Classification Title: Chief Financial Officer
Department: Finance
Pay Grade: NR
Reports To: President
FLSA Status: Exempt
Unit: Administrative
Opening Date: 11/12/2026
Closing Date: Open until filled
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
Serves as the Chief Financial Officer for the College and provides leadership in the areas of finance, payroll, purchasing, grants, and auxiliary enterprises.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions:
- Provides leadership for a staff of professional and support personnel in the Finance Division, including the development of annual goals and evaluation of performance.
- Ensures the College’s sound fiscal health and operational stability through prudent and ethical stewardship of the College’s financial resources in alignment with approved budgets and in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and standards.
- Advises the President and Board of Trustees on critical financial matters and changes in federal and state statutes, regulations, and requirements that affect the College.
- Develops, monitors, and reports regularly and as requested to the President and the Board of Trustees on financial indicators.
- In collaboration with the Vice President for Planning and Compliance and Chief of Staff, establishes and facilitates a budget development process that is grounded in effective and responsive communication, aligns the budget with the College mission and strategic goals, and is based on direction and priorities established by the President and the Board of Trustees.
- Oversees internal processes related to preparation of annual audits, including working closely with external auditors, and ensures completion of audits in a timely manner.
- Develops, implements, and maintains internal controls and financial reporting standards and processes that ensure that the College’s fiscal, payroll, and procurement practices comply with external rules and regulations and generally accepted accounting principles and standards.
- Works in collaboration with other senior-level administrators to ensure adherence to purchasing procedures and processes that allow for the efficient and economic procurement and delivery of and payment for goods and services, in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements and College policies and procedures.
- Oversees the application for, administration of, compliance, and reporting on all grants and collaborates with other senior level administrators to determine which grants to apply for.
- Oversees administration and compliance of capital funding.
- Serves as the College liaison to the Middlesex College Foundation on financial matters.
- Oversees review of contracts with external entities and ancillary services, in consultation with other senior-level College administrators and College counsel as needed.
- Serves as the College’s finance and business operations representative on statewide affinity groups and other external entities as directed by the President.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree
- Certified Public Accountant license in the State of New Jersey
- Experience working in an educational environment
- Five (5) years’ experience in fiscal management
- Supervisory experience
- Demonstrated experience in accounting and budget development
- Demonstrated experience using financial accounting technology
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and effectively communicate and present information contained in audited financial statements
- Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve business process issues
- Familiarity with GASB financial statement reporting requirements and generally accepted accounting principles
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Executive-level experience reporting directly to a President or Chief Executive Officer
- Experience working in an educational institution in New Jersey
- Experience working in higher education
- Experience working in a collective bargaining environment
- Experience in project management
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
May require occasional travel
RETIREMENT: Pension Eligible
NJ First Act
Any Middlesex College employee hired after September 1, 2011 will have to meet the New Jersey residency law requirement.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Middlesex College is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the armed forces of the United States, or disability.
Affirmative Action and Compliance Statement
Middlesex College is firmly committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The College will implement this policy to assure that the educational programs, activities, services, benefits and employment opportunities offered by the College are available to all persons regardless of sex, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, nationality, color, marital status, civil union or domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap (and/or disability), service in the armed forces, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, refusal to submit to genetic tests, or refusal to make available results of genetic tests, in accordance with State and Federal laws. All employees and students are expected to accept these principles and to reflect their spirit in everyday relationships with fellow employees and students. Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Middlesex College, Chambers Hall, 2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, New Jersey 08818-3050.
Skills Required
- Master's degree
- Certified Public Accountant license in the State of New Jersey
- Experience working in an educational environment
- Five years of experience in fiscal management
- Supervisory experience
- Demonstrated experience in accounting and budget development
- Demonstrated experience using financial accounting technology
- Ability to interpret and effectively communicate and present information contained in audited financial statements
- Ability to identify and resolve business process issues
- Familiarity with GASB financial statement reporting requirements and generally accepted accounting principles
- Executive-level experience reporting directly to a President or Chief Executive Officer
- Experience working in an educational institution in New Jersey
- Experience working in higher education
- Experience working in a collective bargaining environment
- Experience in project management
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
What We Do
Our Vision: Middlesex College puts learning first and measures its success only by the success of its students. All members of the College community contribute to student success. Our Mission: The mission of Middlesex College is to provide access to an affordable, quality education for diverse students and to promote lifelong learning opportunities to strengthen the economic, social and cultural life of the community. Our Core Values: Excellence * Value * Integrity Lifelong Learning * Diversity * Collaboration
