CampusWorks is a professional services consultancy dedicated to transforming higher education through thoughtful sustainable, outcomes-based services delivered by exceptionally skilled professionals. We are growing at more than 50% year over year and seek an innovative CFO with experience supporting the same. The successful candidate will partner with the Leadership Team in bringing competitive solutions to our clients, maintaining award-winning employee satisfaction, and overachieving industry benchmarks. We have solid financials and a track record of success. We are privately held and choose to remain so.
Our CFO has responsibility for all aspects of financial planning, management, contracting, pricing and risk assessment and remediation. In addition, the CFO is a key member of the Executive Team requiring an ability to contribute to deal structure, compensation modeling, and pricing decisions. Further, the CFO manages the Director of Information Technology who supports our team in our fully virtual work environment. The potential CFO should expect to become fully immersed in all aspects of the business and to gain a strong understanding of the markets we serve.
Our environment is collaborative and transparent, and we expect our CFO to be the same. We share all aspects of our performance with our team monthly and reward their engagement and success with profit sharing. Our Executive Team is approachable and has a keen understanding of the higher education market, our clients, our competitors, and our employees and the CFO is expected to be the same.
Responsibilities
- Be an innovative and creative, thought leadership partner in the business by supporting the organization’s growth and development while achieving our financial goals and maintaining superior client and employee satisfaction.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with the Leadership Team that create opportunities for deep engagement and grow the role CFO to trusted advisor status.
- Provide financial leadership and align business and finance strategy, keeping actions and decisions in harmony with the company’s overall goals.
- Oversee the annual budget development process with the Leadership Team and monitor performance versus budget for all services and operations.
- Look beyond the traditional boundaries of the finance function and collaborate within the organization to develop data-driven and insight-driven strategies that create sustainable growth and long-term value and reduce surprises.
- Participate in strategic planning around new lines of business and services that will expand the organization’s reach and address shifting or growing market needs. Support these efforts through financial modeling.
- Develop financial models and proformas to support all aspects of the business
current and future
including managed services, service development, staffing, etc.
- Devote less time recording and verifying the numbers, and more time making the data connections and explaining the number implications.
- Develop and operate efficient and effective contracting and finance processes.
- Oversee the current/ongoing implementation of enterprise systems to support our growing business including finance, professional services automation, and talent management and HR systems, and related processes.
- Reduce costs, improve processes and innovate the company in ways that add value and stability.
- Protect corporate assets, ensure compliance with financial regulations, reconcile the books accurately, and disseminate value and risk areas to the Executive Team.
- Monitor and evaluate accounting operations to ensure timely, accurate, and effective financial statements.
- Develop and monitor performance measures that support the company's strategic directions.
- Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile, including monitoring legal issues and financial practices involving the company, professional services, and higher education.
- Partner with outside legal counsel as needed.
- Model leadership behaviors that ensure equitable experiences, strengthen inclusion, and promote a culture of belonging that embraces the contributions of all CampusWorks team members.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Accounting or Business Administration
- 10+ Years of Experience with a rapidly emerging, innovation-driven company that’s experienced a high level of growth.
- High level of written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional and/or managed services organization experience
- Knowledge of the higher education sector
- M&A experience
What You Can Expect from Us
At CampusWorks, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits for full-time employees, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that CampusWorks is a great place to build your career. Our employees enjoy:
Meaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of students and educators.
A CEO who cares. Chairman and CEO Liz Murphy has made it her mission to create a culture that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of CampusWorks feels like being a member of a big family.
A virtual and onsite workplace. In an effort to reduce our environmental footprint, CampusWorks became a virtual company in 2012. As such, our team members are located across the U.S. and Canada, where they work from their home offices and at client sites.
Flexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy customers. That's why CampusWorks offers both full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities to fit life's unique demands.
A company that gives back. Every year CampusWorks proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our vision to make higher education accessible to everyone.
About CampusWorks
Founded in 1999, CampusWorks is dedicated to helping higher education overcome business and technological challenges that stand in the way of student success and completion. We work with community colleges, technical colleges, four-year public and private institutions, multi-college districts, and statewide higher education systems to tackle problems big and small. Our services are rooted in systems thinking and reach across the institution—from Student Services to Human Resources to Finance to Academics—to achieve transformative results.
AAP/EEO Statement: CampusWorks, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) and Affirmative Actions (AA) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
