benefits of Working at Brown:

Please review additional information on the Benefits of Working at Brown.

Recruiting Start Date:

2026-09-29

Job Posting Title:
Director of FP&A and Finance Business Partners

Department:
Office of Financial Strategy and Planning

Grade:
Grade 13

Worker Type:
Employee

Worker Sub-Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
37.5

Position Work Location:
Hybrid

Submission Guidelines:

The designated Position Work Location for each position determines the approved modality of work. Positions are classified based on the operational and business needs of the department and may be designated as on-site, hybrid, or remote.

Employees with a designated position work location as remote must reside and perform their work in a state where Brown University is registered to do business. Brown University is a registered employer in the following states: Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.

Please note that to be considered for a staff position at Brown University, you must submit a separate application for each position you wish to be considered for. Applications are reviewed only for the specific position to which they are submitted and are not automatically considered for future openings.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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