Principal Professional
Career Family: Finance & Accounting Professional Level: Principal Professional
Career Family Job Summary: Can supervise students. No cap on # of students. May supervise no more than one (1) 1.0 FTE. If the position has supervision exceeding one (1) 1.0 FTE the department should be able to provide a clear justification as to why the org. structure cannot support a higher level position
Professional Level Job Summary: Principal Professionals are responsible for exercising discretion, analytical skill, personal accountability and responsibility in a wide range of areas including academic, administrative, managerial and student services functions. Work involves creating, integrating, applying and sharing knowledge directly related to a professional field. Work is performed at an advanced or expert level.� Principal Professionals are either work leads over others or are considered a subject matter expert in a particular area.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in business administration, business, finance, accounting, payroll, fiscal reporting, fiscal management, financial forecasting, or a directly related field from an accredited institution
- Three (3) years in business administration, business, finance, accounting, payroll, fiscal reporting, fiscal management, financial forecasting, or a directly related field.
- Optional Substitution: Related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree or terminal degree in business administration, business, finance, accounting, payroll, fiscal reporting, fiscal management, financial forecasting, or a directly related field from an accredited institution and additional certifications, licensures, and/or trainings. Professional certifications are often necessary and vary by sector.
- Four (4) years in business administration, business, finance, accounting, payroll, fiscal reporting, fiscal management, financial forecasting, or a directly related field
- Related professional experience as manager, supervisor, work leader, staff authority or project/program administrator
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution.
- Demonstrate a commitment to providing outstanding customer service skills.
- Demonstrate an exceptional understanding of access and engagement with a commitment to developing equitable practices.
- Ability to perform duties independently without guidance and direction from other professionals.
- Ability to articulate the University's mission and the importance of the strategic plan
- Ability to manage ambiguous situations and/or information and translate them into results
- Ability to demonstrate exceptional management and leadership qualities
- Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously while maintaining a high attention to detail
- Ability to effectively plan and establish program goals and objectives
- Demonstrate progressive supervisory qualities.
Supervision Exercised:
Can supervise students. No cap on # of students supervised (should not supervise permanent staff. Temporary staff supervision is rare and should be closely reviewed with justification).
Note: Since temporary appointments can be at many levels a "temp" SME should not report to a Principal Professional
Salary: Grade 7
FLSA Status: Exempt or Non-Exempt