Manager of Administration and Finance

Join Our Team as the Manager of Administration and Finance for the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell University!

If you're eager to make an impact and be part of a dynamic team, then we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us!

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

About The Department

Founded in 1879, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES) is vital to New York state agriculture and food security. We contribute to healthy and resilient communities and improve the lives and well-being of people by advancing research on agriculture and food systems, the environment, applied economics, and community and individual development.

Cornell's world-class research farms and plant growth facilities that are managed by Cornell AES, provide the crucial support and environments needed to move critical research from concept to commercial application. In fact, we have operations across New York State-from Ithaca to the North Country. Through an internal grants program, we also support a research portfolio of more than 150 unique projects within three Colleges. These projects provide vital support for a broad base of critically important research that addresses local, state and national priorities - from agricultural crop and pest management to community and economic vitality.

Interested in learning more? Check out our website: https://cals.cornell.edu/agricultural-experiment-station.

About the Opportunity

The position will complement a well-grounded, core administrative team that is professional, knowledgeable, and supportive.

The Manager of Administration and Finance provides administrative and managerial expertise for Cornell AES and serves as the lead financial officer-coordinating and managing administrative and operational systems and processes, an annual Federal Capacity Fund budget of $6.3M, and operating budgets of more than $4.2M-each serving to provide support for administration, research farms, and plant growth facilities and their collective, ongoing success.

Our watchwords are experimentation and innovation, and we champion a culture of sustainability. In this light we are thinking creatively and proactively about how we manage our operations now and into the future, especially given shifting land use demands and palpable impacts from climate change at our farm operations. Consequently, one unique aspect of this position is that a sizeable portion (15%) of position duties and responsibilities will be devoted to sustainability efforts. These efforts encompass two categories: operational and administrative/fiscal. Operationally, we are advancing a model that seeks to create multifunctional, climate adaptive landscapes. Administratively and fiscally, we seek to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and long-term fiscal sustainability of Cornell AES. There are many exciting opportunities to make an impact here.

Duties include:

• collaboration with our leadership team on the development and implementation of management strategies and strategic planning,
• partnering with our leadership and management teams to create and approve budgets, set service facility rates, manage diverse funding streams, and manage invested funds,
• conducting basic and advanced financial analyses and modeling,
• streamlining processes and systems for efficiency and effectiveness and implementing best practices,
• codeveloping, administering, and advising related to internal policies (e.g. competitive internal grants) and external policies (e.g. staffing, human resources, sponsored funding),
• managing salary plans and hiring processes,
• managing accountability and compliance reporting,
• serving as a liaison to represent Cornell AES to University units, College units, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA),
• managing and coordinating diverse business systems,
• interacting and collaborating with Cornell business officers and non-Cornell business officers (e.g. experiment station colleagues in other states, NIFA representatives),
• assisting in the planning and coordination of Cornell AES sustainability efforts,
• actively seeking professional development opportunities.

This is a full-time position, with the ability to regularly be performed partially remotely. Working completely remote is not an option at this time.

What We Need

• Excellent reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential.
• Attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize multiple projects are each critical.
• Ability to work efficiently, effectively, and independently while balancing competing priorities.
• A positive attitude with strong focus on teamwork and collaboration.
• Ability to use sound judgment in accomplishing tasks that are urgent, sensitive, or confidential nature, and make solid decisions from a range of choices.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with a broad range of people is essential. This includes staff faculty, University leaders, and governmental stakeholders.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with at least 3-5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combinations of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience with use of Microsoft Office suite with advanced use of Excel and Word.
• Must be comfortable working in an environment where change in process/procedures is the norm.
• Must be willing to initiate and manage change to seek improvements (efficiencies) in overall operations on an ongoing basis.

Preferably, the successful candidate will also have the following:

• MBA with five or more years of experience in a financial environment that includes complex financial structures and multiple revenue sources.
• Proven track record of financial analysis, budget management, and financial modeling.
• Working knowledge of Cornell budgeting and accounting policies and practices; proficiency in use of Cornell business systems.
• Previous experience in academic institutions, agricultural research, and/or agricultural operations.
• Organizational change experience.
• Proven experience in project management and process management.
• Experience supporting sustainability initiatives.

Rewards and Benefits

Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: https://hr.cornell.edu/benefits-pay.
• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: https://hr.cornell.edu/jobs/your-total-rewards.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program.

No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

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