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Virginia Tech

Director of Finance and Operations

🇺🇸 Blacksburg, VA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $105K - $130K

💻 Finance

🗓️ October 22nd, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Virginia Tech is hiring a Director of Finance and Operations to lead the financial, administrative, and operational functions of the Myers-Lawson School of Construction. The role involves overseeing budget development, compliance, human resources, facilities management, and serving as the main liaison for financial and operational matters with the College of Engineering.

Highlights
  • Oversee overall financial and business management, including budget development, fiscal compliance, and reporting across all fund types.
  • Supervise administrative staff and manage human resource processes, information technology, and facilities management.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations regarding sponsored research and contracts.
  • Lead process design and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, quality, and safety.
  • Master’s degree in Public or Business Administration, finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in higher education financial roles including fund accounting, budgeting, payroll, and accounts receivables.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, especially Excel; familiarity with human resource information systems and financial management platforms.
  • Preferred experience with Virginia Tech systems such as Banner, HokieMart, Chrome River, MicroStrategy, and others.
  • Salary range of $105,000 to $130,000, commensurate with experience.
  • Acts as primary financial and operational contact for the College of Engineering, supporting a premier construction program.

Director of Finance and Operations Full Description

Job Description
The Director of Finance and Operations for the Myers-Lawson School of Construction (MLSoC) reports directly to the Director, and works in close coordination with the leadership team to align administrative, fiscal, human resources, and operational support with the school’s academic, research, outreach mission and priorities according to policies and procedures laid out by the university and VT Foundation, as well as adhering to the strategic plans, policies, processes, and expectations of the College of Engineering. This individual is the main point of contact for the College of Engineering for Financial and Operational matters. The position is responsible for overall financial and business management, human resource processes, administrative staff supervision, information technology and facilities management, including equipment inventories. This position provides strategic oversight of financial management, budget development, compliance, and reporting across all fund types, and ensures sponsored research and contractual processes are handled in accordance with federal, state, and institutional regulations. This position leads process design, continuous improvement and control to improve efficiency, quality, security, safety, and effectiveness.

Required Qualifications
Master’s degree in Public or Business Administration, finance, or related field(s), or a Bachelor’s degree with significant training and/or experience, which equates to an advanced degree.
Demonstrated experience in a financial role in higher education, with exposure to fund accounting, budgeting, payroll, and accounts receivables. Experience compiling, analyzing fiscal data and reporting.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (including Excel). Experience working within a human resource information system and financial management platforms. Strong analytical skills. 
Demonstrated leadership, team, and supervisory experience with strong communication skills (interpersonal, written, public speaking).
Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to proper confidentiality, financial ethics and internal controls.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Virginia Tech systems such as Banner, HokieMart, Banner Time Entry, Chrome River, MicroStrategy, PageUp, and Labor Redistribution.
Experience in strategic planning, budget financial analysis and related process improvement and performance tracking and reporting.

Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
$105,000 - $130,000 - Commensurate with experience
Hours per week
40 hours and additional as needed
Review Date
December 1, 2025
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 Sara Phillips at sarapv8@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

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