Vice Dean of Finance and Administration

University of California - San Francisco; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 300 000 - 540 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

UCSF School of Medicine in San Francisco seeks a Vice Dean for Finance and Administration to lead the administrative, financial, and operational affairs of the school. The role partners with the dean and campus leaders to align resources with research, education, and clinical missions.

Reporting to the senior management group, the vice dean directs budgeting, HR, IT, facilities, and strategic planning, shaping policies and controls to sustain institutional performance and growth.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle executive management responsibilities in a complex health care organization.
• Expert knowledge of business and strategic planning, financial management, program development and organizational development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly in sensitive situations that may involve public scrutiny.
• Advanced knowledge of regulatory requirements as well as legislative, accreditation, licensing, and compliance environments.

Responsabilités

• Oversee financial strategy and planning for the School of Medicine.
• Manage administrative operations, HR and organizational planning.
• Align campus resources with academic and clinical missions.
• Collaborate with department chairs and health system partners to steward resources.

Connaissances

Executive management

Financial management

Strategic planning

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Negotiation

Description du poste

Job Description

Job Function Summary

Involves managing or performing the administrative services or managing the full general operations of an academic or non‑academic organization(s). Administrative services include activities in finance and human resources and may also include IT, facilities, or student services. General management activities include long and short range strategic planning in determining the mission and directing all activities of multi‑disciplinary departments through subordinate management staff.

Generic Scope

Responsible for overall strategy and operations of a significant functional area impacting the University of California system, OR a location campus AND health system, OR multiple hospitals and / or affiliates. Reports directly to a senior management group executive and may be a member of the executive management team for the organization / location. Directs through a large, diverse group of subordinate managers (at M3 and / or M4 levels) the development of strategic goals and objectives for the functional area. Translates organizational objectives into mid to long‑term strategic business plans. Decisions are critical to functional area performance and likely to have substantive impact covering multiple large and / or complex critical programs impacting broad constituencies. Formulates and administers policies and significant programs where results affect overall organization‑wide performance and reputation. Manages particularly significant human, financial, and physical resources and is accountable for achieving financial plans and goals.

Custom Scope

As the chief business officer for the School of Medicine, the Vice Dean for Finance and Administration serves as the dean's executive leader for the administrative, financial, and operational affairs of the School of Medicine, supporting academic and strategic priorities through sustainable resource decisions and effective institutional operations. The role is responsible for financial strategy and planning, administrative operations, human resources and organizational planning, and the development of systems, policies, and controls that enable departments and programs to operate effectively. Working closely with the dean, other vice deans, department chairs, organized research unit directors, chief administrative officers, and health system and central campus partners, the vice dean provides institution‑wide stewardship of the school's resources, advises on major investments and trade‑offs, and aligns the campus's and school's administrative capabilities with the school's research, education and clinical missions.

The vice dean plays a key role at the interface between the school and its health system partners, negotiating and continually refining the financial arrangements that support faculty physician services and in planning and implementing health‑system initiatives that depend on physician participation and require alignment of academic and clinical priorities.

Department Overview

Consistently ranked among the nation's top medical schools, the UCSF School of Medicine (SOM) is renowned for its influential basic science and clinical research, and for excellence and innovation in patient care and teaching.

SOM is made up of 28 academic departments, eight organized research units, and six interdisciplinary programs at sites primarily in San Francisco, Oakland, and Fresno. SOM is the academic home to approximately 3,800 faculty, 3,100 trainees, 1,800 non‑faculty academics and students, and 5,900 staff. (including medical staff physicians). In FY26, SOM had an operating budget of $4.2B, $1.5B in expendable net assets, and $1.2B in restricted net assets.

Qualifications

• Ability to handle the executive management responsibilities in a complex health care organization.
• Expert knowledge of business and strategic planning, financial management, program development implementation and organizational development.
• Possesses a highly advanced ability to work collaboratively and effectively with medical center executives, campus leadership, and other academic medical centers and healthcare institutions.
• Expert ability to establish and utilize metrics to drive excellence, support operations and facilitate integration.
• Expert knowledge operating budget development and management, financial analysis, and reporting techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements as well as legislative, accreditation, licensing, and compliance environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly in sensitive situations that may involve public scrutiny.
• Highly advanced interpersonal skills.
• Expert negotiation and influencing skills.
• Highly advanced ability to build and maintain a climate of trust that inspires commitment to achieve organization goals.