Title: Vice President Financial & Administrative Services
Agency: Virginia Western Community College
Location: Roanoke (City) - 770
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: $160,000 - $185,000
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Additional Detail
Job Description:
Virginia Western Community College is accepting applications for a full-time, twelve-month administrative faculty position as Vice President of Financial and Administrative Services. The Vice President of Financial and Administrative Services serves as a leader of the College, reporting directly to the College President, and directs and manages the financial and business affairs of the college. In that broad capacity, the Vice President provides strategic and operational leadership and vision to the management of the College's financial, administrative, and business operations to include budgeting and financial services, audit, information technology, police, facilities management, capital outlay planning, construction activities, auxiliary enterprises and contract review. The Vice President of Financial and Administrative Services serves as an active member of the President's Executive Team and receives general direction from the College President.
This position is open until filled with review of applications beginning November 20, 2026, and continuing until the position is filled.
Minimum Qualifications:
The successful candidate will possess a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Public Administration (MPA), Finance or a closely related discipline, and demonstrated progressively responsible administrative experience in an educational environment, or related professional experience in a large financial/accounting operation in a leadership or managerial role of increasing responsibility. Must possess and exhibit knowledge and experience in the administration of public agencies and state government operations working with governmental budgets and finance policies, procedures and systems; federal grant management principles and practices; public procurement principles and practices; state accounting practices and CAPP; human resource principles and practices; automated accounting and reporting systems; and governmental legislative processes. Must possess and exhibit excellent interpersonal, speaking and written communication, and analytical skills.
Must exhibit a track record of effective communications with diverse interests, individuals, groups, agencies, or other constituencies. Experience managing ancillary fiscal and business entities, such as, Procurement, Payroll, Retail Services, Cash Management, Facilities Management, Information Technology Services, and Campus Police operations. Must exhibit knowledge of law enforcement operations in an institutional environment.
Additional Considerations:
The ideal candidate will possess administrative, financial, business, technology and safety/security operations management experience in higher education. Demonstrated sound knowledge of governmental accounting regulations, financial analyses and modeling skills, educational budget planning, development and administration, and governmental internal control and auditing procedures. Knowledge of the Virginia Community College System management policies and processes is desirable.
