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About CSUF
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Standing on 241 acres in the heart of Southern California, Cal State Fullerton was founded in 1957 and has grown to serve more than 43,000 students. As a leading campus of the California State University system, the University serves as both an intellectual and cultural hub for the region and a driving force in workforce and economic development.
We are dedicated to student success through innovative, high-impact educational experiences and robust support programs. Equally, we invest in the growth of our staff, faculty, and administrators through orientations, training opportunities, and ongoing professional development.
As a member of the Titan Community, you’ll have access to a wide range of campus resources and experiences—including the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, the Arboretum and Botanical Garden, cultural performances at the Clayes Performing Arts Center, Titan Athletics events, the Titan Recreation Center, and our Employee Wellness Program.
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Job Summary
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It is an exciting time to join Cal State Fullerton as we are an in demand comprehensive University that is driven to shape the future of education and foster a vibrant community of diverse students, faculty, staff, and administrators who uphold values of inclusive excellence, free speech, and an environment free from discrimination. We are continuously seeking individuals from various career disciplines that share the University’s mission and core values. We warmly welcome you to consider joining the Titan Community where minds expand and opportunities flourish.
About the Position:
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is committed in educating students to be culturally, globally, socially, historically, and environmentally astute, civically responsible alumni able to navigate an increasingly complex and interconnected world. We seek an exceptional individual to join our team as the Financial Resources Manager (Administrator II). The ideal candidate in this role should have a positive attitude, an active, energetic mind, and a leadership style that is characterized by highly ethical practices and a commitment to inclusivity, openness, flexibility, integrity, and kindness.
Under the general direction of the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), the Financial Resources Manager (FRM) is the chief resource manager and a member of the HSS leadership team. Serves as a strategic partner to the dean, ensuring optimal alignment and utilization of fiscal resources within HSS including its auxiliary and philanthropic accounts providing analysis of fiscal spending patterns and forecasting and evaluating cost-effectiveness. This position has a dotted-line relationship to the division's Academic Resource Management Office.
The FRM collaborates with Provost Office leadership and other college resource managers to collectively aim for operational efficiency across the division of Academic Affairs. Serves as HSS principal fiscal officer and is responsible for leading all budgetary administration. In collaboration with the dean, develops multi-year and annual plans utilizing all fund sources and ensures optimal alignment of resources with each department, unit, and program within HSS. The FRM develops the Full-Time Equivalent Student (FTES) enrollment targets for each department and works closely with department chairs to develop the class schedule to ensure a balanced budget and equitable workload. Responsible for developing complex analyses and financial reports, formulating scenarios, monitoring expenditures, and account balances, and ensuring that expenses do not exceed budget/revenue. Ensures HSS fiscal operations comply with Chancellor's Office and campus policies and procedures and keeps HSS leadership apprised of new guidelines and changes in campus and system practices. Serves as the HSS representative for all fiscal matters, including accounting, procurement, payroll, student business services, and auxiliary and philanthropic accounts. Develops department enrollment targets to ensure alignment with budget resources.
The FRM in collaboration with HSS leadership, develops strategic organizational plans that create an optimal structure to support the college in achieving its goals and objectives, with the available resources. Manages the faculty additional pay process from all funding sources in HSS. The FRM has broadly delegated authority for fiscal functions and is expected to exercise significant judgment in developing, communicating, and implementing policies and procedures. Works closely with all levels of management, staff, faculty, and student workers and is expected to promote a healthy team culture where all members work collectively to achieve the goals and objectives at the college, division, and University levels. Other duties as assigned.
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Inclusive Leadership Statement
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Inclusive Leadership Statement is required below, please be sure to address the following as a minimum. Please add additional information as you see necessary and applicable:
• What does inclusive leadership mean to you.
• A description of your experiences working with individuals with a different perspective.
• A description of how issues of inclusivity have impacted you personally or professionally.
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Essential Qualifications
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university. A minimum of five years of progressive experience in financial and budgeting analysis and reporting. Strong evidence of overseeing an entire academic unit to include analysis and projection of expenditures and revenues, contracts and grants, and foundation/auxiliary organization funds. Supervisory experience that provided the incumbent with working knowledge of and experience in conducting performance evaluations, recruitment, selection and discipline processes.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to complete the background check satisfactorily may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.
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Preferred Qualifications
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Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration. A minimum of seven years of financial and budgetary experience with the California State University system. Knowledge of CSU collective bargaining agreements. Proficient using computers and software applications as related to fiscal management needs. Ability to extract data, analyze and interpret financial data, verify, and present information utilizing PeopleSoft is preferred. Extensive working knowledge of MS Office applications with an emphasis on Excel software for creating and maintaining financial databases. Experience in higher education fiscal affairs, budget preparation and projection, reconciliation, and experience managing instructional budgets of an academic unit. Excellent written, oral, and presentation communications skills. Evidence of ability to be impartial, even-handed and fair, with the ability to balance appropriate transparency with necessary discretion.
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Additional Information
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California State University, Fullerton is committed to fostering an environment where students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive. We welcome individuals ready to make an impact on student and staff success to apply and become part of the Titan Community. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.
Cal State Fullerton is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination based on regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or any other protected status.
As of January 1, 2022, the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.
The scope of responsibilities for this position includes the making or participating in the making of decisions that may have a material financial benefit on the incumbent. Therefore, you will be required to file an initial “Conflict of Interest Form 700: Statement of Economic Interests” within thirty (30) days from date of hire and on an annual basis; and complete the CSU sponsored ethics on-line training within thirty (30) days of appointment, and at least once during each consecutive period of two calendar years following the appointment.
The person holding this position is considered a limited mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and must comply with the requirement outlined in CSU Executive Order 1083, revised July 21, 2017.
Multiple positions may be hired from this recruitment based on the strength of the applicant pool.
If you are applying for a staff position, please note that you are not eligible to work concurrently in a staff position and an Academic Student position such as a Graduate Assistant, Teaching Associate, Instructional Student Assistant, or Student Assistant position.
Regular attendance is considered an essential job function; the inability to meet attendance requirements may preclude the employee from retaining employment.
Employee/applicant who applies for a position may be required to successfully complete job-related performance test(s) as part of the selection process.
Online application/resume must be received by electronic submission on the final filing date by 9:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time)/midnight (Eastern Standard Time). Applicants who fail to complete all sections of the online application form will be disqualified from consideration.
California State University, Fullerton is not currently sponsoring any new H-1B petitions for staff, management, or faculty positions.
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