Director of Finance and Administration

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Finance 🗓️ October 10th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Director of Finance and Administration to run the financial and administrative operations of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology in the School of Medicine. The director works as the Chair's senior partner on strategy and resource allocation for a department with $16.5M in total revenue. This role also oversees four direct reports and represents the department on committees and in campus meetings.

Highlights

Lead financial planning and management for a department with $16.5M in revenue from contracts and grants, state funds, overhead, gifts, and endowments.
Partner with the Chair on strategic vision and on resource allocation that supports teaching, research, and service.
Oversee four direct reports and the department's human resource management.
Implement systems and initiatives for operations management, sponsored research management, and information systems.
Represent the department on committees and in campus meetings as the Chair's designee.
Hold a master's degree or higher and 5 to 7 years of management-level experience running administrative and financial functions in an academic department or research center.
Substitute a bachelor's degree and 7 to 10 years of directly comparable experience for the advanced degree.
Bring advanced Excel skills, budget management experience, and knowledge of public and private granting agencies, with NIH grants, PeopleSoft/ConnectCarolina, and Infoporte as pluses.
Receive a comprehensive benefits package with paid leave and health, life, and retirement plans.
Join one of the largest physiology departments in the nation, ranked in the top 5 for NIH funding.