Executive Assistant to the CFO
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAbout the role
Job Number:
40038)Description
Position Details
University of Colorado | Denver
Official Title: Professional Assistant
Working Title: Executive Assistant to the CFO
FTE: Full time (1.0 FTE)
Salary Range: $88,118 - $95,000
Position #00848551 – Requisition #40038
About the University of Colorado Denver
Millions of moments start at CU Denver, a place where innovation, research, and learning meet in the heart of a global city. We’re the state’s premier public urban research university with more than 100 in-demand, top-ranked bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs. We partner with diverse learners—at any stage of their life and career—for transformative educational experiences. Across seven schools and colleges, our leading faculty inspires and works alongside students to solve complex challenges and produce impactful creative work. As part of the state’s largest university system, CU Denver is a major contributor to the Colorado economy, with 2,000 employees and an annual economic impact of $665 million. To learn more about how CU Denver helps learners meet their moment, visit ucdenver.edu.
Job Description
* Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at www.cu.edu/cu-careers *
The Executive Assistant provides high-level administrative, operational, and strategic support to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This position serves as a trusted partner to the CFO, managing complex schedules, coordinating executive-level communications, supporting academic leadership priorities, and facilitating the efficient operation of the Office of Finance. The role requires exceptional judgment, discretion, organizational skill, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced academic environment.
Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer
What you will do:
Executive and Administrative Support
• Serve as the primary administrative support for the CFO, managing a highly complex calendar involving internal and external stakeholders, academic leadership, and system-level engagements.
• Anticipate needs, prioritize competing demands, and proactively resolve scheduling conflicts.
• Assess and triage requests for the CFO’s time, ensuring alignment with priorities.
• Coordinate logistics for meetings, events, and engagements, including room reservations, agendas, materials and follow-up.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external scheduling communications.
• Prepare, proofread, and edit correspondence, reports, presentations, briefing materials, and policy documents.
• Manage confidential information with the highest level of discretion and professionalism.
Office of Finance Operations
• Coordinate daily operations of the Office of Finance to ensure efficiency, responsiveness, and alignment with institutional priorities.
• Serve as a key point of contact between the Finance Office and campus leadership, faculty, staff, students, and external partners.
• Track deadlines, follow up on action items, and ensure timely completion of initiatives and commitments.
• Maintain records, files, and official documents in accordance with university policies.
• Manage travel coordination, reimbursements, expense reports, memberships, and subscriptions.
• Support procurement, supplies, facilities coordination, and general office administration.
• Ensure compliance with university policies, governance standards, and deadlines.
• Support financial leadership activities, including meetings of deans, assistant deans, faculty governance bodies, and campus financial advisory groups.
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