Business Manager - Nutrition & Public Health Sciences - UTK

Job description

The Business Manager manages and oversees all business, financial, budgetary, human resource, and administrative functions within the Department of Nutrition and Public Health Sciences. This role ensures compliance with university policies and procedures, provides fiscal guidance, supports departmental leadership, and supervises non-exempt staff to ensure efficient and effective operations. Financial Management: - Provides approval authority, in collaboration with the department head, for financial and administrative transactions. - Manages and oversees expenditures across state, gift, income, start‑up, and research accounts. - Oversees purchasing, accounts payable/receivable, procurement card activity, travel, reimbursements, and inventory. - Performs monthly ledger reconciliation and prepares financial reports and projections. - Evaluates and improves departmental business procedures. - Represents the department in college‑level financial meetings. - Oversees summer school financial projections and viability assessments. - Provides financial control information to dept. head and faculty regarding unrestricted funding - Provides financial and human resource training for department...