Vice President Administration and Finance

Columbia-Greene Community College (C-GCC), a comprehensive community college dedicated to fostering academic excellence and student success, seeks an experienced and visionary Vice President for Administration and Finance to lead the College’s financial affairs as C-GCC continues to inspire its community and promote lifelong learning.

The Institution:
Founded in 1966 and a part of the State University of New York System (SUNY), Columbia-Greene Community College is located in the beautiful and historic Hudson River Valley of New York and sponsored locally by the counties of Columbia and Greene through the Columbia County Board of Supervisors and the Greene County Legislature. The College offers quality education through its dedicated faculty, who have received high professional recognition.

The institution has 43 degree and certificate programs, distinguished faculty, and a beautiful campus. C-GCC currently enrolls more than 1,300 students, offering traditional face-to-face instruction as well as online and hybrid formats. C-GCC boasts strong retention and completion rates and excellent job placement of graduates. C-GCC also partners with regional school districts to engage and enroll students through the College-in-the-High School program.

Campus life is full and varied, as exemplified by student clubs, activities, and sports. C-GCC is committed to supporting students by eliminating barriers to equity and learning, helping students identify their college readiness, and preparing students to implement change in a digital world. Columbia-Greene recently opened the Center for Innovation, Teaching, and Learning, as well as a high-fidelity Nursing Simulation Center.

The College is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and has various program-level accreditations. The Columbia-Greene Community College Foundation, a nonprofit organization, supports the College’s strategic impact on the community through its management of approximately 80 scholarship funds while transforming the lives of traditional-age students, career changers, immigrants, struggling parents, the disenfranchised, and lifelong learners.

Sitting on 145 acres adjacent to the Olana State Historic Site, the College campus includes five academic buildings:
Main Building, Arts Center, Technology Center, Professional Academic Center (PAC), and Construction Technology Center–along with a Day Care Center and Central Services Building. The Main Building houses science and nursing labs, computer classrooms, as well as learning resource and student services centers. The facility also houses a library, gymnasium, student center, and faculty and administrative offices. The Arts Center provides a creative setting to study the fine and performing arts and includes a 450-seat theater.

The structure also includes a dance studio, classrooms, and the Foundation Art Gallery. The Technology Center provides a home for the Colleges’ automotive technology and medical assisting programs. In addition, the Hudson River Environmental Field Station at Cohotate Preserve, Greene County Environmental Education Center, on the Hudson River serves as a college laboratory and classroom as well as a study and research center.

The campus atmosphere is friendly and safe. Student backgrounds and hometowns are diverse, providing a stimulating and enriching environment. To learn more about C-GCC, please visit:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Vice President for Administration and Finance (VPAF) serves as the Chief Financial Officer and assists the President in planning, preparing, and implementing the operating budget, multi-year financial plan, and developing business policies to be recommended to the Board of Trustees. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the President’s Council, the VPAF advises the President in formulating overall plans, policies, and procedures to execute the goals of the strategic plan.

In addition, the Vice President serves as the Treasurer to the Board of Trustees, coordinates the Board of Trustees’ Finance Committee, and prepares monthly and quarterly financial reports. This leader will work…