Vice President of Finance & Administrative Services Search

Arapahoe Community College is a comprehensive community college serving the southern portion of the greater Denver metro area in three locations: campuses in Littleton and Castle Rock and a shared location in Lone Tree with Douglas County School District. It is a public, open-access institution, guided by its mission to provide innovative and responsive educational and economic opportunities in an accessible, inclusive environment that promotes success for students, employees, and the communities it serves. The college serves approximately 10,000 students and employs more than 900 faculty, instructors, administrators, and staff.

Arapahoe Community College serves three unique communities and counties in the South Metro Denver Area. The City of Littleton, in Arapahoe County, offers spectacular panoramic views of the Colorado Rockies. Littleton embodies a strong sense of community through its historic downtown, volunteerism, entrepreneurial spirit, and numerous community events. Littleton’s vibrant art community is supported by ACC’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts and makes it the perfect location for ACC’s Art and Design Center with Fine Art, Design, and Technology programs.

Thirty miles south of downtown Denver is Douglas County and the ACC Sturm Collaboration Campus. The county has been ranked as one of the friendliest, happiest, and healthiest in the nation with some of the lowest jobless rates. Castle Rock offers a small-town atmosphere, spectacular mountain scenery, and historic downtown shopping district.

The college’s shared location in Lone Tree with Douglas County School District represents a true partnership much in the model of the college’s Sturm Collaboration Campus. At both the Castle Rock and the Lone Tree sites, high school students start college classes in ACC's Concurrent Enrollment Program, earn an ACC associate degree or certificate, or join one of our community industry partners in an apprenticeship program.

SALARY  $165,000.00 - $175,000.00 Annually
LOCATION  Littleton, CO
JOB TYPE  Administrator/Professional-Technical Full-Time
JOB NUMBER  00161
DIVISION  Finance & Administrative Services
DEPARTMENT  Finance & Administrative Services
OPENING DATE  10/18/2024
CLOSING DATE  11/30/2024 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA  Exempt

ACC Careers: Where You Can Move Mountains

Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits Metro Denver's oldest community college, Arapahoe Community College. With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individualized support, and unwavering commitment to student success, without exception.

Job Summary

Arapahoe Community College (ACC), in Littleton, Colorado, is seeking a strategic and results- oriented leader with a balance of strong financial acumen and operational efficiency to join our College Leadership Team. Reporting directly to our President and serving on ACC's Cabinet, the Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services will oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of ACC’s financial and operational strategies.

The Vice President also provides executive-level leadership to a broad range of functions, including Fiscal Services, Auxiliary Operations (Bookstore, Café), Facilities, Maintenance, Construction, and Production & Mail Services.

Responsibilities of this role include the following:

Leadership and Collaboration

• Serve and participate on the President’s Cabinet and Leadership Team helping to shape ACC's strategy, procedures, and decisions. Collaborate with these leaders and other College personnel to ensure that fiscal resources and processes are fully aligned with improving outcomes for students and employees.
• Aim to build widespread fiscal knowledge and budget transparency to enable unit leaders to align spending to ACC's mission and goals.
• Present the budget in dynamic ways that foster a deeper understanding of the connection between planned expenditures and mission and strategy, including trends over time, comparison to peer institutions, and ratios related to student access and success.
• Facilitate an effective and inclusive budget process that appropriately allocates resources, maintains proper controls of expenditures, and provides managers with timely and useful information. Communicate, present, and share budget information within the College and to the Colorado Community College System and the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education.

Planning & Business Operations

• Oversee the fiscal affairs and administrative services of the College to ensure accurate and complete accounting of all financial and procedural transactions and compliance with applicable federal, state, CCCS, ACC policies, procedures, statutes, mandates, and in alignment with best practices.
• Ensure the College’s financial and management security and stability by developing and recommending sound fiscal forecasts, projections, plans, and strategies that ensure effective and efficient resource availability and allocation.
• Provide leadership for facilities planning and project management of capital construction and controlled maintenance requests and projects working closely with the other vice presidents; directing the development and maintenance of the facilities master plan; overseeing all college leases; completing, filing, and complying with all required forms, materials and processes as required for state agencies; working with project architects, engineers, and other pertinent vendors.

This role is pivotal in ensuring the efficient allocation of resources and the smooth execution of ACC’s business operations to support the College's mission and goals. You'll need to lean into these strengths:

• Cross Functional Collaboration: nurture strong professional relationships across the College by promoting transparency and open dialogue. Collaborate effectively with various departments, ensuring alignment of goals and the integration of financial strategies into broader institutional objectives.
• Operational Efficiency: enhance financial processes to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of the fiscal team, fostering team development ensuring long-term strategic success while optimizing operations for sustained organizational growth.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a closely related field from an accredited institution.
• Seven (7) years experience in financial accounting, auditing or public/nonprofit accounting, including the management of fiscal policies and procedures.
• Seven (7) years of progressive leadership experience in guiding and motivating teams to achieve organizational goals.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and assessment of fiscal, project, and risk management.
• Knowledge of and experience with procurement processes, financial controls, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to work effectively with students, faculty, and staff of diverse backgrounds and evidence of a commitment to creating an inclusive learning & work environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the higher education industry. 
• Experience using Banner accounting and CORE financial systems.
• Knowledge of State of Colorado Fiscal Rules and/or CCCS Standard Accounting Procedures.
• Change management experience.

Application Instructions

All applicants must submit:

1. Resume
2. Detailed letter of interest addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may have embedding equity and inclusion in your work.

At ACC, we seek to hire candidates that demonstrate a commitment to and experience with embedding equity and inclusion into their professional role. Please address this specifically in your cover letter explaining what diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) means to you and how you may have incorporated DEI into your current or previous professional responsibilities.

Benefits

At ACC, we value and uphold a commitment to a workplace that focuses on employees. Our mission is to provide innovative and responsive educational and economic opportunities in an accessible, inclusive environment that promotes success for students, employees, and the communities we serve. In addition to rewarding and meaningful work, we offer a comprehensive selection of benefits to support our employees, including:

• Strong, flexible retirement benefits including Colorado PERA’s Defined Benefit Plan or Defined Contribution Plan.  Supplemental retirement plans are also available including 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans.
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and flexible savings benefits.
• Employee assistance services such as counseling, professional coaching, financial planning, and more, are available to you and members of your household at no cost through the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP).
• Generous paid time off benefits including up to 15 hours of annual leave and 10 hours of sick leave per month, 10 paid holidays per year, and up to 18 hours for academic and volunteer activities.
• Tuition assistance for employees and their eligible dependents at any community college within the Colorado Community College System or CCCOnline.
• State employees are eligible to participate in BenefitHub which offers discounts for retailers and services and other benefits resources. 
• Employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Additional information about this program can be found on the Colorado Division of Human Resources website.
• New hires for full-time positions may be eligible for a relocation assistance benefit if relocating at least 100 miles to work at ACC. Information about this can be found in AP 3-160.

Reach out to us at HRrecruitment [at] arapahoe [dot] edu (HRrecruitment[at]arapahoe[dot]edu) if you have any questions.

ACC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ+ community members,veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.

Notice to all Applicants

• Final candidate will be subject to successful completion of a background check, and, if applicable, a motor vehicle record review.
• Former employees of the Colorado Community College System, or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in their application material.
• Final candidate may be required to submit unofficial transcripts to verify education.
• Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
• Arapahoe Community College participates in E-Verify.
• All ACC employees, except student employees, contribute to Colorado PERA at a fixed percentage of their earnings and do not contribute to Social Security.
• Finalist must be willing to make Colorado their primary workplace.

CCCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Colorado Community College System believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive. In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our Accommodations and Non-Discrimination policies, plus other helpful information, can be found publicly at  arapahoe.edu/legal.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Arapahoe Community College provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process or during the course of employment contact Angela Johnson, Executive Director of Human Resources, at (303) 797-5715 or angela [dot] johnson [at] arapahoe [dot] edu (angela[dot]johnson[at]arapahoe[dot]edu).

For information regarding Arapahoe Community College Security, including Clery Act / Crime Statistics for the campuses and surrounding area, please see the Arapahoe Community College Annual Security Report. For a hard copy report, please contact the ACC Campus Police Department at (303) 797-5800, Campus [dot] Police [at] arapahoe [dot] edu, or Room M2600 at 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80120.

Agency  Arapahoe Community College
Address  5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado, 80120
Application Website  https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/arapahoecc
 

Cheryl Calhoun, Provost & Vice President of Instruction, Co-Chair
Lisa Matye Edwards, Vice President of Student Affairs, Co-Chair
Levi Schroder, Associate Vice President of Facilities
Angela Johnson, Executive Director of Human Resources
Jennifer Beaudin, Controller
Pamela Thompson, Dean of Health & Public Services
Shao Yeung, Dean of Workforce & Community Programs
John Eichorn, Accounting Technician
Ariel Mendez, Director of Financial Aid
Candace Dobert, Faculty & Chair of the Business Department

• October 18, 2024 – November 30, 2024 - VPFAS posting open to receive application materials
• November 30, 2024 – December 13, 2024 - Application review by screening committee
• January 6, 2025 – January 10, 2025 – Initial interviews
• January 31, 2025 – Finalists on-campus for public forums and interviews
• Early February – President announces new Vice President of Finance & Administrative Services