Vice Dean of Finance and Administration

UCSF; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF School of Medicine seeks an executive leader for Finance and Administration to oversee administrative, financial, and operational affairs supporting academic and strategic priorities. The role aligns campus and health-system goals with sustainable resource decisions, advising on major investments and trade-offs across the school.

Working with the dean, vice deans, chairs, and health system partners, the vice dean ensures fiduciary stewardship and integrated systems to enable research,

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.