Brian Weaver Email & Phone Number

United States

Chicago

• Direct a team of 6 financial managers providing oversight and support to six campuses.
• Administer $40M annual budget using a combination of Responsibility Center Management (RCM) and zero-based budgeting techniques to ensure optimal allocation of resources.
• Forecast and analyze enrollment and market trends to project a $19M tuition revenue operating budget.
• Coached and trained 3 member grant post award team to ensure compliance, fiscal oversight, and successful project outcomes for 40+ federally sponsored projects totaling $15M in annual funding.
• Spearheaded the implementation of a financial operations shared-service team, achieving a 3.6% reduction in operating expenses while maintaining a high standard of customer service.
• Lead the end-to-end revenue cycle management process for a Federally Qualified Health Center managing $1.2M in annual billing revenue while ensuring optimal financial outcomes for the organization.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Constructed an integrated budgeting process to manage $19M in tuition revenue across 3 departments and 6 campuses to streamline operations, foster collaboration, and efficiently allocate resources.
• Built monthly trend analysis reporting, revenue projections, and financial reconciliations to college leadership providing oversight of $40M in tuition revenue, institutional, gift, and grant funding.
• Directed new hire recruitment, compensation, and incentive plans for 30 new faculty hires annually.
• Leveraged advanced data analysis techniques through SAP Business Objects, Tableau, and Microsoft Excel to develop predictive models to provide leadership with insights into the impact of policy and program changes.
• Communicated complex policy changes providing expert guidance to 20-member leadership team.
• Completed an 8-week Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification to enhance management training and process improvement skills and techniques.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Maintained comprehensive $14M multi-year budget variance report to allocate resources for strategic decision-making.
• Orchestrated year-end audit and prepared financial statements, leveraging a strong understanding of accounting principles and regulations, to review over 60,000 in payroll and non-personnel transactions.
• Produced advanced reporting tools as part of the University of Illinois Reporting and Tableau Integration teams resulting in enhanced data visualization and analysis capabilities used by over 15,000 staff system wide.
• Performed monthly audit of 50 corporate credit cards to ensure compliance with State policies.

Greater Chicago Area

• Coordinated marketing, communications, and new student recruitment efforts leading to the largest incoming class in the fall of 2012.
• Created event marketing plan which increased visit volume by 15% between 2011 and 2012.
• Developed articulation agreements to recruit from 14 area community colleges.
• Analyzed data using Colleague and Slate to develop targeted recruitment plans.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed student applicant base of over 1,000 and consistently met recruitment quotas for new students each semester.
• Led tours and presented to groups as large as 200 visiting students and families on a weekly basis.
• Created publications, HTML emails, and admission packets used to recruit over 5,000 students each academic year.
• Visited 20 high schools and 16 community colleges monthly and attended annual college fairs to recruit prospective students.
• Conducted 50 daily calls to follow-up on student progress, and move students through the enrollment pipeline.
• Assisted with recruitment of new counseling staff, including interviews, reference checks, and new hire orientation.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Graham School of Management Academic Achievement Award

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Recreation, Sport And Tourism