Description

Employment Condition: Unlimited, Full-time
Classified Status: Unclassified
Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM
Wage: $130,000 – $155,000 (dependent on experience and internal equity)

Job Summary

The Vice President of Finance and Operations provides strategic leadership, vision, and oversight for the College’s financial, operational, and facility functions. This includes responsibility for budgeting, financial planning, fiscal operations, facilities management, financial aid, auxiliary enterprises, risk management, safety and security programs, and capital construction projects. As the College’s Financial Officer, the Vice President serves on the Executive Committee and reports directly to the President, offering critical guidance on financial and facilities-related issues and opportunities.

This role supports a two-campus operation and plays a key part in advancing the College’s mission by strengthening budget planning, resource allocation, and administrative processes in support of teaching and learning, student success and continuous improvement and innovation. This role requires a commitment to shared goals with the College President and with the College’s Executive team, as well as the ability to establish and maintain productive collegial and professional working relationships with the internal and external community.

The College seeks a trusted advisor who leads with empathy, integrity, and inclusiveness, and who models ethical decision-making and service to others. This leader will demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with sensitivity to the varied backgrounds of students and employees. Through collaboration with faculty, staff, supervisors, and administrators, the Vice President will cultivate fiscal accountability, mutual trust, and respect, creating an environment where all members of the College community can thrive.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Serve as the College’s Financial Officer responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing the financial management and auxiliary services of the college and provide overall management of fiscal operations.
2. Provide leadership to organize and direct the safety and security of the College.
3. Supervise the maintenance supervisors responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing plant operations and the day-to-day facility operations of the College.
4. Provide a strong leadership role within the College and Minnesota State system.
5. Human Capital Management