Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

Summary/Objective

The Vice President of Finance, Treasurer (VP CFO) serves as the University’s chief financial officer and oversees all financial management for the University’s business affairs. Reporting directly to the president, this role is the primary steward of the University of Findlay’s financial resources. As a member of the president’s cabinet, the VP CFO partners closely with the president and senior leadership on the institution’s strategic priorities, including personnel management and oversight of revenue, expenses, budgeting, investments, debt, and the endowment. The Vice President also partners closely with Information Technology Services to align financial operations with the University’s enterprise architecture, data governance, cybersecurity, and digital transformation strategy. This includes shared responsibility for enterprise systems, analytics, process automation, and technology-enabled innovation.

In this role, the VP CFO aligns resources to support the University’s mission, culture, and long-term operational success.

Essential Functions

This position requires regular, predictable, reliable attendance in the office environment.

1. University’s chief financial officer, overseeing all matters related to the financial management of the University.
2. Provide the leadership and vision necessary to develop and oversee prudent fiscal strategies that assure the continued financial strength of the University while moving the University forward.
3. The VP CFO will be responsible for short and long-range financial planning and analysis, budget modeling, risk management, and investment oversight.
4. Key liaison to the Board of Trustees’ committees on business affairs, investments, and audit.
5. Partner actively and creatively with the college’s other senior officers, to ensure funding and administrative solutions to support the academic mission of the college, to support overall fundraising goals and provide the infrastructure necessary to assure donors of the stewardship of their contributions, to develop enrollment and net tuition goals; and others to move the agenda of the University forward.
6. Assist and support the development of the appropriate pricing strategies for both undergraduate, graduate and other programs which the University offers which will support growth in net tuition revenue.
7. Provide the appropriate incentives and infrastructure for faculty and staff to develop new programs which can provide the University with additional revenue.
8. Review all operations and systems in his/her portfolio to ensure that they are efficient and effective and appropriately taking advantage of technological solutions.
9. Ensure that the college has the appropriate policies in place to operate efficiently and fairly and that the policies and processes are not more cumbersome than necessary and are as paperless as possible.
10. The VP CFO ensure that the appropriate financing is in order for new projects. In addition, the VP CFO, working with the Assistant Vice President of Facilities Services, will be responsible for making sure that the project comes in on-time and on-budget.
11. Develop a budget model that allows for scenario planning and will be able to provide both short and long-term financial outcomes.
12. Work with the division to increase and enhance its use of technology in all areas.
13. Gain the trust of the campus and communicate clearly and effectively with all constituencies about finance and facility issues.
14. Educate the campus about the implications of various alternative strategies in a clear and transparent manner which promotes understanding and support for the University’s directions.
15. Perform all other duties deemed appropriate for the position.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.