"Assistant Vice President for Finance & Controller"

Position Summary

The AVP for Finance provides strategic leadership for the College’s financial operations, overseeing the accounting, financial reporting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, student accounts, risk management, and treasury functions, including cash management and debt. Key duties include developing and monitoring internal controls, ensuring regulatory compliance, preparing financial statements, and acting as a liaison to senior leadership and external auditors. The AVP will also lead the Finance team as they fully transition to Oracle Cloud. This role is critical for maintaining the College’s fiscal integrity and supporting its mission through sound financial practices.

Primary duties of the Assistant Vice President for Finance & Controller include the following:

• Provides financial leadership as a strategic partner and advisor to the VP for Finance & Operations, and in support of the President of the College, and the Finance Committee, the Investment Committee, and the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Trustees.
• Responsible for recruiting, training, motivating, and retaining an excellent staff, while maintaining high standards for both compliance and customer service.
• Responsible for the College’s financial reporting – interim and year end, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( GAAP ). ​Provides review and direction to staff during the interim / month-end close process, including review of all monthly account reconciliations.​
• ​​Responsible for banking and treasury operations. Formulates strategies for managing cash, debt, and the College’s balance sheet in partnership with the Vice President and CFO . Responsible for execution of transactions, including debt issuance, debt service payments, and maintenance of cash and investment accounts. ​
• Oversees Endowment and Donor Fund Accounting through Fundriver software, endowment spending calculations, endowment accounting, and fund restrictions in coordination with Advancement Office, the Budget Office, and departments receiving gifts and endowments.
• Responsible for the accounting and internal control environment at the College, including developing, implementing, and monitoring all accounting and control policies. Responsible for all audits, including for financial statements, the federal single audit, and 403(b) compliance audit.
• ​​Represents the College scrupulously with external financial business partners including the outsourced Chief Investments Officer (Commonfund), insurance, banking, and auditors. ​
• ​​Leads efforts to build and maintain business systems and processes that are sound, contemporary, efficient, and compliant. Leads the finance effort to optimize the Oracle Cloud ERP implementation.​
• Performs other related duties as assigned and based on departmental need.

Trinity is a highly selective, independent, nonsectarian liberal arts institution located in the capital city of Hartford, Connecticut. The college maintains a rigorous academic profile complemented by a vibrant co-curricular program. With more than 2,100 full-time undergraduate students, representing forty-three states and ninety-one countries, we consider our location in a culturally and socioeconomically diverse capital city to be among Trinity’s most distinctive assets; and we cultivate strong connections with our surrounding neighbors and with institutions and organizations throughout Hartford and the region. As a preeminent liberal arts college in an urban setting, Trinity College prepares students to be bold, independent thinkers who lead transformative lives.

Qualifications

Qualifications of the Successful Candidate

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or related field, 5-8 years’ work experience
• Preferred: Master’s degree, 8-10 years’ work experience, Certified Public Accountant strongly preferred; Higher Ed experience

Special Instructions to Applicants

How to Apply Applications are now being accepted online. Initial screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until an offer is made. Priority will be given to applications received before December 16, 2025.

Application materials should include:

• A resume
• A cover letter
• Three references

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