University of Kentucky
Assistant Dean/Finance & Administration
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $72K - $119K
💻 Finance
🗓️ October 10th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Lead and oversee financial services, enhancing financial processing and reporting systems.
- Manage financial operations, supervise administrative functions, and oversee college facilities.
- Serve as Grievance Officer for Phase One grievances within the College of Dentistry.
- Provide expertise in strategic planning, budgeting, and resource alignment with college goals.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Query reporting (e.g., Tableau), and financial modeling including sensitivity analyses.
- Develop, monitor, and ensure a strong environment of internal financial controls.
- Requires a Master's degree (MA) with 6 years of related experience; MBA or equivalent preferred.
- Preferred experience includes executive leadership and overseeing large-scale process changes in universities, nonprofits, or major organizations.
- Salary range is $72,405 to $119,496 per year.
- Position requires supervision of staff and effective communication across diverse professional levels.
Assistant Dean/Finance & Administration Full Description
Requisition Number | RE51919
Working Title | Assistant Dean / Finance & Administration - UKCD
Department Name | 7A050: DENTISTRY - BUSINESS & SUPPORT SERVICES
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 49
Salary Range | $72,405-119,496/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | MA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 6 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None.
Physical Requirements | Sitting and/or standing for long periods of time; performing repetitive motion tasks. Effectively communicate with individuals from diverse backgrounds and varied professional levels.
Shift | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; Monday – Friday.
Job Summary | The College of Dentistry is seeking a proactive and strategic leader for the role of Assistant Dean for Finance & Administration. Reporting directly to the Dean, this key position will oversee and lead the financial services office, driving innovation, enhancing financial processing, and reporting systems. As a vital member of the Dean’s leadership team, the Assistant Dean will provide expertise in strategic planning and budgeting, ensuring the efficient use and maximization of college resources.
Responsibilities include managing financial operations, supervising administrative functions, and providing oversight of college administration and facilities. This role is instrumental in fostering collaboration and guiding strategic decision-making to align resources with the college’s mission and goals. Additionally, the Assistant Dean will serve as the Grievance Officer for Phase One grievances within the College of Dentistry, ensuring a fair, transparent, and consistent grievance process for the college community.
The ideal candidate will be a dynamic and innovative leader with a commitment to excellence in financial management, organizational effectiveness, and collaborative leadership.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | All Microsoft Office products, Query reporting with products such as tableau, financial modeling including sensitivity analyses, experience in developing, monitoring, and ensuring a strong environment of internal controls.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | Yes
Preferred Education/Experience | Preferably an MBA or equivalent. Preferred experience in executive leadership, overseeing large-scale process change and implementation within a university, nonprofit, or major organization.
Deadline to Apply | 10/23/2025
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
- * Please choose the answer that best describes your years of paid, full-time employment experience in strategic planning and/or budget operations management.
- None
- More than 0, up through 2 years
- More than 2 years, up through 4 years
- More than 4 years, up through 6 years
- More than 6 years, up through 8 years
- More than 8 years
- * Please describe what your supervisory experience entailed (e.g. number of employees, types of employees, hiring/performance responsibilities, etc).
(Open Ended Question) - * Describe your experience leading financial operations in a higher education or large organization environment.
(Open Ended Question) - * Please describe your experience in creating an environment of appropriate financial internal controls and how you tested them to ensure adequacy?
(Open Ended Question)
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