Description
Executive Director of Operations and Finance
Arizona State University
Campus: Tempe
JR116670
End Date: February 5, 2026
Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and eleven (11) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including seven (7) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Job Profile Summary:
Leads and oversees all business and administrative matters including budget, operations, and programs and personnel administration for all departments. Provides financial analysis and strategic planning as well as oversees the budgetary controls.
Job Description:
The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is seeking an Executive Director of Operations & Finance who, under the general direction of the Dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, plans, organizes and directs the administrative functions to ensure operational effectiveness and efficiency through consistent application of necessary operational controls, procedures, and personnel to achieve financial and operational objectives. Supervises personnel in finance, human resources, information technology, and facilities. Develops relationships across the university in support of strategic needs across all four locations where the Institute operates.
Position Salary Range:
$168,900 - $210,000; depends on experience within posted range.
Essential Duties:
- Serves as the senior decision-maker and point of contact on all finance/data, HR, facilities and technology operations.
- Actively participates in strategic planning efforts and development of short- and long-range goals. Develops objectives and activities based on strategic plans and goals.
- Responsible for the performance of financial, human resources, technology, and facilities teams; recommends strategies to address issues, increases efficiency/effectiveness, and improves overall operations.
- Collaborates with the leadership team, Herberger staff, and ASU central offices to promote a culture of high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Leads the overall Herberger Institute budget, including oversight of annual budgeting and forecasting processes, long term financial planning, and development and maintenance of various sub-models.
- Works collaboratively with the leadership team to develop, implement and assess plans for operational infrastructure, systems, and processes.
- Identifies and resolves operational problems and issues affecting the Herberger Institute and directs measures to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency.
- Leads, reviews, and coordinates the preparation of administrative reports.
- Develops, evaluates, and recommends changes in administrative policies and procedures.
- Directs and/or participates actively in the quality improvement process.
- Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in an administrative leadership role in higher education
- Strong skills in presenting data with a high proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Familiarity with Workday Finance, Workday HCM, and/or Adaptive Planning
- Proof of effectively managing, mentoring, leading, supervising and evaluating assigned staff.
- Strong communication skills with an ability to influence and lead
- Experience managing multiple teams
- Experience in thinking strategically, anticipating future consequences and trends and incorporating them into the organizational plan.
- Experience in budget management methods and techniques.
- Experience in planning principles and practices.
- Experience in planning, analyzing and coordinating activities and establishing priorities.
Department Statement:
The Herberger Institute comprises six schools: ASU FIDM; the School of Art; The Design School; The Sidney Poitier New American Film School; The GAME School; and the School of Music, Dance and Theatre; as well as the ASU Art Museum and the ASU FIDM Museum. With programs ranked top 20 and more than 135 degree and certificate options in art, architecture, dance, design, fashion, film, gaming, media arts and sciences, music, and more, plus expert faculty, state-of-the-art immersive media facilities, notable performing arts venues, and national and international partnerships, the Herberger Institute is a powerhouse of art, culture and design and a model of excellence.
In a rapidly changing world, design and the arts aren’t luxuries—they’re essential. At the Herberger Institute, we harness the transformative power of creativity to solve real-world challenges and shape a more compassionate, connected future.
Our students work across disciplines—combining science, engineering, design, storytelling and the arts—to create solutions that benefit people and the planet. We’re expanding access, removing barriers and providing the resources students need to thrive, because the talent to shape the future is already here.
Together, we’re designing not just new careers, but new systems of care, connection and possibility.
https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/
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- Salary and wages paid
- Comprehensive package of affordable benefit plans and programs
- Access to world-class educational opportunities at deeply discounted rates
- ASU's total compensation estimator shows the approximate value of your overall compensation
- ASU is a diverse enterprise with a wide variety of work and learning modes, locations and a commitment to sustainability, innovation and employee work-life balance. We are determined to maintain our position as an employer of choice in a competitive labor market.
- Flexible work options
- Alternative work schedules can include four, 10-hour workdays in a workweek; a nine-day, 80-hour schedule over two workweeks for exempt employees only; and staggered start and stop times.
- Hybrid work is an arrangement where employees spend a minimum of 60% of their regular workweek at their primary ASU work location. Dean or vice president-level approval is required.
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