Director of Capital Budget and Planning

We’ve been retained by the University of New England to fill a newly created position, the Director of Capital Budget and Planning. This is an excellent opportunity to expand a best-in-class strategic planning function and help drive capital projects that support expansion plans . If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Susan Pemberton via email to schedule a meeting – sfp@pembertonhr.com

Job Description:

Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Finance and Administration, the Director of Capital Budget and Planning is a key participant in advancing the financial health of the University by managing the systems and processes for capital budget management and long-range strategic financial, debt, and institutional planning. The Director provides decision support through the evaluation of university capital projects, debt financing, and other initiatives requiring analysis to determine long-range financial and institutional credit profile implications. The Director works in close collaboration with the Director of Operating Budget to provide recommendations to the Associate Vice President of Finance and Administration and University’s executive leadership team to facilitate strategic financial decision making.

This position offers hybrid flexible work options (must be able to attend meetings and regularly scheduled days on Portland/Biddeford campus).

About The University of New England

UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

UNE offers a generous comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The package includes varied health and dental plans; a retirement plan that includes up to an 8% match; extensive paid leave including holidays, vacation, sick and personal time; and educational benefits. Please visit the Human Resources Benefits site (https://www.une.edu/hr/benefits) for additional information regarding UNE’s fantastic benefits package.

Essential Functions

• Direct management of the University’s long-range financial plan ensuring operating budget, fundraising, investment, debt, capital projects, and other non-operating activities are properly captured and forecasted.
• Manage and provide reporting on the University’s multi-year capital budget that includes annual capital renewals, planned capital investments, and ongoing deferred maintenance.
• Aid in the development of detailed funding, financing, and acquisition plans for capital projects on the multi-year plan, and the preparation of capital project funding approval materials for the Board of Trustees.
• Develop and monitor capital expenditure plans in consultation with Associate Vice President of Finance and Administration, Facilities Management, and Information Technology Services.
• Maintenance of the multi-year financial plan and monitor progress towards established financial benchmarks in accordance with the University’s financial strategic plan adopted by the Board of Trustees.
• Coordinate with external partners to manage process associated with financial strategic planning and University debt issuances.
• Developing and managing critical relationships with key stakeholders such as Vice Presidents, Deans, Associate Deans, Department Heads, Directors, Financial Managers and Controller.
• Develop and maintain ongoing financial reports and presentations for senior financial leadership, Board of Trustees, divisions and departments.
• Provide analytical support for special projects as requested by UNE’s executive leadership in the areas of capital budget, debt planning, and financial planning and analysis.
• Maintain capital budget process and policy documents.
• Other duties as assigned.