Associate Vice President, Finance

ASU Enterprise Partners is seeking an Associate Vice President, Finance to join the Finance Leadership Team. This role leads enterprise-wide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and strategic decision support across ASU Enterprise Partners and its affiliates. The position serves as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, integrating financial insights, strategic analysis, and risk-informed decision support to advance institutional priorities and ensure long-term financial sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Leads long-range strategic financial planning and development of annual operating budgets, incorporating enterprise risks, opportunities, and scenario-based planning.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to executive and business leaders, aligning financial resources, organizational capabilities, and operational priorities with enterprise strategy.
• Builds and maintains complex financial, operational, and risk-informed decision-making models to provide meaningful business insights and practical recommendations.
• Develops and reviews detailed assumptions for multi-year financial planning models and collaborates with business leaders to establish performance targets and resource allocation strategies.
• Conducts analyses and prepares reports on the feasibility, cost effectiveness, and regulatory implications of strategic initiatives, business proposals, and ongoing operations.
• Prepares forecasts of income and expenditure and evaluates long-range financial plans, reserve strategies, revenue projections, and expense trends.
• Develops and maintains performance measurement frameworks, dashboards, and executive reporting for actionable insights into financial results, strategic objectives, operational effectiveness, and organizational risks.
• Identifies key business challenges and leverages advanced analytics, visualization tools, and performance metrics to enhance decision-making.
• Ensures planning and performance metrics align with organizational objectives, mission fulfillment, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Communicates complex financial, operational, and strategic insights clearly to executive leadership, governing bodies, and stakeholders.
• Advances enterprise performance management capabilities, frameworks, and reporting practices to enhance accountability and transparency.
• Leads organization-wide risk assessment, scenario planning, and risk monitoring for financial, operational, strategic, compliance, and external risks.
• Integrates risk management practices into strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and resource allocation processes.
• Oversees planning, performance management, and risk management technologies, methodologies, and reporting frameworks.
• Partners with executive leadership and governing bodies to provide analysis and recommendations on organizational performance, strategic priorities, and major initiatives.
• Identifies and leads cross-functional initiatives to improve processes, strengthen organizational effectiveness, and leverage technology and automation.
• Acts as the subject matter expert for planning, performance management, and related decision-support tools and technologies.
• Hires, develops, mentors, and retains a high-performing team while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Serves as a strategic resource for special projects, enterprise initiatives, governance efforts, and organizational transformations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• Ten (10+) years of relevant experience in data-driven decision-making roles such as finance, financial planning & analytics (FP&A), economics, or statistics.
• Five (5) years of supervisory and/or leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Exceptional analytical, financial, and strategic thinking skills with the ability to interpret complex financial, operational, and organizational information.
• Demonstrated expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, business modeling, scenario analysis, and performance management.
• Strong business acumen to connect financial performance, organizational strategy, operational effectiveness, and risk considerations.
• Proven ability to synthesize information from multiple sources, identify key issues, and provide clear recommendations to executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making and drive outcomes through executive presence, strategic analysis, and relationship management.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for conveying complex concepts and strategic recommendations to diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in building collaborative relationships and partnering effectively across complex organizational environments.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and organizational change.
• Ability to navigate complex organizational systems and support integrated planning, policy development, and strategic execution.
• Knowledge of change management principles, preferably within higher education or similarly complex mission-driven organizations.
• Advanced analytical, modeling, and decision-support capabilities, including experience with financial systems, planning platforms, and data visualization tools.
• Track record of attracting, developing, mentoring, and retaining high-performing teams.
• High degree of professionalism, integrity, sound judgment, and accountability for sensitive organizational information.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and adaptability to operate effectively amid ambiguity and competing priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification such as CPA, CGMA, or ACMA.
• Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting executive leadership teams, governing boards, or large-scale organizational transformation efforts.
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management, governance, and organizational performance management practices.
• Experience operating within a complex, multi-entity, nonprofit, higher education, healthcare, or similarly matrixed organization.

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule (two days remote per week).
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with matching employer contribution.
• 22 days of vacation time.
• 11 holidays, including your birthday.
• Parental leave.
• Significant tuition reductions.
• Professional development opportunities.
• $30 bi-weekly cell phone reimbursement.

About ASU Enterprise Partners

ASU Enterprise Partners is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide an ecosystem of services to create solutions and generate resources that extend Arizona State University’s reach and advance its charter. It supports ASU and several affiliates, including the ASU Foundation, ASU Outreach Hub, ASURE, NEWSWELL, Skysong Innovations, and University Realty. The organization houses Centers of Excellence in Finance, General Counsel, Investments, Public Relations, Human Resources, Facilities, Data Analytics, Planning, Budgeting, Strategy, and Technology.

Core values include serving with integrity, trust, and compassion; stepping up and collaborating; innovating continuously; and ensuring everyone feels respected and valued.