Business Operations Manager

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $75K - $90K 💻 Operations 🗓️ March 13th, 2026

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Business Operations Manager. This role leads financial, human resources, facilities, and administrative operations for the Office of Faculty Affairs, manages budgets and procurement across multiple funding sources, oversees personnel actions, and coordinates office logistics, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and strengthening cross-unit collaboration.

Highlights

Lead annual budget development and manage financial activities across state, trust, grant, and donor accounts.
Coordinate procurement functions including P card, travel card transactions, vendor payments, contracts, and consultant arrangements.
Administer and track personnel actions for staff, graduate assistants, students, and secondary appointments, managing position creation and reclassification.
Oversee compensation actions and ensure compliance with HR policies and institutional deadlines.
Provide operational oversight for physical and digital workspaces, including facilities coordination, space planning, technology inventory, and emergency procedures.
Manage communication and data tracking tools; support reporting requirements.
Required qualifications include experience with budgeting, accounting principles, financial reporting, and strong knowledge of HR processes and university policies.
Preferred qualifications include five or more years of experience in financial management, HR administration, or operations in higher education, and familiarity with systems such as Concur, TIM, InfoPorte/ConnectCarolina, Work-study/Handshake, NextSource/UTS, and BuyCarolina.
Compensation range is $75,000 to $90,000 annually.
Reports directly to the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs in the Office of Faculty Affairs.