University of Alaska
Executive Officer for Finance and Administration
🇺🇸 Fairbanks, AK
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Finance
🗓️ September 30th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is hiring an Executive Officer for Finance and Administration. This role involves leading the administrative team at the Institute of Arctic Biology, ensuring fiscal and regulatory oversight, supporting research programs, and advising the Institute Director while managing resources for long-term growth and representing the Institute within the University.
Highlights
- Lead and develop the administrative team at the Institute of Arctic Biology.
- Provide fiscal and regulatory oversight for the Institute and its research initiatives.
- Serve as a key advisor to the Director and represent the Institute University-wide.
- Manage accounting, contracts, personnel, procurement, payroll, and recruitment processes.
- Require at least a Master's degree in accounting, business administration, or equivalent experience.
- Mandate a minimum of five years of progressive management experience including personnel and financial operations.
- Support a flexible work environment with professional development opportunities.
- Full-time exempt position with a competitive salary on UA staff salary schedule Grade 83 and full benefits including retirement, leave, paid holidays, tuition waivers, and medical coverage.
- Work closely with over 150 faculty and staff conducting Arctic and biological research.
- Position requires legal authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions and completion of a background check.
Executive Officer for Finance and Administration Full Description
The Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) is seeking an experienced and strategic leader for its next Executive Officer. IAB supports over 150 faculty and staff conducting research throughout Alaska and the Arctic. As the Executive Officer, you will be responsible for leading a dedicated and professional administrative team, providing fiscal and regulatory oversight to the Institute and its research programs, and serving as a key and trusted advisor to the Director.
This position plays a vital role to the success of research at IAB and requires a well-rounded strategic thinker who can manage fiscal resources for long-term growth and sustainability, lead and develop a strong team, represent the Institute across the University, resolve conflicts, and provide feedback with directness, tact, and professionalism. In this role, you’ll be supporting a key part of UAF’s research enterprise. Since its founding in 1963, IAB has led world-class research on life in the changing north. We have grown steadily through a challenging fiscal environment, thanks to the excellence of our researchers, responsiveness to new opportunities, and our outstanding and dedicated staff. If this sounds exciting to you, we hope you will apply today!
This position plays a vital role to the success of research at IAB and requires a well-rounded strategic thinker who can manage fiscal resources for long-term growth and sustainability, lead and develop a strong team, represent the Institute across the University, resolve conflicts, and provide feedback with directness, tact, and professionalism. In this role, you’ll be supporting a key part of UAF’s research enterprise. Since its founding in 1963, IAB has led world-class research on life in the changing north. We have grown steadily through a challenging fiscal environment, thanks to the excellence of our researchers, responsiveness to new opportunities, and our outstanding and dedicated staff. If this sounds exciting to you, we hope you will apply today!
To flourish in this position, you need to have at least five years of progressive management experience and enjoy working in a positive, collaborative, fast-paced environment. You’ll need to have strong communication skills, an ability to analyze and solve complex problems, and a readiness to incorporate best practices into daily management and long-range planning. Finally, you’ll be someone who enjoys working with and can build on a positive, proactive, and supportive team dynamic.
IAB supports a flexible work environment and provides professional development and career growth through UA coursework, attending national conferences, virtual workshops, or professional certification training. We are also a great place to be if you’re curious about or interested in biological research, Arctic science, faculty development, or graduate student training, as these are central to our work and mission.
IAB supports a flexible work environment and provides professional development and career growth through UA coursework, attending national conferences, virtual workshops, or professional certification training. We are also a great place to be if you’re curious about or interested in biological research, Arctic science, faculty development, or graduate student training, as these are central to our work and mission.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master's degree in accounting, business administration, or equivalent combination of training and experience.
At least 5 years of progressive management experience; preferably with professional experience in accounting, contracts, personnel, and general office operations, procurement, A/R, A/P, payroll, travel, recruitment procedures, and university or equivalent policy and accounting regulations.
At least 5 years of progressive management experience; preferably with professional experience in accounting, contracts, personnel, and general office operations, procurement, A/R, A/P, payroll, travel, recruitment procedures, and university or equivalent policy and accounting regulations.
Position Details:
This position is located on the Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks. This is a full-time, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. Flexible work arrangements may be considered. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA staff salary schedule, Grade 83, based on education and experience.
The search committee will begin reviewing applications on October 20. However, the position may remain open until a sufficient number of qualified candidates are identified.
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☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Ruth Dinardi, IAB HR Manager, at rsdinardirosado@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6466.
*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.
The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution. The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.
The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.
*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.
Access to the reports is available at:
UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu.
UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.
UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.
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