Hiring: Senior Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration and Chief Operating and Financial Officer Company: UCLA Location: Los Angeles, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:07:03 About the job Experience: •15 years of senior leadership experience in finance, operations or administration. •At least 15 years of senior leadership experience in finance, operations or administration. Qualifications: •Senior executive leadership across finance, operations, capital, facilities, administration or similarly complex enterprise platforms in a large-scale, distributed organization. •Demonstrated ability to translate institutional strategy into disciplined multi-year resource plans, investment choices and operating priorities in financially constrained or evolving environments. •A record of modernizing systems, reporting, processes and decision support in ways that strengthen accountability, transparency, service quality and trust. •Sophisticated understanding of shared governance, faculty culture, academic medicine and distributed decision-making, with the judgment to build alignment without over-centralizing. •Presence, credibility and discretion to advise a Chancellor, partner with a Provost and health enterprise leaders, and engage effectively with UCOP, Regents, faculty, staff and external stakeholders. •LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES •Enterprise orientation: Sees across functions, missions and stakeholder groups, and makes decisions in UCLA’s long-term institutional interest rather than from a single unit or portfolio perspective. •Trusted influence in shared governance: Combines authority, listening and humility to build alignment with faculty, academic leaders, health enterprise leaders and administrative partners in a highly consultative environment. •Strategic clarity and disciplined judgment: Brings candor, analytical rigor and sound judgment to complex, high-stakes decisions where financial, operational, political and mission considerations intersect. •Steady change leadership: Leads significant organizational change with confidence, restraint and transparency, creating momentum without unnecessary friction or volatility. Compensation: •$600,000 - $750,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!