Vice Chancellor Budget & Financial Planning​/Chief Budget Officer - Financial Services

Position: Vice Chancellor for Budget & Financial Planning/Chief Budget Officer - Financial Services
* Leads the development, implementation, and management of the university's consolidated annual operating and capital budgets, ensuring resources are strategically aligned with academic, research, and institutional priorities.
* Oversees multi-year financial planning, long-range forecasting of operating and capital resources, and scenario modeling to support sustainable decision-making in a complex, decentralized environment.
* Partners closely with the Chancellor, EVC/Provost, EVC/Chief Administrative Officer EVC/CFO, Deans, and senior leadership to evaluate and recommend multi-year financial plans and resource allocation strategies that support academic excellence, research growth, and institutional competitiveness.
* Develops, maintains, and enhances robust financial systems (Workday/Adaptive Planning), models, and planning tools that incorporate enrollment trends, research activity, philanthropy, endowment performance, capital projects, and other key drivers.
* Provides clear, transparent financial reporting and presentations to university leadership, the Board of Trustees, and external stakeholders, including ratings agencies and accrediting bodies.
* Guides the integration of financial planning with university-wide strategic initiatives, including research expansion, capital investments, and strategic partnerships.
* Ensures effective budgetary governance, internal controls, and best practices across all budgetary and financial planning functions.
* Leads, mentors, and develops a high-performing team of financial analysis and systems professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, analytical rigor, and service excellence.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
* Normal office environment
* Ability to travel to various on- and off-campus locations
* Open to negotiating mutually acceptable terms regarding work location
* Demonstrated success managing large-scale operating budgets and providing strategic financial leadership in a decentralized environment.
* Experience with in a top-tier, private research university or similarly elite, research-intensive institution.
* Familiarity with different resource allocation and budget models (e.g., responsibility center management, activity-based budgeting) and financial frameworks that support both academic excellence and operational efficiency.
* Demonstrated ability to navigate shared governance and work effectively in a highly collaborative, intellectually rigorous environment.
* Knowledge of Workday Adaptive Planning.

Direct experience with budgeting and financial management in a leading research university, academic medical center, or similarly complex, mission-driven institution.

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