Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

The New England Conservatory, an independent not-for-profit institution, is recognized internationally as a leader among music schools, educating and training musicians of all ages from around the world. With music students representing more than 40 countries, NEC cultivates a diverse, dynamic community for students, providing them with performance opportunities and high-caliber training by 225 internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. NEC pushes the boundaries of making and teaching music through college-level musical training in classical, jazz, and Contemporary Improvisation. It offers unique interdisciplinary programs such as Entrepreneurial Musicianship and Community Performances & Partnerships that empower students to create their own musical opportunities. As part of NEC's mission to make lifelong music education available to everyone, the Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education delivers training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, and adults

Job Summary

The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis leads the development of New England Conservatory’s annual operating and capital budgets, manages the ongoing budget and forecast process, and supports long-range planning efforts through the analysis of financial data to turn information into insight and action.

Essential Functions

• Under the supervision of the Chief Financial Officer, and in coordination with the senior leadership team, manages the annual budget and forecasting processes for the Conservatory, including development of policies and guidelines related to budgetary decisions.
• Provides technical, research, and statistical support and analysis to colleagues throughout the Conservatory to support budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and projecting; identifying and understanding variances; cost containment; and revenue enhancements .
• In collaboration with Human Resources, supports budgetary planning around staffing and compensation.
• Works proactively with co lleagues throughout the Conservatory to develop clear financial objectives and questions, collects, refines, and coordinates data, produces descriptive and inferential analyses, synthesizes and presents findings, and develops data solutions to ensure that stakeholders have the information they need .
• Develops presentations of analytic findings, highlighting meaningful information for financial and resource allocation planning, including presentations to the Board of Trustees, Finance, and Building & Facilities committees, as well as other stakeholders.
• Participates in various initiatives and projects related to data governance, ad-hoc reporting, external reporting requirements, and documentation of work-product; including but not limited to audit requirements related to budget to actual analysis as well as functional expense reporting.
• Analyzes information and creates accurate and timely reports, as well as provides other insights to support data-driven decision-making.
• Provides a high level of service that cultivates and maintains strong working relationships and effectively communicates information; takes ownership and accountability for timeliness, accuracy, and relationship-building.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Seven years or more of professional experience, preferably in higher education.
• Demonstrated ability to lead budget processes (creation, management, and forecasting).
• Significant experience in financial analysis and planning, both short- and long-term.
• Strong data skills, including the ability to query and extract information from various systems and the ability to synthesize and analyze data towards meaningful action.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills required; experience with higher education ERP platforms such as Jenzabar
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative, and organizational skills.
• Commitment to the mission and values of NEC, and ability to contribute to creating an inclusive culture .
  
  

Beneftis

• Generous paid time off including a combination of vacation, sick, personal, birthday and holidays. Benefits provided on day 1. Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with options for a Health Reimbursement Account, a Health Savings Account and/or Flexible Healthcare and Dependent Care savings account. Additional benefits with health insurance election including virtual primary, medical convenience and behavioral health care, fitness and weight loss reimbursements and discounted bike share memberships
• Retirement plan with a 403b employer contribution of 5% with no vesting period
• Transit Benefits with 50% of approved costs covered up to $130 a month.
• Basic Life/AD&D insurance, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability provided at no cost to employee with voluntary insurance offered for employee, spouse and children
• Free participation in NEC classes and ensembles as well as discounted individual lessons
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounted YMCA membership
• Discounts on NEC cafeteria
• Free NEC concerts and library borrowing privileges
• Free access to some local museums and aquarium
  
  

NEC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Annual Clery Report

In accordance with the federal Clery and Campus SaVE Acts, New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) commits to providing all current and prospective students and employees with access to the annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report. This report will provide the reader with a record of statistics regarding crimes that were reported in the NEC community during the previous three years as well as College policies and procedures, in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. This report may be accessed here . A paper copy can be requested by contacting NEC's Director of Public Safety at 290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115.