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Job Description
Elizabethtown College seeks an innovative, dynamic, and collaborative leader to serve as Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFA). The VPFA provides leadership, oversight, and stewardship of the College’s financial resources and wellbeing and serves as Chief Financial Officer. The VPFA is responsible for a broad portfolio including Human Resources, Information Technology Services (ITS), Business/Financial Operations and partners with the Vice President for Enrollment Management on Financial Aid models and long-term strategies. The VPFA is a key member of the President’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and serves as liaison to three Board of Trustees Committees (Finance & Infrastructure; Audit, Risk, & Compliance; and Investment).
For full consideration, please provide cover letter, resume and contact information for (3) professional references. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.
We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Job Duties
The VPFA promotes the short and long-term fiscal health of the College, oversees ethical legal and business practices of the College, and guides sound budget decisions to support the College’s strategic priorities. The Vice President serves as an integral strategic partner to institutional leaders, providing strong and accurate financial guidance, as well as leading long-term financial forecasting, budgeting, and strategy-setting.
Alongside the President and other Vice Presidents, the VPFA will strategize and communicate best use of resources and will identify opportunities for cost efficiencies and new revenue streams. Other responsibilities include:
* Oversight of insurance and risk management;
* Manage the College’s capital investment strategies to promote operating stability, foresight and innovation without undue expense/risk;
* Assess and evaluate the college’s financial performance regarding long-term budgetary planning and cost management in alignment with the strategic plan;
* Review and maintain contracts with appropriate external entities to benefit the institution;
* Coordinate the annual audit;
* Provide strategic asset and debt management;
* Responsible for assessment of current policies/procedures related to operations and finance; developing and implementing enhanced policies/procedures in both the finance and general operations realms.
* Safeguard institution’s financial assets.
Performance Expectations:
* Impeccable commitment to operating with high standards of ethics and integrity, professionally and personally;
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal effectively with faculty, staff, administrators and students, as well as the Board of Trustees and other members of the College community;
* Demonstrated ability to establish credibility and trust with broad and diverse constituencies;
* Desire and skill to mentor team members.
Required Qualifications
* Master’s Degree in finance-related field, MBA or CPA, or other advanced financial/accounting certification;
* Ten to 12 years of senior financial management experience in higher education, not-for-profit or for-profit organizations;
* Substantive evidence of success in overseeing an entity’s budget planning processes with expertise in the preparation of complex, detailed financial and budgetary analyses;
* Attention to detail in order to provide thorough and accurate information through use of analytics and dashboards that evaluate financial impact of decisions;
* Understanding of best practice budget modeling systems for higher education;
* Aptitude for building and leading effective teams; evidence of building a customer-centric, data-driven team culture and coaching/developing others to maximize their potential;
* Proven commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence;
* Exceptional communication skills and ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work collaboratively across different sectors of the College and external entities;
* Experience as a member of an organization’s senior leadership team;
* Demonstrated ability to think strategically and work proactively in the creation and management of financial and administrative solutions resulting in organizational growth and success;
* A high level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel; experience with Microsoft Access, Power Point, and Word is strongly preferred;
* Ability to integrate current technology into accounting and budget management processes.
Physical Demands
- required to remain seated in a normal position for long periods of time
- required to walk about
- required to maintain balance while walking, standing, crouching, or running
- required to reach up and out with hands and arms
- required to talk and hear; verbally express information or instructions
- required to use hands to grasp objects, type, pick up objects, move objects, or hold objects
- required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
- required to climb stairs
- required to stand for long periods of time
Posting Number: AS619P
Open Date: 03/14/2024
About Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College, located in southcentral Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than 60 health, science, engineering, political science business, communications, fine art and music, humanities, and education degrees. Discover more at etown.edu.
EEO Statement
Elizabethtown College is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Diversity Statement
Elizabethtown College is committed to valuing and fostering the diversity reflected in our life together and in the world beyond our campus. We strive to ensure that the members of the community-students, faculty, staff, and administrators-are diverse in race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, ability, gender, gender identity and expression, age and national origin. We also seek to provide our community members, especially our students, with educational opportunities, programs, and services that are multicultural in content and expressive of a diverse life of experiences and worldviews that underrepresented groups bring to the learning environment.
Hours Per Week: 37.50
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, evenings and weekends as necessary for campus events/functions