Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Business Operations
About The Position
The Assistant Vice Chancellor, Research Business Operations (AVC-RBO) provides senior leadership for the financial and operational infrastructure supporting UNC’s research enterprise, which has approximately $1.6 billion in total research activity. The position leads Research Finance and Business Operations, Research Human Resources, the Office of Research Information Systems, and Research Space Planning, and works with OVCR senior leaders and University partners to align business operations with institutional research priorities. The AVC-RBO develops and maintains the multi-year financial forecast for the research enterprise, including projected sponsored funding growth, indirect cost recovery, workforce and space needs, and capital investment requirements. The role leads F&A strategy, rate development and negotiation, resource-allocation modeling, data analytics, and business intelligence, and develops financial and resource cases for major research investments. The position also partners with OVCR revenue-generating units and affiliated centers and institutes on financial modeling and sustainability analysis to support research growth. The AVC-RBO has line authority over the four functional areas and supervises and develops their leaders. Day-to-day transactional and operational responsibilities remain with those functional leaders; the AVC-RBO sets strategic direction, priorities, performance expectations, and the financial and operational framework for their work. The position reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Operations, Protections, and Security, with a dotted line to the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Requirements
- High personal integrity and a strong commitment to service.
- Broad understanding of the role of research at a modern university.
- Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience in financial management, business operations, or related functions within a large, complex organization.
- Significant leadership responsibility for multi-year financial planning, budgeting, resource modeling, or comparable enterprise-level business functions.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to present financial models and resource cases to senior leadership.
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Significant experience with budget development and management, project management, team leadership, data analytics, and business intelligence.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with indirect cost recovery (F&A) rate development and negotiation.
- Experience with higher education or federal research finance.
- Experience with enterprise resource planning systems.
- Experience in a major research university, academic health system, or similarly complex research environment.
- Experience representing an institution in federal or multi-institutional policy settings.
- An advanced degree in business, finance, public administration, or a related field, or an equivalent professional certification such as CPA or MBA.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior leadership for the financial and operational infrastructure supporting the research enterprise.
- Lead Research Finance and Business Operations, Research Human Resources, the Office of Research Information Systems, and Research Space Planning.
- Develop and maintain the research enterprise’s multi-year financial forecast, including sponsored funding growth, indirect cost recovery, workforce and space needs, and capital investment requirements.
- Lead F&A strategy, rate development and negotiation, resource-allocation modeling, data analytics, and business intelligence.
- Build financial and resource cases supporting major research investments.
- Partner with OVCR revenue-generating units and affiliated centers and institutes on financial modeling and sustainability analysis.
- Supervise and develop the leaders of the functional areas under the AVC-RBO’s authority.
- Establish strategic direction, priorities, performance expectations, and the financial and operational framework for those functions.
- Present financial models and resource cases to senior leadership and work with a wide range of stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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