Are you a strategic finance leader and operations dynamo with higher ed or nonprofit experience? Do you love tackling complex challenges? Are you a people person passionate about making a difference? Pacific School of Religion (PSR) is looking for you.
Overview:
The Vice President of Finance & Administration (VPFA) is a key leadership role at PSR, reporting directly to the President. The VPFA is responsible for leading and directing PSR’s financial planning and operations, human resources, IT, and facilities. This role is critical in strategic decision-making and operations as PSR continues to enhance its financial health through high-quality programming and creative revenue enhancements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and lead a strategic and comprehensive financial plan to ensure long-term financial stability by maximizing revenue drivers and supporting strong financial management and efficiency.
- Effectively manage the outsource relationship with CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) for finance, bookkeeping, financial aid, and human resources.
- Lead the financial planning for a campus renovation plan that leverages partnerships to meet the institutional mission and financial goals.
- Ensure timely and accurate budget analysis and financial reporting, advising the executive team, President, and Board of Trustees on the impact of long-range financial and organizational planning.
- Collaborate with internal departments and external agents to provide financial information/reports to accomplish strategic initiatives.
- Oversee grant management, including policies, award set-up, expenditures, reporting, and close out.
- Support a hybrid workforce and strengthen talent development and employee experience, overseeing HR policies, compliance, compensation systems, and risk management.
- Manage partnerships with organizations leasing campus property and student housing, ensuring strong partnership and financial benefit to PSR’s mission.
- Serve as the staff to the finance and investment committees of the Board of Trustees and actively participate in formulating fiscal and managerial policies and decisions.
Ideal Candidate Attributes:
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset with a consultative, intellectually curious approach.
- A winning blend of intelligence, passion for excellence, service orientation, empathy for others, integrity, a systems approach, and a firmly grounded sense of humor.
- Financial management with organizational growth experience and specific expertise in financial planning and analysis.
- Strong management skills, ability to prioritize, and able to lead complex projects.
- Big picture understanding of finance and a creative thinker around the possibilities for revenue enhancements.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact comfortably with a diverse range of constituents.
- Demonstrated experience fostering workplace equity and diversity.
- Ability to anticipate problems and provide smart, creative, fully formed, and defensible solutions.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree.
- MBA or equivalent financial and strategic knowledge, preferably in higher education or nonprofit management.
- Eight to ten years of progressive management experience with strong finance, accounting, and administration skills.
Compensation and Benefits:
PSR offers a salary between $140,000 and $160,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience, along with a generous employment benefits package. This position offers a hybrid work schedule, working from campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays plus some additional days each month.
Application Process:
To apply for this outstanding opportunity, please submit your application and letter of interest (outlining why you are interested in joining PSR and your relevant experience).
About Pacific School of Religion (PSR):
Pacific School of Religion (PSR) is a progressive, multi-denominational seminary and center for social justice that prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. PSR is home to Ignite Institute, Kwaray, the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, and the Badé Museum of Biblical Archaeology. Adjacent to the University of California at Berkeley campus, PSR is a member of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), an ecumenical and interfaith consortium of seminaries, centers, and institutes. PSR provides an education that is intellectually challenging, culturally pluralistic, and morally and spiritually enriching.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Pacific School of Religion is one of the most diverse educational institutions in the country. We fully and actively support equal opportunity for all people, seeking to enrich our community’s diversity in terms of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin or ancestry, disability, veteran status, or citizen status. We seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to diversity, academic excellence, community building, and meaningful connection with historically underrepresented groups of people and institutions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.