Brian Morton

Finance Manager at University of Arizona
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Professional working proficiency
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Credentials

  • Fellow of The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
    ACCA

Experience

  • University of Arizona
    • Tucson, Arizona, United States
    • Finance Manager
      • Sep 2019 - Present

      • Prepare special statistical reports, analyze complex data, and prepare financial reports and charts. • Supervise accounting staff including preparing Career Conversations and making hiring, promotion, and termination recommendations. • Analyze, develop, and document accounting and cost procedures and controls. • Manage and track commitments, cost-share, and capital purchases. • Prepare special statistical reports, analyze complex data, and prepare financial reports and charts. • Supervise accounting staff including preparing Career Conversations and making hiring, promotion, and termination recommendations. • Analyze, develop, and document accounting and cost procedures and controls. • Manage and track commitments, cost-share, and capital purchases.

  • University of Arizona
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Division Manager
      • Oct 2016 - Sep 2019

      • Manage finance, administration and day-to-day operations of seven divisions within the Department of Medicine.• Liaison for divisions personnel recruitment.• Advise division chiefs on financial and administrative issues.• Supervise and mentor team consisting of Assistant Division Manager and two Senior Accountants.

    • Research Administrator Senior
      • Jul 2016 - Oct 2016

      • Worked with faculty and research staff in the development, preparation and submission of research grant proposals.

    • Director, Finance and Administration - University Relations Division
      • 2014 - Jun 2016

      • Managed and reported on an annual budget of $7 million.• Advised the Senior Vice President on all financial, technical and operational matters.• Established operating budgets/financial forecasts for each department in a newly created division.• Improved quality and detail of monthly financial and administrative reports being provided to the leadership team, including fiscal year-end forecasts and charts.• Consolidated three departments into one new department to streamline reporting and department operations. This resulted in significant time savings within the department.• Directly responsible for all HR activities and processing for 59 employees, and oversight for an additional 145 employees. Show less

    • Business Manager, Senior - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
      • 2010 - 2014

      • Managed the operations of the EEB Business Office and Front Office, comprising six full-time and three part-time employees.• Managed the department’s $4 million operating budget. Responsible for reporting on $5 million of research grant expenditures and ensuring compliance with federal regulations.• Saved the department over $30,000 annually as a result of a comprehensive review of course fees, resulting in new course fees being established. • Prepared budgets for all of the department’s research grant proposals.• Guided the department through two significant state budget cuts. • Managed effort reporting and cost share accounting. Show less

    • Accountant Principal - Arizona Cancer Center
      • 2008 - 2010

      • Led accounting team comprised of two Sr. Accountants and an Accounting Specialist.• Managed and reported on over 300 Auxiliary, State, Designated, Sponsored Project, Clinical Trial and Gift accounts for assigned Principal Investigators. • Reviewed Proposal Routing Sheets and grant budgets.• Prepared budgets for Cancer Center Shared Services units.• Oversaw monthly billing of services provided by Cancer Center Shared Services including monitoring of Accounts Receivable on external accounts. Show less

Education

  • Wednesbury College of Further Education - Wednesbury, England
    Bachelor’s Degree, (Bachelor of Science in Accounting equivalent)
  • Wednesbury College of Further Education - Wednesbury, England
    Master’s Degree, Fellow of The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA)

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