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Associate Director - School Financial Operations

  2025-07-05     Stanford University, School of Medicine     San Francisco,CA  
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Associate Director - School Financial Operations

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Associate Director - School Financial Operations

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Our Purpose

Stanford Medicine is leading the biomedical revolution in precision health. We are transforming health care away from after-the-fact diagnosis to prediction and prevention and away from one-size-fits-all medicine to personalized care that empowers people to lead healthy lives. We are leveraging the art and science of medicine to predict and prevent disease before it strikes and cure it decisively if it does.

Our Purpose

Stanford Medicine is leading the biomedical revolution in precision health. We are transforming health care away from after-the-fact diagnosis to prediction and prevention and away from one-size-fits-all medicine to personalized care that empowers people to lead healthy lives. We are leveraging the art and science of medicine to predict and prevent disease before it strikes and cure it decisively if it does.

To achieve our Precision Health vision, we are integrating, building, and leveraging our strengths in fundamental research, the new field of biomedical data science, and nine transformative biomedical platforms. As a learning health system, we will apply these advances in our hospitals and health care delivery systems within Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children's Health.

Our Values

Fulfilling our promise to humanity requires the engagement of a diverse, creative, and collaborative team of professionals who work together to advance our research, education, and patient care mission. We strive to create a culture of inclusion and belonging to ensure all employee have the meaningful employment experience that is necessary to do their best work.

Our Work

Stanford University School of Medicine is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Associate Director for School Operations to join our dynamic team. This pivotal role will provide strategic direction and oversight for financial operations, ensuring compliance with university, local, state, and federal regulations. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and developing the School's financial reporting plans that significantly impact the organization, while fostering a culture of transparency and accountability. If you are a proactive leader with a strong background in financial management and a passion for supporting academic and healthcare initiatives, we invite you to apply and contribute to our mission of advancing health through innovative research and education.

The Associate Director for School Operations reports to the Assistant Dean, Financial Controller and acts as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the Fiscal Affairs' Leadership Team in support of our tripartite research, education, and health care mission.

The Associate Director for School Operations oversees Financial Reporting and Analysis for the School ($4.2B Revenue), and Clinical Operations ($1.7B Revenue) for School of Medicine.

Duties Include

  • Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the organization's goals and objectives; oversee recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of staff.
  • Lead, execute and communicate operational financial reporting trends, forecasting and strategy; direct business operations.
  • Identify and resolve strategic problems that affect the overall functioning beyond the immediate school/unit that have potential university wide impact.
  • Make strategic decisions using complex, comprehensive analyses, high level financial modeling; provide information and context to leadership to support senior leadership decisions.
  • Provide strategy, vision and direction that have wide scope and impact, make recommendations, influence issues related to university finance and accounting policy.
  • Partner to design and establish appropriate programs to provide a strong system of internal controls to protect and steward university resources.
  • Partner across the university to determine new and ongoing business and technology initiatives.
  • Direct high-visibility process redesign and innovation projects; champion major initiatives, and develop and drive implementation of project initiatives.
  • Represent the school/unit at the university level and to external constituencies.
  • - Other duties may also be assigned

Desired Qualifications

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

  • Master's degree and eight years relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (required)

  • User knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Advanced knowledge of Oracle or other business financial systems.
  • Advanced understanding of financial principles.
  • Advanced oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to clearly and effectively present information to internal and external audiences, client groups and all levels of management.
  • Strong analytical skills to review and analyze complex financial information.
  • Strong leadership skills, previous experience in strategic management and leading large multi-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to delegate workload and providing direction/corrections as necessary.
  • Knowledge of property management requirements related to Stanford or non-Stanford title of equipment and fabrications.
  • Demonstrated competency in project management of a high volume of work, some of which is cyclical.
  • If managing sponsored projects, ability to manage post and pre award administration for sponsored projects within his/her unit. Knowledge and fluency of governmental regulations and Cardinal Curriculum level I and II.
  • Knowledge of procurement needs, including sole-sourcing, cost analyses, vendor requirements, and small business reporting.
  • Experience working successfully with PIs, their administrative staff, the office of sponsored research and external sponsors.
  • Demonstrated success in performing meticulous, high quality and compliant work.
  • Ability to interpret complex research and fiscal policies, assimilate information from a wide range of resources and act like a mentor and resource to others.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

  • Constantly sitting.
  • Frequently perform desk-based computer tasks, use telephone, writing by hand, sort/file paperwork.
  • Occasionally stand/walk, lift/carry objects weighing 11-20 pounds.
  • Rarely reach/work above shoulder.
  • Add or subtract physical requirements based on the requirements of your specific job. (remove this statement for posting)
  • Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

Working Conditions

Routine extended working hours during peak cycles; travel to school/unit sites across the university.

The expected pay range for this position is $194,522 - $245,373 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good-faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website () provides detailed information on Stanford's extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

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Seniority level

  • Seniority level

    Director

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

  • Job function

    Finance, Strategy/Planning, and Accounting/Auditing
  • Industries

    Higher Education and Hospitals and Health Care

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