At Frederick Community College (FCC), our aim is transformation through education. The skills, training, competencies, and education we provide ensure that our graduates are able to equitably participate in our society, our economy and our democracy. The BIG goal is to help students live the lives they want to lead. The impact we make is profound and extends beyond the individuals we serve, reaching families, the larger community, the state, and the world. And it all starts with having the right people, in the right positions, with the right skills and abilities, doing the right things right.
The Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for
Administration (CFO/VPA), reporting directly to the
President, is the College’s senior financial officer,
oversees the daily administrative operations of the
College and serves as a strategic thought partner
to the President. The CFO/VPA is a contributing
member of the College’s senior leadership team
and effectively works within a highly-collaborative,
interdependent, matrix organization. The CFO/VPA
oversees an annual operating budget in excess of
$60 million.
The CFO/VPA embodies principles of ethical and
accountable leadership, strategic decision making,
and collaboration with campus constituents to
ensure the institution is positioned to meet its
financial and operational goals. For this critical
position, FCC is seeking a strategic leader who
has the vision to anticipate, and respond to, the
challenges and opportunities in higher education
in general, and community college education in
particular. The new CFO/VPA will understand the
importance of integrating FCC goals throughout
all reporting units and will have a track record of
evincing positive outcomes. The new CFO/VPA
will be a values-aligned leader who is excited
by the holistic, student-centered mission of
the College and understands how to leverage
institutional resources, practices, and policies in
service of its strategic directions.
This position requires a systems thinker who
can assess current policies and processes to
ensure FCC is modeling best practices and find
innovative uses of resources and technology
to strengthen essential College administrative
functions, and advance strategies for campus
maintenance, improvement, and space utilization.
They must have the communication and
leadership skills to successfully connect with a
wide range of highly-engaged stakeholders and
cultivate relationships based on mutual trust and
respect to help shape the College's future through
strong fiscal stewardship as FCC enters the next
exciting phase of its history. The CFO/VPA will
keep abreast of new developments and maintain
a creative and receptive attitude toward change,
while supporting continuous improvement
of operations and services consistent with the
College’s commitment to student success.
As the leader of a large team, the CFO/VPA will
be a strong and supportive manager, modeling a
culture of accountability, openness, high-quality
service, and transparency, while establishing
processes and structures that best utilize and
support the expertise of their strong leadership
team. They will focus on developing a highperformance
culture by using all the planning
and performance management processes of
the College—strategy development, annual
budgeting, resource allocation, and periodic
performance reviews—as opportunities to set and
reinforce behaviors consistent with the College’s
stated strategy and performance expectations.
The CFO/VPA sets a tone of transparency and
candor, forming trusting relationships in all
directions: with the President, department/team
leaders, other functional leaders, regulators, and
the Board of Trustees.
The CFO/VPA is responsible for providing direct
leadership, management, and supervision of the
following functional teams:
- Auxiliaries (Food Services, Bookstore, Children’s Center)
- Finance
- Public Safety
- Plant Operations
- Procurement
- Capital Planning