Position Type:Non Classified
Job Title:Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
Classification Title:VCFA
Campus Location:ASU Beebe
Job Description:General Description
Arkansas State University-Beebe (ASUB), a comprehensive, multi-campus two-year community college within the Arkansas State University System, is seeking a Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration (VCFA). Reporting to the Chancellor, the VCFA is the College's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of the Chancellor's leadership team. The VCFA/CFO is responsible for efficiently and effectively organizing, developing, and administering the fiscal and administrative services of the institution. The departments supervised by this position include Business Operations, Student Accounts, Controller, Physical Plant, Procurement, and Campus Operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Serves as a member of the Chancellor's leadership team.
2. Leads the College in leveraging its resources in a strategic and fiscally responsible manner in support of the mission and strategic priorities of the College.
3. Advises the Chancellor, Chancellor's Executive Council, Shared Governance Council and the campus community on the financial processes and outcomes and the short and long-term impacts on college operations.
4. Establishes the objectives, scope of service, staffing, work methods, and performance standards for organizational units under the leadership of the Finance and Administration division.
5. Supervises and conducts performance management of direct reports.
6. Delegates accordingly to ensure the College's accounting, investments, insurance, budget reporting, AR/AP, and other financial service elements are compliant, accurate, and of the highest standards.
7. Leads the processes for development, execution, and monitoring of institutional budgets consistent with institutional mission and strategic priorities, ASU System policy and procedures, and applicable state and federal laws.
8. Develops, recommends, and implements institutional practices and procedures relevant to administrative and financial management and operations.
9. Interacts with faculty, staff, students, and the general public on a daily basis and actively communicates and educates the campus community on budget and financial processes and parameters to ensure transparency and efficacy in the fiscal operations of the College.
10. Develops and maintains the College's risk management program, including the oversight of institutional insurance coverage and claims, risk management analyses and planning.
11. Oversees the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities, including information for the Board of Visitors, ASU System, Board of Trustees, Arkansas legislature, state and federal agencies, and other external entities.
12. Oversees the operation of auxiliary services and manages all contractual relationships.
13. Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.
Required Qualifications:Minimum Qualifications
1. Earned bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, or related area from a regionally accredited institution
2. Five years of progressive experience in finance and administration; three years management experience preferred
3. Experience in higher education preferred.
Minimum Salary or Salary Range:Commensurate with experience
Stand:frequently
Walk:frequently
Sit:frequently
Use hand to finger, handle, or feel:frequently
Reach with hands and arms:frequently
Climb or balance:occasionally
Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl:occasionally
Talk or Hear:regularly
Up to 10 pounds:frequently
Up to 25 pounds:occasionally
Does this position have any special vision requirements? Check all that apply.:Close vision, Distance vision, Color vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception, Ability to adjust focus
Background Check Statement:This position will be subject to a pre-employment criminal, sex-offender registry background check. In cases where pre-determined, an additional financial/credit history/ background check may be required as well. Convictions that have been sealed or legally eradicated and misdemeanor convictions for which probation was completed and the case was dismissed, will be excluded. Disclosure does not constitute an automatic bar to employment. Factors such as dates of the offense, seriousness and nature of the violation, rehabilitation and position applied for will be taken into account.
Background Check Requirements:Both
ASU Beebe EEO Statement :Arkansas State University-Beebe shall provide equal opportunity for employment to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status, and shall strive to achieve full and equal employment opportunity throughout our campuses for faculty and staff. Our goal is to foster a workplace community where individuals are valued for their diverse backgrounds and differences.
Posting Number:NC
Open Date:02/18/2025
Open Until Filled:Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants:NOTE: If you are a veteran, disabled veteran, or spouse of a deceased veteran and would like Veteran's Preference, we will need to see proof of status in order to grant that. Please see Veteran's Preference section of the application for specific proof.
Applicants for this position with ASU-Beebe must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with ASU-Beebe such as H1-B, F-1 (CPT/OPT), TN or any other status.
U.S. Department of Labor
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (English) (Spanish)
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act