Business Officer III, Campus Dining

Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, accounting, finance, or related degree and 3 years of relevant experience, or related Master's degree and 2 years of related experience.

Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: This position requires advanced competencies in planning, organizing, directing, budgeting, and training. This position requires the ability to use data analytics and technology to enhance revenue generation capacity of the department through improving existing programs and identifying new initiatives. This position requires an ability to work collaboratively across campus services and the University to enhance a wide variety of dining programs and services. This position requires advanced knowledge of internal control policies and procedures and an ability to make continuous improvements and recommendations to enhance these controls. This position currently independently supervises two accounting professionals, a procurement specialist, and student employees in Campus Dining and would be responsible for training/cross training, identifying growth opportunities, and performance-management of these employees. This position will be responsible for recommending and implementing long-range growth-projections and must have an ability to anticipate problems and develop resolution strategies. This position must also have an ability to develop written documents and/or reports on complex matters that can be understood by both internal and external audiences, provide documentation of conclusions and recommendations that are fully supported and based on a broad knowledge of strategic goals, provide documentation and reports that have an impact on policy and/or operations, and communicate information involving complex matters (both internal and external) to the department or organization.

Financial Management: This position is accountable for preparing budgets and corresponding reports, forecasting, and the financial accounting of all revenues and expenses for the Campus Dining Department. This position requires an ability to compile and use data analytics and technology to make recommendations to unit managers and Directors that enhance the revenue generation capacity of various department units. This position reviews/prepares: journal entries, reconciliations, budgets, forecasts, financial activity analysis, monthly financial statements, variance analysis, employee time sheets, fund authority forms, and budget revisions.

Food Production System: Responsible for providing the leadership and accountability in Jamix. Food purchasing, inventory, and nutrition modules are maintained in this system.

Major Facility Maintenance and Capital Improvements:This position provides recommendations to department leadership regarding capital improvements budget and fiscal forecasting.

Contracts: This position has direct oversight of Campus Dining's procurement process. Key contracts include, but are not limited to: GPO, Broad liner, Pouring Rights, Vending, Point of Sale, Mobile Ordering, Menu and Inventory Management, and key retail offerings. This position is responsible for ensuring that all procurement and contracts are compliant with all applicable laws and University policies.

Business Continuity: All Campus Dining employees may be required to work during home football games or other special campus events as needed. Campus work location may vary depending on the event. All Campus Dining employees are classified as mandatory employees and are required to report to or remain at work in the event of an emergency.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide for the fiscal accountability of Campus Dining. The position provides budgetary leadership and oversight, and technology expertise for a group of complex computer systems utilized in the department that support data analysis and business decisions.

Sedentary work. Occasionally exert up to 10 lbs of force and/or trivial amount of force constantly to move an object, including the human body. Sitting most of the time. Sedentary if walking and standing required occasionally and all other criteria are met.

Close visual acuity to perform activities; prepare and analyze data; transcribe; view computer; extensively read; visually inspect small defects & parts; operate & inspect machines; use measurement devices; assemble parts close to the eyes.

For a complete application, please apply and submit all below-required documents electronically through Appalachian State University's Job Board: