Extension Fiscal Officer

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University of Nevada, Reno Extension is seeking an experienced and strategic Fiscal Officer to provide leadership and oversight for the financial, administrative, compliance, and risk management functions that support Extension programs and offices statewide.

This is a unique leadership opportunity for a fiscal professional who enjoys working in a dynamic environment where financial stewardship, operational excellence, and strategic decision-making directly support the success of educational programs serving communities throughout Nevada.

The Fiscal Officer serves as a trusted advisor to Extension leadership and oversees financial operations involving state appropriations, federal funding, grants and contracts, county funding partnerships, gifts, and joint programs with external partners. In addition, the position provides statewide leadership and oversight for risk management matters related to Extension programs, activities, events, and offices throughout Nevada, helping ensure organizational compliance, accountability, and responsible management practices.

What You'll Do

As the Fiscal Officer, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of Extension's statewide financial operations and budgets.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, NSHE, university, and sponsor regulations.

• Serve as the primary fiscal resource for Extension leadership, faculty, staff, county offices, and external partners.

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and resource allocation efforts.

• Oversee grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other funding mechanisms.

• Monitor county fund balances and provide financial analysis and recommendations to senior leadership.

• Direct and support fiscal staff across Northern and Southern Nevada.

• Provide leadership and oversight for risk management issues associated with Extension programs, activities, facilities, and offices statewide, helping identify, evaluate, and mitigate operational risks.

• Collaborate with university administrators, government agencies, community partners, and higher education institutions to support Extension's mission and statewide impact.

Why Join Extension?

Extension connects the resources of the University of Nevada, Reno with communities across the state through research-based education and outreach programs that improve lives and strengthen Nevada's communities. As Fiscal Officer, you will play a critical role in supporting programs that serve youth, families, agriculture, horticulture, natural resources, community development, and workforce initiatives statewide.

This position offers the opportunity to:

• Influence strategic decisions at the highest levels of Extension leadership.

• Lead complex fiscal and operational initiatives with statewide impact.

• Collaborate with a diverse network of university, county, state, federal, and community partners.

• Contribute to the continued success and growth of Nevada's land-grant university mission.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and five (5) years of related professional work experience, OR
  master’s degree and three (3) years of related professional work experience
  Related Experience: Accounting or Business Management, Financial Management, including responsible experience in the areas of financial accounting and reporting, cash management, and budgeting, Methods of Internal Controls or related field. One year of supervisory experience

This position requires candidates to complete a fingerprinting/background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading or coordinating organizational risk management, compliance, safety, or operational oversight functions across multiple locations or programs.

• Experience managing complex budgets and multiple funding sources, including state, federal, county, grant, and gift funds.

• Experience overseeing financial operations within a higher education, government, nonprofit, or similarly complex organization.

• Knowledge of grants and contracts administration, including proposal development, compliance, cost-share, and reporting requirements.

• Experience interpreting and applying federal, state, and institutional regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Demonstrated success leading and supervising professional or administrative staff.

• Experience developing fiscal policies, procedures, and internal controls that strengthen accountability and operational effectiveness.

• Experience collaborating with executive leadership, governmental agencies, external partners, and community organizations.

• Knowledge of land-grant institutions, Cooperative Extension programs, or public sector funding models.

Licensure

A valid Class “C” driver’s license or higher operator’s license within 30 days of appointment.

Schedule and Travel

The typical work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, this is subject to change based on organizational needs.

Occasional travel throughout the state may be required for meetings or conferences.

Compensation

Administrative Faculty – C

Salary is based on related education, experience, internal equity, and budgets.

To view the salary schedule for this position, please visit Salary Schedules and select Administrative Faculty Salaries by Grade.

Remarkable Retirement

Our retirement plan is beyond compare. Your 19.25% contribution is generously matched by the University.   With the faculty retirement plan, you are 100% vested your first day. Sit back and watch your retirement dollars grow!  All permanent employees on an annual "A" or "B" contract who are employed at least 50% full-time are eligible to participate in the NSHE retirement program unless they are members of PERS of Nevada. 

Perks of Working at UNR 

• Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance

• Generous annual, sick leave, long term disability and life insurance – Faculty Benefits

• E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers annual or semester memberships and spouse/domestic partner membership options. E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center

• Reno is proud to be a University town! Many local businesses offer discounts to WolfCard holders

• Mountain EAP supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life's difficult moments. Mountain EAP is located in Reno and specializes in counseling and advising services for personal or interpersonal issues.

• Faculty Senate is the principal representing body for faculty. Its membership includes representatives from each academic and administrative major unit of the University. Faculty Senate

• No state income tax!

Grants-in-Aid for Faculty Employees

The University is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.  Faculty Grants-in-Aid

Faculty Dual Career Assistance Program

The University of Nevada, Reno recognizes the importance of addressing dual-career couples’ professional needs. We offer a dual career assistance program to newly hired faculty spouses/partners that provides resources and assists them to identify career opportunities in Northern Nevada. Dual Career Assistance Program

Search Contacts

Search Coordinator: Lindsey Barnes, lindseybarnes@unr.edu

Hiring Manager: Anette Saxe, asaxe@unr.edu 

Please note that once you submit your application, the only attachments viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachments to the cover letter, references, and other documents sections of the application will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachments will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments before the committee review of applications, please contact the candidate helpdesk at jobs@unr.edu.

Attach the following attachments to your application
1) Resume/CV
2) Cover Letter
3) Contact Information for Three Professional References

This posting is open until filled.
Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply immediately. This search will close without notice when a sufficient number of applications are received, or a hiring decision has been made.

A background check will be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.

HR will attempt to verify academic credentials upon receipt of hiring documents. If the academic credentials cannot be verified, HR will notify the faculty member that an official transcript of their highest degree must be submitted within thirty days of the faculty member’s first day of employment.

References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.

Applicants hired on a federal contract may be subject to E-Verify.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

For positions that require driving, evidence of a valid driver's license will be required at the time of employment and as a condition of continued employment.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.

The University of Nevada, Reno is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination on the basis of a person’s age (40 or older), disability, whether actual or perceived by others (including service-connected disabilities), gender (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or military obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, race (including hair texture and protected hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks and twists), color, or religion (protected classes). 

About Us

The University of Nevada, Reno is a leading public research university committed to the promise of a future powered by knowledge. Founded in 1874 as Nevada’s original land-grant university, the University serves more than 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and 63 countries.

Classified by the Carnegie® Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as an R1 (“Very High Research”) university, it is also recognized in the Carnegie® Community Engagement classification. The University is also ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the “Best National Universities” and “Best National Public Universities.” It also ranks in the top tier of the WSJ/Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the New York Times’ “Top Colleges for Economic Diversity.”

Since 2009, nearly $1 billion has been has invested in advanced labs, facilities, and residence halls on the main campus. The University is home to Nevada’s first medical school – the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the Wayne L. Prim Campus at Lake Tahoe, where education, research, and creative work thrive in a stunning mountain setting. The University delivers on its original land-grant mission with outreach across the state through the University of Nevada, Reno Extension, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Nevada Small Business Development Center, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, and Wolf Pack Athletics.

The main campus is in Reno, Nevada, a burgeoning global technology hub with a vibrant midtown and downtown. Found where the high desert of the Great Basin meets the High Sierra and Lake Tahoe, the beautiful, 290-acre main campus is also a Nevada State Arboretum. The University’s physical infrastructure is expanding with ongoing construction of the newly named John Tullock Business Building, set to open in fall 2025. Groundbreaking is also planned for a new State Public Health Laboratory Building on campus, alongside the recent acquisition of 16 parcels near campus, known as “University Village,” to provide affordable housing for graduate students and early career faculty.

Collaborating with world-renowned organizations, the University fosters innovation through initiatives such as the Digital Wolf Pack partnership with Apple, which ensures equitable access to technology for students, providing new incoming freshman or transfer students with an iPad Air and accessories. Google’s TechWise initiate is an 18-month program that fully supports undergraduate students in becoming entry-level software engineers by graduation.

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that Nevada – led by the University of Nevada, Reno – was named one of the inaugural 31 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (TechHubs). Nevada was selected from a competitive pool of 489 applicants from across the United States and its territories. Nevada’s Tech Hub will strengthen America’s lithium batteries, critical elements and other electric vehicle materials industry sectors within the state.

Through its commitment to high-impact education, world-improving research and creative activity, and outreach that’s transforming Nevada’s communities and businesses, the University continues its 150-year tradition of benefitting our state, nation and world.

The University recognizes that diversity promotes excellence in education and research. The inclusive and engaged community on campus recognizes the added value that students, faculty, and staff from different backgrounds bring to the educational experience.

Today, the University delivers on its original land-grant mission of access to education and knowledge by investing in the academics, facilities, support, engagement and vibrant campus life that promote our diverse students’ cognitive growth and academic achievement – all while remaining one of the best values in American higher education.

For more information, please visit the University’s website.

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