Chief Financial Officer

Job Summary

The Director of Financial Services and Chief Financial Officer reports to the Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost for Information Technology and is a member of the DoIT Leadership Team. The division provides a range of administrative and central technology functions with an annual operating budget of approximately $100 million, a workforce of over 500 employees and students, and a leadership team of 19 members.

The Chief Financial Officer leads the division-wide financial planning and budgeting process and ensures that financial management is tied closely to the Division of Information Technology strategic planning and priority setting process. The Chief Financial Officer manages and directs all fiscal, internal systems, and business management functions for the division and leads efforts that support DoIT’s business systems.

• Oversee, review, develop, recommend, and implement policies and procedures for internal and external financial reporting, budgeting and financial operations.
• Determine personnel needs and the personnel resource allocation plan.
• Serve on various university committees, working with a wide range of constituencies including the Administrative Council, Financial Manager Meeting, Budget Office, the University of Wisconsin system office, Division of Business Services, and University Leadership.
• Direct strategic planning initiatives and establish objectives for multiple finance functional areas to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan.
• Exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full‑time equivalent (FTE) employees.
• Serve as a divisional representative and subject‑matter expert to institutional leadership and internal and external stakeholders providing financial direction and information, fostering collaborative relationships across multiple functional areas, and representing the interests of the division.
• Serve as a member of the DoIT executive team, leading and supporting university and divisional initiatives.
• Participate in the development, maintenance, and monitoring of automated financial information systems and budgets, and disseminate updates and results to leadership when appropriate.

Division of Information Technology, Financial Services. DoIT Financial Services provides financial accounting, reporting and analysis for DoIT operations. The team manages billing and reconciliation for campus partners who use critical DoIT services such as data storage, web hosting, application development and user experience design. Financial Services also supports internal DoIT staff with procurement, travel and expense reimbursement.

Starting salary will be based on experience and qualifications. Well‑qualified applicants can expect to earn between $180,000 and $225,000 with final salary determined by experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; and retirement benefits.

• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and developing a team of finance professionals across in‑person, hybrid, and remote environments.
• Demonstrated experience working with and applying fund accounting structures, restrictions, and practices unique to public sector organizations, higher education, or government entities.
• Demonstrated experience translating complex financial data into actionable insights for stakeholders such as executive leadership, campus partners, and non‑financial stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience managing and completing fiscal year‑end close activities including reconciliation and reporting for at least three consecutive fiscal years in a supervisory role.

• Experience using Workday Financials to manage complex institutional data, streamline workflows, or improve financial reporting.
• Proficiency…