Associate Vice President of Finance & Administration

Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration

Founded in 1947, Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) is a comprehensive, urban institution accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The College's campus is located in West Baltimore and courses are offered throughout the City. With its broad range of degree, certificate, and continuing education programs, affordable tuition, and extensive outreach, BCCC offers educational opportunities to the citizens of Baltimore City and throughout the state of Maryland.

BCCC serves over 7,500
* students annually, providing credits that transfer to four-year colleges and universities as well as workforce training leading directly to job placement. The College is proud of the fact that over 50 nations are represented within the student body.
* Based on the annual unduplicated credit and non-credit headcount for FY 2023.

The Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration (AVP/F&A) is a key leader within the Finance and Administration division and a principal partner to the Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFA) in planning, analyzing, and evaluating the College's business and financial operations. The AVP/F&A is responsible for ensuring that the College's budget, accounting, financial reporting, and student accounts systems and policies provide high-quality, timely data and analysis for strategic decision support.

The AVP/F&A works closely with the VPFA on strategic matters, including the setting of departmental and inter-departmental priorities, and represents Finance and Administration in cross-college working groups and committees.

In collaboration with the finance management team, s/he has oversight responsibility for budget development and monitoring, financial analysis and forecasting, and the development and oversight of required financial systems, policies, procedures, and internal controls. The position ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and with applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and policies, including the requirements applicable to the College as a State of Maryland agency.

The AVP/F&A is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the general ledger and related data that serve as the basis for all internal and external financial reporting, and for coordinating the College's annual financial audit, State legislative audit, and other audits, including the development and implementation of revised policies and procedures to address findings and ensure compliance with recommendations. S/he assists the VPFA with institutional risk management, policy development, and compliance monitoring.

The AVP/F&A provides innovative solutions for emerging financial management needs, as well as timely strategic decision support for the Cabinet, the Board of Trustees, and other stakeholders. S/he has responsibility and authority for the leadership of financial management and operations, including oversight of budget, accounting, and student accounts, and assumes leadership of the Finance and Administration department in the absence of the Vice President for Finance and Administration.

This position serves as a key leader in strengthening and standardizing the College's financial systems, policies, and processes to meet the needs of a growing and increasingly complex State institution, and to support continued compliance, transparency, and operational efficiency across the Finance and Administration division.

Strategic Leadership and Governance Support

• Work closely with the VPF&A to develop departmental strategies and workplans that will support the achievement of overall strategy and goals of the organization.
• Represent Accounting and Finance perspective in various cross-organization working groups and other cross-departmental planning committees.
• Responsible for preparation of required financial reports for Board and various committees.
• Provide key staff support to Finance management (coordination, agenda development, etc.); make required presentations to Cabinet and other stakeholders.

Compliance

• Develop internal controls to safeguard the assets of the organization.
• Ensure that accounting and reporting follows Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and that audits are "clean".
• Ensure compliance with all applicable internal procedures and guidelines.
• Develop finance-related procedures that appropriately address risk and compliance.

Financial Operations

• Oversight for effectiveness and efficiency of financial operations including:
• Accounting and general ledger;
• Budgeting and forecasting processes;
• Financial reporting and analysis.
• Coordinate work of Accounting and General Finance with Finance management team to ensure smooth functioning and efficient workflow.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements to ensure continued high functioning of the Finance department.
• In collaboration with the VP F&A and Finance management team, develop and maintain a staffing…