Chief Financial Officer, Intercollegiate Athletics 85203

About the role

The Intercollegiate Athletics Chief Financial Officer (Athletics CFO) has a dual reporting role, reporting to both the Campus/Central Finance as well as the Athletics executives. This is an opportunity for a strong leader to advise executives in both areas as well as the Chancellor's Office.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership to Intercollegiate Athletics and serve as a C-suite liaison to multiple campus partners (Office of Legal Affairs, Chancellor’s Office, Provost’s Office, Capital Strategies, Academic Senate and Faculty Subcommittees focused on Athletics), as well as the department lead for various Department and Campus initiatives (outside consultants, peer reviews, etc.)
• Serve on the Intercollegiate Athletics Director’s Cabinet and oversee all financial departmental functions
• Serve on the VC Finance’s leadership team, which drives the connection between campus and divisional priorities
• Lead the development of a multi-year financial sustainability plan for Intercollegiate Athletics
• Develop a financial model that will emphasize long term revenue maximization of Football and Basketball, monetize assets, and leverage capital with out of the box thinking, while balancing the need for keen expense control insights
• Oversee a team in managing the budget, providing vision, long term analysis and thinking, and mentorship to their team; providing creativity, storytelling, comprehensive solutions, and executive advising to the leadership in Athletics and Finance; and providing clarity, understanding, collaboration, and excellent facilitation to key stakeholders
• Lead the development, interpretation, and implementation of financial concepts for financial planning, resource planning (dollars), and control of the department’s budget
• Analyze and prepare recommendations for financial plans, including annual resource allocations, future requirements, and operating forecasts
• Have a fiduciary responsibility to keep the entire Athletics division on budget, drive their budget strategy, and coordinate between the VCF-CFO and the Athletics Director’s Cabinet
• Liaise with the VCF-CFO, the co-athletic directors, campus leadership, the athletic department’s chief operating officer, the general manager for football, the coaches, and the donors as appropriate
• Maintain strategic relationships with University Donor and Alumni Relations, Capital Strategies, and Student Affairs
• Develop, promote, and support the operational and strategic aspects of intercollegiate student-athlete programs, including financial planning, budget administration, revenue accounting and analytics, and accounting
• Direct business operations, financial forecasting, and other administrative functions
• Participate with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives

Requirements

• Demonstrated financial leadership skills with the ability to think creatively, tell clear and compelling stories using financial data, advise and work with diverse executive-level stakeholders, plan short and long term, and implement initiatives with broad impact in complex environments
• A thorough understanding of financial modeling and the ability to create and maintain complex financial models
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, including profit and loss statements and balance sheets
• Public finance knowledge; excellent skills in financial analysis, budgeting and reporting techniques, fund accounting, human resource planning, payroll analysis, accounting and bookkeeping
• Strong ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. Demonstrated ability to articulate complex concepts to groups at multiple levels
• Demonstrated interpersonal and collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across the organization at all levels; ability to interact with diverse populations
• Must have the ability to represent multiple stakeholder groups successfully, create consensus, and manage diverse needs with a high level of autonomy
• Client services oriented; good listening, critical thinking and analytical skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize with a high level of autonomy
• Ability to evaluate processes to establish and maintain appropriate accountability structures and strong internal control elements
• Advanced skills with relevant office and accounting software

Qualifications

• Required undergraduate degree in a related field and/or equivalent experience & training
• Must develop and maintain current knowledge of applicable rules and standards of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), as well as other associations and agencies to which the Berkeley campus of the University of California adheres, and, at all times, avoid any violations of these rules and standards