The University of California, Berkeley seeks a collaborative, creative, innovative, and accomplished finance leader to serve as the campus's next Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (VCF).
The Office of the VCF provides exceptional financial, analytical, and administrative management to the University and campus partners. The office is comprised of the controller’s office, financial planning and analysis, and university business partnerships and services. Together these teams, along with the Vice Chancellor's office, oversee university financial services and controls and provide accurate and timely information and analyses to inform campus decision-making in service of UC Berkeley’s mission of teaching, research, and public service.
Reporting jointly to the Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP), and sitting on the Chancellor's Cabinet, the next VCF will join UC Berkeley at an exciting and pivotal time as the campus forges its path for the future under the new leadership of Chancellor Rich Lyons. The next VCF has this rare and exceptional opportunity to partner with the Chancellor and EVCP to make Berkeley financially thriving, by serving as a strategic partner, by bringing creativity and innovation to identify new sources of revenue, and by leading and managing a strong team of finance and budget experts. The VCF will also enhance financial central services to support units across campus and increase efficiencies and build effective partnerships internally and externally.
EVCP Benjamin Hermalin is serving as the chair of the search advisory committee. The committee held multiple stakeholder engagement sessions to gather feedback and insights regarding the opportunities, challenges, and priorities for the position, as well as the qualities and characteristics desired in the next VCF. In addition to sessions, we continue to welcome feedback from the campus community through the online survey, which will be open for the duration of the search; all responses to the survey are anonymous.
The search team has synthesized the information received through the listening sessions and the online survey. We have now produced a detailed VCF leadership profile. Please feel free to share this profile broadly. In addition, the search firm will use this information to reach out to potential candidates. It is important that we build a strong and diverse pool of qualified candidates. We encourage you to reach out to the search firm, WittKieffer, at UCBerkeleyCFO@wittkieffer.com if you have questions and/or would like to submit candidate nominations.
This search process is following the standard process of all Senior Management Group (SMG) searches, including the need for Regental approval once a finalist is selected. Please review the SMG Search FAQ for more information.
The job announcement, including the leadership profile, timeline, and search advisory committee list are on the EVCP website. Questions may be referred to our campus's SMG search manager, Kristine Lee Wilby.
Sincerely,
Richard K. Lyons
Chancellor
Benjamin E. Hermalin
Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost
Questions about the search can be directed to Kristine Lee Wilby at kristineleewilby@berkeley.edu. Please do not reply directly to this message.
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