Chief Financial Officer Lindenwood Education System LES
Chief Financial Officer Lindenwood Education System LES
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A cover letter summarizing key reasons for applying and how this role will fit your career aspirations as well as the needs of the organization
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A statement affirming your desire to relocate vs. commute for this role. In the latter case please comment on your ability to spend significant time 70 working onsite with the CEO/President and peers at Lindenwood University campus (nearest airport St. Louis MO)
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Job Title: Chief Financial Officer Lindenwood Education System (LES)
Reports To: LES President/CEO
Positions Supervised: None
Job Summary
The LES Chief Financial Officer is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership across the enterprise including Lindenwood University Dorsey College and Ancora Education. This position oversees the integration and optimization of financial operations across all institutions while maintaining appropriate institutional independence and compliance with relevant regulations.
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and level of responsibility that will be required of positions given this title. This job description shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform jobrelated tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Strategic Financial Leadership
- Develops and executes an enterprisewide financial strategy aligned with LES growth objectives
- Identifies and implements financial synergies across institutions while respecting institutional autonomy
- Creates multiinstitution financial models and forecasting frameworks
- Leads strategic financial investment strategies and planning for future acquisitions and growth
- Provides financial guidance for crossinstitutional initiatives
- Develops enterprisewide financial policies standards and best practices
- Leads financial due diligence for mergers acquisitions and strategic partnerships
- Aligns financial strategy with evolving regulatory and industry landscapes
Financial Operations & Integration
- Establishes enterprisewide financial systems and processes
- Oversees consolidated financial reporting across all institutions
- Implements shared services opportunities in financial operations
- Develops and monitors enterprisewide financial metrics
- Creates frameworks for resource allocation across institutions
- Manages enterprisewide banking relationships and capital structure
- Optimizes liquidity and cash management strategies to maximize efficiency
Fundraising Financing & Capital Strategy
- Develops and executes comprehensive financing strategies including traditional and innovative funding sources
- Leads efforts to secure and manage debt financing bond issuances and credit facilities
- Cultivates relationships with private investors venture capital and private equity partners for growth initiatives
- Oversees endowment management and investment strategies in alignment with institutional goals
- Structures and negotiates financial transactions to support expansion and strategic initiatives
- Evaluates and optimizes tuition financing models and revenue diversification strategies
Risk Management & Compliance
- Ensures compliance with multistate regulatory requirements
- Maintains appropriate financial controls across the enterprise
- Oversees enterprisewide risk management strategies
- Ensures proper financial governance across all institutions
- Manages relationships with external auditors at the enterprise level
- Oversees tax strategy and compliance across all entities including maintaining 501 c 3
Performance Optimization
- Identifies and implements cost savings opportunities across institutions
- Develops shared procurement strategies
- Creates financial benchmarking across institutions
- Implements best practices in financial management
- Optimizes capital allocation across the enterprise
- Manages enterprisewide investment strategies
- Enhances financial reporting analytics for datadriven decisionmaking
Leadership & Communication
- Partners with institutional CFOs to ensure alignment
- Presents enterprise financial performance to the LES Board
- Communicates financial strategy to stakeholders
- Develops and maintains investor relationships
- Serves as a financial spokesperson for LES
- Engages with governmental and private entities on funding and regulatory matters
Key Relationships
- Reports to LES President/CEO
- Works closely with institutional CFOs
- Partners with other LES Csuite executives
- Engages with institutional presidents/CEOs
- Interfaces with LES Board of Directors
- Manages external relationships with financial institutions investors and regulatory agencies
Performance Metrics
- Enterprise Financial Performance: Achieve and exceed EBITDA revenue growth and profitability targets
- Successful Integration Initiatives: Implement financial synergies and shared service improvements
- Cost Optimization Achievements: Drive efficiencies in resource allocation and financial operations
- Compliance & Risk Management: Maintain full regulatory compliance and strong internal controls
- Innovation Implementation: Introduce and champion financial systems and digital transformation initiatives leveraging external best practices and personal experience
- Stakeholder Satisfaction: Enhance transparency trust and confidence among board members investors and institutional partners
- Fundraising & Capital Strategy : Successfully secure financing for growth and longterm sustainability
Job may require other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications An equivalent combination of education training and experience will be considered. Additional requirements may be designated by position.
- Masters degree in business administration finance or related field
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive financial leadership experience including at least 3 years as CFO
- Experience directly managing multientity organizations
- Strong background in M&A fundraising and capital markets
- Experience leading bond financing private investor relations and private equity funding
- CPA preferred
- Experience in and appreciation for the higher/continuing education sector preferred
Knowledge Skills and Abilities May be representative but not all inclusive of the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to perform this job competently
- Exceptional strategic thinking and planning capabilities
- Strong understanding of higher education finance
- Experience with multistate operations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proven leadership in change management
- Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities
- Experience with enterprisewide systems implementation
- Understanding of educational technology and innovation
Work Environment Environmental or atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of this jobs functions.
- Regular travel to institutional locations
- Flexible work arrangements as needed
- Standard executivelevel availability requirements
- Regular Board and committee meeting attendance
Physical Abilities The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform this jobs essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Ability to work effectively at a computer for extended time daily
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lindenwood University is an Equal Opportunity employer. The University complies with appropriate federal state and local laws and provides equal employment opportunities and access to educational programs without regard to race color religion gender age sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status disability or any other protected status to all qualified applicants and employees. Lindenwood University is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and dedicated to providing a positive discriminationfree educational work environment.
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Chief
Employment Type
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