Associate Vice President of Financial Services

Salary and Benefits

PLEASE NOTE:  The starting salary placement depends on qualifications and experience and is anticipated to be in the range of $170,000 per year to $185,000 per year.

This position is a Management Personnel Plan (MPP) position in the CSU, and serves at the pleasure of the President.

The CSU enjoys a generous benefits program with employer paid life insurance ($100,000), as well as health, dental, and vision insurance with the monthly premium largely paid by the CSU. Additionally, we offer a broad range of other benefits which includes dependent and health care reimbursement accounts, tuition fee waiver, 401k, 457 and 403(b) plans.  The CSU belongs to the CalPERS retirement plan in which medical and dental insurance continues in qualified retirement. The CSU has 14 paid holidays, one personal holiday and the position earns 24 days of vacation and 12 days of sick leave per year. For more information on the benefits program, please visit our benefits website. The CSU Total Compensation Calculator demonstrates the significance of our benefits package.

Classification

Administrator III

About Cal State East Bay

Cal State East Bay's beautiful main campus is located in the Hayward hills with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Situated above the city of Hayward, the campus offers an ideal setting for teaching and learning and yet easy access to the many cities along the bay. The University has a satellite campus in Concord, a professional development center in Oakland and a significant presence online. Founded in 1957, Cal State East Bay is one of 23 universities of the California State University system (CSU). Cal State East Bay is recognized as a regionally engaged and globally oriented university with a strong commitment to academic innovation, student success, engaged and service learning, diversity, and sustainability.

About the Position

The Associate Vice President (AVP) of Financial Services reports to the Vice President, Administration and Finance/Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  This position provides effective management and oversight of financial services which includes the following functions: accounting, student financials, procurement, accounts payable, and the University Bay card program.  The AVP provides leadership to a diverse financial support staff focused on delivering user-friendly services in an environment that is highly regulated and compliant driven and requires collaboration and transparency.  Incumbent is responsible for advising and making recommendations to the Vice President/CFO relative to overall University objectives, policies, and plans whenever financial services is involved. As part of the Administration and Finance leadership team, the AVP collaborates with his/her peers to create innovative solutions to intra-and inter-division issues while focusing on the university’s strategic commitments and major goal of enhancing student success.  The position is required to have direct contact with and respond to requests from the President, Vice Presidents, Deans, department heads, other senior campus officials, the Chancellor’s Office and the State of California Controller’s Office.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership and management to the Financial Services team. This includes supervising and providing guidance to direct reports and their staff; creating professional development plans for staff; fostering a culture based on A&F’s core values of integrity, collaboration, respect, empathy, and stewardship; ensuring processes and procedures are in compliance with University, CSU, CA and federal regulations; ensuring accounting functions, general ledger transactions, and reporting functions are performed accurately and on a timely basis; and, promoting continuous process quality management improvements when assessing administrative functions.  Financial service activities include serving not only the University, but also auxiliary organizations such as ASI, Cal State East Bay Foundation and Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation and other contracted groups such as the Cal State East Bay Alumni Association and California Compact.

The major units under the leadership and management of the AVP include but is not limited to:

General Accounting: 

• Includes preparation of annual financial statements and audits, general ledger maintenance, trust fund accounting, donor funds accounting, ASI funds accounting, financial reconciliations, accounts payable, accounts receivables, internal and external financial