Ohio Wesleyan University seeks a collaborative, strategic, and forward-thinking leader to serve as its next Vice President for Finance & Administration (Vice President). Reporting to the President and serving as a key member of the President's Cabinet, the Vice President will provide focused leadership in financial management, strategy, analysis, and long-term planning while helping guide the University through a period of significant institutional momentum.

Under President Matt vandenBerg's leadership, Ohio Wesleyan has achieved notable progress in strengthening enrollment, improving retention, reducing the institution's discount rate, and increasing net tuition revenue per student, positioning the University favorably among its peer institutions. President vandenBerg has engrained an entrepreneurial, high-velocity approach to institutional strategy and innovation, advancing multiple initiatives and partnerships in a fast-moving, boldly strategic environment designed to strengthen OWU's academic distinction and long-term financial sustainability. At the same time, OWU is preparing to launch an ambitious strategic plan centered on establishing its market position as "America's University for Ambitious Self-Discovery." The institution has also secured transformational philanthropic support for key initiatives and is preparing for a major fundraising campaign to advance its strategic priorities.

In this @context, the Vice President will serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the President, providing disciplined financial leadership while helping translate institutional ambition into sustainable financial strategy. The role will maintain oversight of key administrative areas, including finance, budgeting, human resources, procurement, facilities and campus operations, while maintaining a clear focus on fiscal leadership and long-term financial planning. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a strategically ambitious environment, bringing a positive, solutions-oriented leadership style, strong communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively within a shared governance environment, building trust and alignment across faculty, staff, senior leadership, and the Board of Trustees.

"We need a strategic, creative, entrepreneurially minded leader who executes with the same intensity she or he thinks - someone who will drive our innovative strategies to completion, build the operational infrastructure to sustain them, and bring fresh thinking of her or his own." - President Matt vandenBerg

Core Responsibilities Strategic Financial Leadership

Serve as the University's chief financial strategist, partnering with the President and Cabinet to develop, refine, and monitor the University's long-term financial strategy while identifying innovative approaches to strengthening OWU's financial sustainability.

Lead the development of multi-year financial models and planning frameworks that align institutional priorities with sustainable fiscal pathways.

Provide rigorous analysis, creative financial thinking, and strategic insight to guide major institutional inve

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