Executive Director of Budget and Personnel

UNC Charlotte

Full-Time
Closes on Saturday, October 24, 2026

Job Description

The Executive Director of Budget and Personnel works closely with the Vice Chancellor and Associate Vice Chancellor to develop the Division or Research’s annual operating budget; leads the division annual budget call process; reviews and advises senior leadership on budget requests and presents to the Vice Chancellor and Associate Vice Chancellor; works with senior leadership within decentralized business office operation to meet division and university strategic goals; monitors budget spending, communicates to Vice Chancellor and Associate Vice Chancellor on departmental and divisional budget; serves as DR’s internal controller and approver for budget management and business processes; ensures effective controls are in place and followed; develops and analyzes budget reports as required; manages and oversees the funding of internal grant programs; manages a team of direct report staff while accomplishing these duties; develops procedures that meet the business need of the units within the Division of Research; manages and oversees the Millennial Campus Business Office operation.
Executive Director serves as the Human Resources Manager and Liaison for the Division of Research staff (~92); HR liaison and support for DR staff; business continuity planning; initiates, reviews, and approves all HR processes for DR; manages, oversees, and troubleshoots as possible, in coordination with the campus HR Office, the annual performance evaluation system process for DR departments; maintains and manages HR files as a decentralized business office; works with HR Office as needed for SHRA and EHRA positions, including reviewing JCAT data, etc.; serves as the department timekeeper in KRONOS system, delegated authority for Personnel actions from Vice Chancellor; manages a team of direct report staff managing HR initiatives; conducts and oversees Division annual performance evaluation process to meet campus HR deadlines. Oversees campus-wide Postdoctoral Fellows Program hiring processes.
The Executive Director leads the Millennial Campus Business Office to manage and oversee the processing of all University Business Partner (UBP) legal agreements, invoicing and collection of financials; reporting of financials; manages a team of staff to provide customer service support for UBP’s; responsible for accounting/business standards and practices, policy interpretation and implementation, organization of work and verification of all.
The Executive Director serves as a member of the Senior Leadership team; supervises Budget and Personnel Team of six (6) staff; serves as a liaison for Division of Research to numerous external and internal partners as needed; provides and/or initiates written and verbal communications to implement and/or explain policies and procedures; attends campus research activities, business partner events, and miscellaneous events for DR; communicates decisions as they impact internal and external customers; manages the licensing rental agreements and invoicing process for Co-Lab entrepreneurial facility in uptown for external partners; and manages special projects as assigned by the Vice Chancellor and/or Associate Vice Chancellor in any area for the Division of Research. UNC Charlotte
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