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Title: Vice President, Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer

Agency: J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Location: Henrico - 087

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Hiring range is $170,000-$190,000.

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Reynolds is one of the largest community colleges in Virginia and serves Virginia’s capital city and five nearby counties. Annually, our four campus sites serve approximately 13,000 credit students and provide training for 7,400 students through the Community College Workforce Alliance. Reynolds is committed to hiring and retaining a racially diverse, culturally competent staff at all levels of the organization who reflect the demographics of our students. We also believe in providing an ongoing investment in our faculty and staff to deepen their skills and competencies to serve the full range of our student population.

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College seeks a visionary, collaborative, and strategic leader to serve as its next Vice President of Finance and Administration (VPFA). Reporting directly to the President and serving as a member of the President's Executive Leadership Team, the VPFA provides executive leadership for the College's financial and administrative operations while helping shape institutional strategy and advancing the College's mission.

The Vice President is responsible for developing long-range financial strategies, ensuring responsible stewardship of public resources, strengthening organizational effectiveness, and creating the operational foundation necessary for exceptional student success. The VPFA provides leadership for Financial Services, Human Resources, Facilities Management, and Campus Safety and Security across multiple campuses serving more than 15,000 credit and workforce learners annually.

Working closely with the President, executive leaders, faculty, staff, and external partners, the Vice President helps cultivate a culture of innovation, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be an experienced executive who combines sound fiscal judgment with strategic vision, values collaboration, embraces change, and understands how administrative excellence advances student success.

The Vice President will join an institution experiencing sustained enrollment growth, nationally recognized student success outcomes, and a culture committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and expanding opportunity for the communities Reynolds serves.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the President on institutional strategy, financial sustainability, organizational effectiveness, and operational priorities.
• Partner with the President and Executive Cabinet to advance the College's strategic plan and institutional goals.
• Lead long-range financial planning, capital planning, and resource allocation strategies that position the College for sustained success.
• Champion a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement across administrative operations.
• Anticipate emerging opportunities and challenges and develop proactive strategies that strengthen institutional resilience.
• Collaborate across divisions to ensure administrative operations effectively support teaching, learning, workforce development, and student success.
• Serve as the College Incident Commander and advise the President regarding operational continuity during emergencies and campus closures.

• Provide executive oversight of all financial operations, including budgeting, accounting, purchasing, payroll, financial reporting, cash management, and internal controls.
• Develop and implement multi-year financial strategies aligned with enrollment trends, workforce needs, and institutional priorities.
• Lead development of the College's annual operating and capital budgets and provide financial analyses that support strategic decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, local, and Virginia Community College System financial regulations, policies, and reporting requirements.
• Direct external audits and strengthen internal controls that promote transparency, accountability, and sound fiscal stewardship.
• Analyze financial trends, funding scenarios, and resource needs to support informed executive decision-making.
• Oversee year-end financial reporting and stewardship of College appropriations and cash management.

• Provide strategic leadership for Human Resources, including talent acquisition, employee engagement, compensation, benefits, organizational development, and performance management.
• Partner with senior leaders on workforce planning, succession planning, organizational design, and leadership development.
• Foster a high-performing workplace where employees are supported, developed, and empowered to succeed.
• Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and Virginia Community College System and College policies.

• Provide strategic oversight for facilities planning, maintenance, construction, deferred maintenance, and capital improvement projects.
• Lead long-range facilities planning that supports enrollment growth, instructional innovation, and evolving workforce needs.
• Ensure safe, secure, accessible, and welcoming learning environments through leadership of campus safety, emergency preparedness, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
• Guide stewardship of the College's physical assets and support sustainability initiatives.
• Recommend to the President operational changes or campus closures resulting from emergencies, severe weather, or other extraordinary circumstances.

• Build collaborative relationships across the College that foster transparency, trust, and shared accountability.
• Communicate complex financial, operational, and organizational issues clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Represent the College with the Virginia Community College System, governmental agencies, community organizations, and external partners.
• Support institutional decision-making through thoughtful analysis, collaboration, and strategic leadership.
• Conduct special analyses, reports, presentations, and other assignments as requested by the President.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Master's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, public administration, higher education administration, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of ten years of progressively responsible executive leadership experience in higher education, government, or another complex public-sector organization.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational change and developing long-term strategic financial plans.
• Experience overseeing complex budgets, financial operations, and administrative services.
• Strong knowledge of public-sector finance, governmental accounting, budgeting, compliance, and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and lead through influence, sound judgment, and strategic thinking.
• Exceptional communication, analytical, and executive leadership skills.

• Executive leadership experience in a community college or multi-campus higher education environment.
• Knowledge of Virginia public higher education funding and the Virginia Community College System.
• Experience leading organizational change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing teams and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and employee engagement.
• Demonstrated commitment to student success and the mission of open-access higher education.