Finance and Business Performance Manager

Location: Ithaca (Main Campus)

Student & Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters including public service, health, wellbeing, connection and belonging, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. We provide support and services to roughly 25,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on multiple campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

Campus Life Enterprise Services (CLES) is the primary revenue-generating unit within Student and Campus Life, inclusive of Cornell Dining, Cornell Catering, Housing and Residential Life, Conference and Event Services, The Cornell Store(s), and a dedicated CLES Marketing and Communications team. CLES is a large campus-wide organization, with an annual budget of approximately $230 million and employs over 800 regular (union and non-union) staff members and over 800 contingent and student employees to successfully operate its broad-ranging business operations.

The Finance and Business Performance Manager serves as the financial and business advisor for Cornell Dining and Conference & Event Services (CES), providing strategic financial leadership, operational analysis, and business performance support in partnership with the Director of Enterprise Finance & Administration and unit leadership. This position is responsible for overseeing the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and performance management processes for Cornell Dining, a complex auxiliary enterprise with approximately $90 million in annual revenue and operations spanning approximately 30 dining locations, as well as CES operations with an annual budget of approximately $500,000.

The role partners closely with operational leaders to evaluate business performance, identify opportunities for revenue growth and operational efficiency, and support informed decision making that advances both financial sustainability and the student-centered mission of Student and Campus Life.