Vice President and Chief Budget Officer

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Search for the Vice President and Chief Budget Officer

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The University of Minnesota (UMN), one of the most prestigious comprehensive, public land-grant research universities in the nation, seeks a visionary, collaborative, and strategic leader to serve as its next Vice President and Chief Budget Officer (VP/CBO). This is a rare opportunity to impact the financial future of a world-class institution at a moment of new presidential and executive leadership, strategic renewal, and evolving fiscal complexity.

With shifting enrollment and revenue dynamics and growing demands on public research universities, the VP/CBO will have the ability to continue strengthening and selectively modernizing budgeting tools and practices in support of long-term planning.

The VP/CBO reports to the Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations, serves on the Executive Budget Committee with the executive vice presidents, and works closely with executive leadership.

As the principal architect of the University’s budget strategy and resource allocation model across UMN’s five campuses, the VP/CBO is responsible for stewardship of a $5.1 billion operating budget, and for evolving financial planning practices to support long-term strategy, investment decisions, and institutional sustainability. Moreover, the VP/CBO and their team, working with Institutional Research and others, will ensure that leadership across the University is equipped with the data and analysis for strategic decision-making to support current and future initiatives.

Given that UMN is a large, complex, and highly distributed institution, the VP/CBO must be an accessible leader, clear communicator, and genuine collaborator. The VP/CBO will also need to be politically astute, able to liaise and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

The University of Minnesota has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national search firm, to assist in this important search. All inquiries, applications, and nominations for this opportunity should be directed in confidence to the University or search firm as indicated below:

• Rebecca Kennedy, Managing Partner
• Dan Rodas, Partner
• Amble Ryan, Managing Associate
• Cortnee Bollard, Managing Search Coordinator
• Isaacson, Miller

The University of Minnesota shall provide equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, disability, public assistance status, membership or activity in a local commission created for the purpose of dealing with discrimination, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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