This position assists in managing annual budgets for Police and Public Safety departments total approximately $13 million. This position develops and evaluates fiscal operating policies and procedures to ensure compliance with university, state, federal, and human resource policies. This position will support the financial planning, business operations, budgeting, personnel allocation, control of departmental resources, and will manage various fiscal projects within each department. This position also serves as a member of the Finance Division in campus Emergency Operations under Incident Command.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Business, Accounting or related field

• Experience:

  • 4 years of accounting and HR management, or business management experience

• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Good written and verbal communication skills.

  • Problem solving skills.

  • Positive interpersonal skills.

  • Decision making skills.

  • Active listening skills.

  • Advanced computer skills in Microsoft products- particularly Excel. Advanced planning and organizational skills. Advanced mathematics and accounting skills.

  • Ability to work as part of a team.

  • Ability to be self-motivated.

  • Ability to multi-task.

  • Proven ability to assist others in developing financial record keeping.

  • Ability to adapt to new technologies / software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Masters Degree in HR Management, Business, or related field

• Experience:

  • 2 or more years of experience in accounting/financial management in a University or service operation. This includes preparation of detailed operating statements and reporting.

  • Experience working with DASH transactions including departmental ledgers, budget, and procurement.

  • Supervisory experience.

• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Knowledge of DASH / Oracle HRIS product

  • Knowledge of University fiscal policies, procedures, and practices.

Work Location

• Location: University of TN Police Department, 1101 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37909

• Onsite, Hybrid, or Remote – Onsite

Compensation and Benefits

• UT market range: MR13

• Anticipated hiring range: $70,000- $80,000

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Application Instructions

To express interest, please submit an application with the noted below attachments. To be assured of full consideration, completed applications with all requested materials should be submitted on or before 06/30/2026.

• Resume

• Cover Letter

About The College/Department/Division UT Public Safety is dedicated to the security and welfare of the Volunteer community. We support the university’s mission through collaboration with students, faculty and staff and other campus partners.

The University of Tennessee Police Department is at the heart of safety on campus. Authorized for 75 fully commissioned officers, we work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to serve UT and the surrounding community. We provide professional police services and offer education and outreach programs.

• Manages the business, financial, budgeting and administrative operations for Public Safety and Police Departments ($13 million in annual budgets).

• Manages the business office staff involved with maintenance of business office functions.

• Has full responsibility for all business and financial operations, including general ledger accounting, cost accounting, budgeting, budget reconciliation, financial reconciliations, financial reporting and analysis, accounts payable and receivable, payables general ledger coding, payroll, procurement, and research administration.

• Handles sensitive materials and needs to maintain confidentiality.

• Responsible for payroll for approximately 100 full-time employees and approximately 200 part-time employees in a 27/4 and on-call environment with over 300 annual special events.

• Coordinate department travel arrangements & reimbursement between employee and University Shared Services.

• Responsible for procurement card reconciliation.

• Maintains, provides oversight, negotiates, reviews, and writes contracts for several projects including but not limited to surveillance camera procurement, uniform purchases and dry cleaning, police computer aided dispatch and records management systems. Contracts are generally complex in nature due to the specialized needs of public safety.

• Special event financial management includes over 300 events annually staffed by approximately 300 full time and part time employees in multiple positions with multiple pay rates. Calculates overhead periodically to evaluate and ensure full recovery of expenses.

• Maintains and calculates billing rates for special events and other recoverable expenses.

• Explores options for financial process improvements and manages the implementation of these new processes. Processes will generally include software advancements that the business manager must work to customize with vendors. Coordinates with other department such as OIT & Procurement Services for process improvement and contract support.

• Oversees Human Resource transactions created by staff including creating and modifying positions, appointment of new employees, promotion of current employees, and termination paperwork in multiple software applications. The majority of the employees are in multiple positions with multiple rates of pay.

• Provide training for new police supervisors regarding financial policy and procedures related to their areas.

• Provide training to all applicable staff regarding timekeeping software.