Executive Vice President Finance and Administration/Chief Business Officer

The Opportunity

Augusta University seeks an Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration / Chief Business Officer to provide strategic and operational leadership for the university's fiscal and administrative enterprise. Reporting to the President, this executive serves as a member of the senior leadership team and is entrusted with comprehensive stewardship of financial strategy, budgeting, internal controls, administrative operations, institutional resources, and key support functions that advance Augusta University's mission as a public research university and academic health center.

The successful candidate will be a strategically minded, collaborative, and forward-looking leader who can operate effectively in a complex, matrixed, and relationship-driven environment. This leader will help align financial and administrative priorities with institutional strategy, strengthen fiscal sustainability, support innovation, and foster transparency, accountability, and trust across the university and with external partners.

Role Summary

The Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration / Chief Business Officer lead the development and execution of long-term financial strategies, oversees operating and capital budgets, maintains strong financial controls, and ensures accurate reporting and compliance with federal, state, accreditation, University System of Georgia, and institutional requirements. The position also provides executive oversight for administrative functions that may include information technology, human resources, public safety and emergency management, capital planning and facilities, procurement and auxiliary services, risk and liability management, and related operational areas.

• Strategic financial leadership: Formulate and implement long-term financial strategies that support the university's mission, strategic plan, and growth priorities; advise the President and executive leadership team on resource allocation, investment priorities, cost optimization, and fiscal sustainability.
• Finance, budgeting, and controls: Lead multi-year financial planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, audit preparation, treasury, accounting services, and decision-support analytics; ensure operating and capital budgets are aligned with institutional goals and governed by strong internal controls.
• Integrated enterprise alignment: Coordinate financial and administrative planning across the university and affiliated entities, maintaining sensitivity to distinct operating models, governance structures, and regulatory requirements while strengthening integrated decision-making.
• Compliance, ethics, and accountability: Maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct, compliance, transparency, and accountability in all financial and administrative operations; ensure adherence to applicable federal, state, accreditation, University System of Georgia, and institutional requirements.
• Information technology and data governance: Oversee technology strategies and systems that support academic, research, clinical, and administrative excellence, including IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, data governance, and digital innovation.
• Human resources and talent stewardship: Provide leadership for human resources strategy, talent acquisition, employee development, performance management, succession planning, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and a culture of inclusion and engagement.
• Public safety and emergency management: Oversee campus public safety, law enforcement, security, emergency preparedness, critical event planning, and crisis response coordination in partnership with appropriate internal and external agencies.
• Capital planning, facilities, and infrastructure: Guide campus master planning, capital planning, facilities operations, maintenance, renovations, infrastructure development, sustainability, and space optimization to meet current and future programmatic needs.
• Procurement, auxiliary services, and contracts: Oversee procurement processes, competitive bidding, contract compliance, supplier relationships, and auxiliary enterprises such as dining, housing, transportation, retail, and related services.
• Risk and liability management: Conduct institution-wide risk assessments, develop mitigation strategies, manage insurance and liability programs, and establish policies that reduce financial, legal, operational, and reputational exposure.
• Collaboration, communication, and reporting: Build trusted relationships with executive leadership, academic and administrative units, staff, governing bodies, University System of Georgia representatives, community partners, and other stakeholders; provide clear dashboards, reports, recommendations, and presentations that support informed decision-making.

Key Leadership Priorities

• Develop a sustainable financial strategy: Translate institutional priorities into a disciplined financial plan supported by creative resource strategies, rigorous forecasting, and sound capital planning.
• Strengthen integrated decision-making: Promote alignment among academic, clinical, administrative, and support functions while preserving the identity and requirements of each area.
• Advance operational excellence: Improve systems, processes, reporting structures, and accountability mechanisms that enable timely decisions and reliable execution.
• Support talent, culture, and collaboration: Build, mentor, and retain high-performing teams and foster a culture of transparency, service, inclusion, accountability, and partnership.
• Enhance institutional resilience: Strengthen risk management, emergency preparedness, technology infrastructure, facilities planning, and compliance practices to support long-term institutional stability.

Education

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in business administration, finance, accounting, public administration, or a closely related field.
• Master's degree preferred.

Experience

• 10 years of progressively responsible experience in higher-education, administration, finance, business affairs, or a closely related environment.
• At least 5 years in a senior management/leadership capacity, with responsibility for significant budgets, operations, or multiple administrative functions.
• Demonstrated experience with budget development and financial management, ideally including institutional budgeting and long-range financial planning.
• Experience overseeing multiple administrative functions appropriate to the institution's scope-e.g., finance/accounting, facilities, HR, auxiliary services, procurement, or risk management.

Leadership/technical competencies

• Experience advising a president/chancellor and senior leadership team.
• Demonstrated ability to lead institution-wide strategic and operational initiatives.
• Knowledge of applicable higher-education regulatory, financial, and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing complex budgets and financial resources.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and executive leadership skills.

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://www.augusta.edu/about/mission.php make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

The University System of Georgia https://www.usg.edu/hr/orientation/welcome_to_the_board_of_regents_university_system_office is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

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Our Health Sciences Campus:

1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University.

If applicable for the specific position based on the duties: the candidate will also need to have a credit check completed for Positions of Trust and or approved departmental Purchase Card usage.

Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that are required to drive an Augusta University vehicle.

For Faculty Hires: Final candidates will be required to provide proof of completed academic degree(s) as well as post-secondary coursework in the form of original transcript(s). Those candidates trained by a foreign institution will also be required to provide an educational/credential evaluation.

All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive [patient, student, employee, financial, business, etc.] information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond.

Augusta University is an equal opportunity and equal access employer. The university actively recruits and hires employees without regard to protected characteristics and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community.

Augusta University is an equal opportunity and equal access employer. The university actively recruits and hires employees without regard to protected characteristics and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications immediately and will continue to review materials on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Application materials should include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and a list of five professional references. For best consideration, applicants are encouraged to submit materials as soon as possible. The search will remain open until the position is filled.

Please send materials to:

Anthem Executive

Michael Ballew

mballew@anthemexecutive.com

Augusta University is an equal opportunity employer.

This position is also responsible for promoting a customer-friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient-and family-centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success."

Augusta University is a tobacco-free environment, and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.