Dean, School of Accounting & Braden School of Taxation (45924)
About The Position
Golden Gate University (GGU) is seeking an accomplished, externally focused leader to serve as Dean of the Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation and the School of Accounting. The Dean will lead both schools and guide their next chapter of growth. The Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation is the largest graduate tax program in the United States and one of the most respected, with a reputation for comprehensive, practice-focused tax education. The School of Accounting prepares outstanding new talent for the profession and helps practicing accountants deepen their competencies. Both schools reflect GGU's longstanding commitment to practitioner faculty, with courses taught by practicing tax and accounting professionals and attorneys who bring real-world, real-time expertise directly into the classroom. This practitioner model is central to the schools' identity and to their relationships with the firms that employ their students and alumni. The schools serve a national community of working professionals, and the programs are delivered in formats designed for practicing tax and accounting professionals. Because the community the Dean serves is geographically distributed, the position itself is location flexible.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in the field
- Relevant work experience
Nice To Haves
- CPA license or experience in an accounting firm
- Experience teaching online or via videoconference
- Proven track record in business development and relationship building
- Creativity, vision, and an ability to understand the future of graduate tax and accounting education
- Successful and progressively responsible administrative roles, including experience managing staff and collaborating with faculty
- Demonstrated leadership and diplomacy skills, with the ability to set priorities, influence change, and inspire high levels of creativity and collegiality
- Demonstrated ability to bring groups together, establish effective and meaningful partnerships, and collaborate across educational units
- Deep respect for and commitment to student success
- An entrepreneurial spirit and a dynamic, energetic, and engaging personality
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Responsibilities
- Serve as the schools' principal representative to the tax, legal, and accounting communities
- Establish and lead an advisory committee composed of partners from Big 4 and regional tax and accounting firms
- Represent the schools at ABA and CPA conferences and engage actively with members of the professional community
- Build and sustain relationships with the schools' alumni, who practice in tax and accounting across the United States and Canada
- Develop firm partnerships that generate staff enrollment in the schools' programs
- Create personalized and customized programs for partner firms
- Recruit highly qualified adjunct faculty from professional networks, reinforcing firm relationships in the process
- Drive enrollment growth across both schools' programs
- Stay informed of university matters and advocate for the schools within the university
- Foster collaboration and curricular alignment between the Braden School of Taxation and the School of Accounting
- Ensure full-time faculty have appropriate workload agreements
- Oversee the course schedules to ensure they serve students and faculty well
- Hire, review, and support adjunct faculty and ensure they feel connected to the schools
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
