What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Vice President for Finance position at Berea College?
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Description
Provides strategic leadership, financial management, and operational oversight for a variety of administrative/auxiliary enterprises and quasi-business service units. This role is responsible for ensuring reporting units are appropriately sized, of high-quality, are efficient, and always provide appropriate and necessary services that enhance the campus experience for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Leads a diverse portfolio of services, manages external vendor contracts, and aligns various operations with the College’s strategic goals and objectives.
Your Key Responsibilities
Education required to ensure success in this position:
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!
Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Our Benefits
Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.
Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
Part-time employees who work an average of twenty-four hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.
To learn more details, visit our benefits page at https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/employee-benefits.
Our Unique Culture
Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments.
Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea
Labor Supervision
In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link Labor Program Office.
Description
Provides strategic leadership, financial management, and operational oversight for a variety of administrative/auxiliary enterprises and quasi-business service units. This role is responsible for ensuring reporting units are appropriately sized, of high-quality, are efficient, and always provide appropriate and necessary services that enhance the campus experience for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Leads a diverse portfolio of services, manages external vendor contracts, and aligns various operations with the College’s strategic goals and objectives.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership, Planning, and Development: Plan, develop, and implement long-range strategic and operational plans for administrative/business/auxiliary units to improve services, increase efficiency, and appropriately size operations
- Operations Management: Direct day-to-day operations of administrative, business, and auxiliary units, including assigned operational and service functions
- Fiscal Responsibility: Develop and manage operating budgets, monitor financial performance (revenue vs. expenditure), approve expenditures, and ensure self-sustainability of administrative/business/auxiliary enterprises as appropriate
- Contract Administration & Vendor Relations: Oversee contracts and vendor relationships for assigned operations, negotiate service agreements with third-party vendors, and monitor vendor performance to ensure compliance with College policies, procedures, and quality standards.
- Staff Leadership: Supervise, train, mentor, and evaluate unit managers and support staff, fostering and developing a culture of high-standard customer service
- Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure all operations comply with federal, state, and College regulations, including health and safety; including ERM Compliance Matrix and financial audits
- Campus Liaison: Collaborate with College leadership and stakeholders across divisions, departments, and administrative units to identify needs, improve operations and outcomes, improve campus life, and add efficiencies and effectiveness
Education required to ensure success in this position:
- Master’s Degree Required
- At least 5 - 8 years’ progressive leadership experience in mid-to-high level financial management, preferably in higher education
- Strong financial acumen (data analysis, budgeting, P&L management)
- Excellent leadership and team building skills
- Administrative/business/auxiliary services oversight and management skills
- Contract negotiation skills
- Ability to understand complex, integrated administrative database management systems
- Problem solving skills
- None required; CASP certification a plus
- Participation in NACAS - National Association of College Auxiliary Services is preferred
- Ability to operate various types of office equipment; work at various work sites; and cope with long workdays including weekends as necessary
- Office environment
- Standard office equipment
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application!
Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Our Benefits
Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.
Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
Part-time employees who work an average of twenty-four hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.
To learn more details, visit our benefits page at https://www.berea.edu/human-resources/employee-benefits.
Our Unique Culture
Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments.
Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea
Labor Supervision
In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link Labor Program Office.