Vice President for Finance and Management

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  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It implies those are examples; we can use other headings if needed. I'll include sections: About the role, The Institution, The Position, Opportunities And Priorities, Qualifications. Now we need to extract content for each. Let's copy relevant paragraphs. Description (About the role): starts after second AI line removal: "Buffalo State University - an involved community of learners, scholars, leaders, and global citizens from all walks of life - is a vibrant, four-year, public comprehensive university and member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system of higher education. The University seeks a collaborative and accomplished leader to serve as its next Vice President for Finance and Management (VPFM). The VPFM will join a new President with a strongly student-focused mission who is eager to work together with the University’s Cabinet and the broader campus to enhance the institution through enrollment, retention, and student success. As a vital member of the new leadership team, the VPFM will contribute to a Cabinet that advances the University’s mission and strengthens institutional culture. Buffalo State seeks a VPFM who is energized by challenges and problem-solving, and who genuinely enjoys building an exciting future." That's description. Now The Institution: content from "The Institution:" through to end before "The Position:" heading. Let's extract: "The Institution: Founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School, Buffalo State University has grown into one of the most dynamic and unique institutions within the SUNY system. Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Buffalo State has two academic schools and 30 academic departments, all connected by common intellectual foundations and offering a full range of educational programs in their areas of study. Eight academic centers and institutes offer intellectual enrichment and community engagement and provide opportunities for students and faculty to work together across disciplines. Buffalo State enrolls nearly 6,000 students annually, serving a diverse and inclusive community. Half (50.5%) of the total student body identify as students of color and 42% of undergraduate students are first-generation university students. The institution has been recognized nationally through awards such as the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, and the Inclusion Diversity Equity Awareness (IDEA) Award. Buffalo State’s faculty and staff are distinguished by their academic excellence and community involvement, and many have received prestigious honors, including SUNY Distinguished Professor ranks and Fulbright grants. The University’s small class sizes foster close student-faculty interaction and personalized learning experiences. The campus features state-of-the-art facilities, including a $100 million Science and Mathematics Complex and Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium, the Great Lakes Center (the only field station on the Great Lakes within SUNY), and the newly renovated E. H. Butler Library, which serves as the academic heart of the institution. Buffalo State’s mission is to empower students to succeed and inspire a lifelong passion for learning, with a vision to be a nationally recognized leader in public higher education. The University embraces values such as access, student-centered learning, intellectual discovery, community engagement, and respect for diversity. With more than 100,000 alumni worldwide, including 57,000 in Western New York, Buffalo State continues to build on its legacy of excellence, preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in an increasingly global society." Now The Position: from "The Position:" through to before "Opportunities And Priorities". Let's extract: "The Position: The Vice President for Finance and Management reports to the President, serves on the Cabinet, and is the University’s chief financial officer. The VPFM oversees the following areas: Financial Sustainability (financial planning, budget planning, position management, purchasing and accounts payable); Workforce Management (labor management, recruitment, and employee services); Technology (technology infrastructure and support); Facilities Management (maintenance and operations, environmental health and safety, and planning, design, and construction); Campus Safety (emergency management and University Policing); and other Support Areas (student accounts, parking services, and risk and compliance). The division has 8 direct reports and 237 staff, and the VPFM is accountable for an all-funds operating budget of $109 million and a capital program of $9.3 million. The VPFM also works with the University’s auxiliary services corporation and with the Buffalo State College Foundation on foundation accounting. Financial sustainability at Buffalo State is a shared enterprise, and the VPFM is expected to provide leadership well beyond the boundaries of the division. The revenue side of the budget is largely managed elsewhere - in enrollment, in philanthropy, and in the academic program portfolio - and the largest share of expense is personnel governed by collective bargaining agreements negotiated at the state level. The ability to build effective working partnerships with Academic Affairs, Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, and Institutional Advancement is therefore as central to this role as it is to supervision of the reporting units. The VPFM is the University’s principal voice on its finances - with the campus and its governance bodies, collective bargaining units, SUNY System Administration and the State University Construction Fund, and Office of the State Comptroller. Buffalo State values transparency in its financial decision-making process. The VPFM is expected to be the person who makes that possible, bringing the same numbers to the Cabinet, University Senate, and campus, and explaining what they mean before decisions are made rather than after. The scope of this position goes beyond that of a chief financial officer as well. The University is not necessarily looking for a candidate who has personal experience managing every aspect of an office; it is looking for a candidate with real depth in finance, and the range and judgment to lead operations with assistance from capable senior leaders, and a demonstrated record of developing those senior leaders." Now Opportunities And Priorities: from that heading to before "Qualifications:" heading. Extract: "Opportunities And Priorities Few chief financial officers get to help shape the team they join. Due to a retirement after decades of service in one division and extended interim leadership in two other divisions, Buffalo State is filling three vice president positions concurrently.The next VPFM will not be joining a firmly entrenched Cabinet so much as helping create one with significant new membership. The VPFM will join a new President, new Vice President for Enrollment Management, and new Vice President for Student Affairs, alongside a seasoned Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and External Relations, Chief Diversity Officer, and Chief of Staff, whose institutional knowledge runs deep.The direction, working style, and culture of the Cabinet are still being set, and the VPFM will help establish those standards, working with a President committed to transparency and shared governance.Buffalo State has been following a published Framework for Financial Sustainability since 2024, and has closed part of its structural gap through program deactivations, voluntary separations, and sustained cost control. The gap is not fully closed, however. It will not be solved by reduction alone, and it is not a challenge this position carries alone. It runs through the academic program portfolio, the enrollment rebuild, and the University’s physical footprint - and the President intends to collaboratively work through financial sustainability issues with the next VPFM rather than simply handing them over to the VPFM. Buffalo State does not yet have a multi-year financial model that ties enrollment scenarios to the personnel budget, the space the University operates, and the capital plan. Building that model, and getting the campus to understand and support it, is the central assignment of the first year.Buffalo State operates a campus built for a considerably larger student body, with the deferred maintenance liability and the fixed operating cost that implies. Decisions about which buildings the University keeps, renovates, repurposes, or takes out of service are among the most consequential financial decisions ahead. Those decisions belong to this position, in partnership with the President, the Cabinet, and the State University Construction Fund.The next VPFM inherits a division that has carried a heavy load. Its staff has absorbed reductions and taken on added responsibility over several years while keeping the University’s daily operations running. A number of positions across finance, human resources, and technology are currently open or filled on an interim basis. Filling those positions, developing the leaders already in place, and establishing a divisional succession plan are among the new VPFM’s earliest opportunities, all of which the President is committed to supporting.The President is looking for a partner, not a functional manager. The next VPFM will work closely with the President and the Cabinet on nearly everything the University decides: bringing recommendations, saying plainly what the numbers show and what they rule out, and contributing to decisions that reach well beyond the finance and management portfolio. A chief financial officer is often the person in the room who has to say “no,” and the President would rather hear it early and in the room than receive it later through a budget. The President expects to be close to this work, and expects the VPFM to run the division.Buffalo State is building a renewed vision and brand for itself, and much of what people experience of an institution comes through ordinary transactions: filling a position, approving a purchase, repairing a room, answering a student’s billing question, etc. The staff has continued to perform this work through several difficult years, with fewer people and aging systems. The VPFM has a real opportunity to give them better tools and simpler processes, so that what the campus experiences day to day matches the institution that Buffalo State says it is." Now Qualifications: from "Qualifications:" to end. Extract: "Qualifications: Buffalo State is an urban-engaged, access institution. First-generation and Pell-eligible students make up a large share of its enrollment, and its national recognition for social mobility follows directly from that mission. The University seeks to stabilize and grow enrollment across every population it serves, from first-year and transfer to graduate and post-traditional. The search committee