Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Planning and Budget at University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California

Job Description:

The University of California, Los Angeles welcomes applications and nominations for the position of Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Planning and Budget (AVC-APB).

Reporting directly to the Vice Chancellor/CFO, the AVC is responsible for driving the campus annual budget process and its multi-year strategic financial planning, including the analysis of institutional resource and planning issues. The AVC serves as a key resource to the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Vice Chancellors, Vice Provosts, Deans and other UCLA senior leadership through thorough analysis identifying and modeling key drivers of the university and providing recommendations and business analysis on alternative outcomes to influence the decision-making process and planning efforts. The AVC informs and enables the development of capital budgets and of effective and efficient reporting and analysis tools.

Under the general guidance of the Vice Chancellor/CFO, the AVC works independently to establish the department's strategies, policies, procedures, and controls. The AVC collaborates with and maintains productive relationships with senior academic and business leaders across the campus and consults with counterparts at other UC campuses and serves as a liaison with the University of California Office of the President for budget, financial planning, and institutional analysis issues. The AVC directly supervises the department's leadership team and oversees the management of all APB staff. APBs staff work in three teams: Campus Budget Services, Financial Analysis & Decision Support, and the Office of Analytics & Institutional Research.

UCLAs new AVC will immerse themselves in a rich, complex, highly engaged academic community. They will bring many skills, attributes, and competencies to this community, chief among them deep domain expertise in budgeting and resource planning along with a set of values and behaviors that include emotional intelligence, empathy, judgment, integrity, perspective, and a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and shared governance. They will have the ability to understand and support the mission, goals, objectives, and stakeholders of an R1 research university and to advise a wide range of campus colleagues on how effective budget planning and management can support and enhance teaching, research, and academic-support operations. They will have the initiative, patience, and persistence to build and sustain relationships across a decentralized management ecosystem that includes across schools, departments, and business units, all levels of campus management, University of California Office of the President, other members of the university community, and external financial, educational, civic, and governmental groups.

For a full list of priorities, competencies, and qualifications, please view the full position description.

UCLA has retained Opus Partners to support this recruitment. Craig Smith, Senior Partner, and Thomas Lapierre, Senior Associate, are leading the search. Confidential inquiries, applications, and nominations should be submitted by email to Thomas Lapierre at thomas.lapierre@opuspartners.net. In order to be considered by the Universitys search committee, candidates must provide a CV/resume and a letter of introduction that addresses the specific responsibilities, expectations, and qualifications described above including the universitys commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Please consult Opus Partners for more information about the application process.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy:http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.

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