Virginia Tech
Assistant Dean of Finance
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Blacksburg, VA
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Full-Time
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$160K - $170K
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Finance
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February 26th, 2026
GAAP
Edtech.com's Summary
Virginia Tech is hiring an Assistant Dean of Finance to lead and oversee all financial activities within the College of Natural Resources and Environment (CNRE). The role involves ensuring sound fiscal management, regulatory compliance, and stewardship of resources to support CNRE’s academic, research, Extension, and engagement missions while collaborating effectively across college units and university offices.
Highlights
- Provides operational oversight for all financial activities of CNRE and its units.
- Ensures compliance with fiscal regulations and responsible management of diverse funding sources.
- Serves as a key advisor to college leadership, including the Dean, Associate Deans, department heads, and center directors.
- Requires a master’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or related field, or a bachelor's with significant experience.
- Requires experience in senior-level financial management in higher education or comparable complex organizations.
- Technical skills preferred include proficiency with Banner, HokieMart, Microsoft Excel, and knowledge of GAAP, GASB, and Virginia state regulations.
- Manages multiple priorities and fosters collaboration and trust across diverse stakeholders.
- Salary range is $160,000-$170,000, commensurate with experience.
- Exempt position with a 40-hour workweek.
- Supports a dynamic academic environment with approximately 217 faculty and staff and diverse undergraduate and graduate programs.
Assistant Dean of Finance Full Description
Job Description
Reporting to the Dean of the College of Natural Resources and Environment (CNRE), the Assistant Dean of Finance provides operational oversight for all financial activities of the College and its constituent units. This position is responsible for ensuring sound fiscal management, regulatory compliance, and responsible stewardship of public and private resources in support of CNRE’s academic, research, Extension, and engagement missions.
The Assistant Dean of Finance serves as a key member of the CNRE leadership team and a trusted advisor to the Dean, the Associate Deans, the Assistant Dean of Advancement, the four department heads, the center directors, and college leadership. The role emphasizes equity, strategic prioritization, and shared communication in financial decision-making. The successful candidate will be a collaborative, approachable, and solutions-oriented leader who values open communication and relationship-building. This role requires the ability to work effectively across CNRE units and in partnership with other colleges and central administrative offices at Virginia Tech, fostering trust, shared communication, and collective problem-solving in support of institutional priorities.
About the College of Natural Resources and Environment
The College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading colleges dedicated to the study and stewardship of natural resources and the environment. CNRE provides a dynamic and interdisciplinary academic environment where students, faculty, and researchers collaborate to address sustainability, conservation, and environmental resilience challenges.
CNRE employs approximately 217 faculty and staff, including 73 tenured or tenure-track faculty. The college offers six B.S. degrees, one B.A. degree, 12 majors, five M.S. degrees, and three Ph.D. programs, delivered through six units comprising four departments and two centers. Enrollment includes approximately 1,014 undergraduate students and 306 graduate students. CNRE’s undergraduate degree programs are unique within the Commonwealth of Virginia and represent a distinctive strength of the college.
Faculty are deeply engaged in applied and translational research, with approximately $23 million in annual research expenditures, ranking fourth among colleges at Virginia Tech. Research spans sustainable forest management, wildlife conservation, water resource protection, climate resilience and adaptation, sustainable biomaterials, advancing geospatial technologies, and related fields aligned with the land-grant mission.
Required Qualifications
- A master’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or a related field; or a bachelor’s degree with significant, progressively responsible experience
- Demonstrated success in senior-level financial management within higher education or a comparably complex organization
- Experience managing diverse funding sources, such as state, federal, enterprise, research, and foundation funds.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
- Knowledge of federal and state regulations related to grants and contracts.
- Experience supervising professional staff
- Ability to seamlessly manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, build trust, and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders across units and colleges
- Demonstrated success in senior-level financial management within higher education or a comparably complex organization
- Experience managing diverse funding sources, such as state, federal, enterprise, research, and foundation funds.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
- Knowledge of federal and state regulations related to grants and contracts.
- Experience supervising professional staff
- Ability to seamlessly manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, build trust, and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders across units and colleges
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Virginia Tech financial and academic policies and enterprise systems.
- Advanced technical skills, including proficiency with university platforms such as Banner, HokieMart, and Microsoft Excel.
- Experience in a land-grant university environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the General Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and Commonwealth of Virginia state government regulations
- Experience supporting interdisciplinary or cross-college initiatives
- Advanced technical skills, including proficiency with university platforms such as Banner, HokieMart, and Microsoft Excel.
- Experience in a land-grant university environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the General Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and Commonwealth of Virginia state government regulations
- Experience supporting interdisciplinary or cross-college initiatives
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
$160,000-$170,000; commensurate with experience
Hours per week
40
Review Date
March 11, 2026
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.
Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Heidi Stansfield at stansfield@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
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