Career Center

Columbia College was founded in 1854 as Columbia Female College by the Methodist Conference of South Carolina. Today, Columbia College offers a personalized liberal arts education that is open and inclusive to all. The College provides educational opportunities that develop students’ capacity for critical thought and expression, lifelong learning, and acceptance of personal responsibility.

Columbia College empowers students to change the world with Courage for Innovation, Commitment to Social Justice, Confidence through Service, and Competence in Leadership. In furtherance of its mission, the College is responsive to the needs of students, the communities to which it belongs, and the greater global society.

Columbia College encompasses the historic undergraduate day college as well as evening, online, and graduate programs. Total enrollment is approximately 1500. The College is noted for faculty who foster academic excellence through collaborative teaching and learning; a vital learning community in which character, ethics, and values are cultivated; the study of leadership enhanced by opportunities for practical application; programs that capitalize on advances in technology; and learning environments that extend beyond the classroom.

The Vice President for Finance and Administration reports to the President and is an officer of the College. The vice president serves as chief financial officer and is responsible for ensuring the College’s fiscal integrity and operational efficiency through effective administration and direction of its financial, human, technology, and physical resources. The vice president serves as senior staff liaison to three committees of the Board of Trustees: business affairs, investment, and real estate, buildings, and grounds. Reporting directly to the vice president will be the controller, the director of human resources, and the horticulturalist. The portfolio also includes (outsourced) information technology, physical plant, food service, mailroom, and bookstore.

Demonstrated expertise in budgeting, financial modeling, business office operations, and debt financing is required. Experience in facilities management and planning, gift and endowment administration, tuition pricing and discounting, technology, and human resources is preferred. Experience in a private college setting is preferred.

A bachelor’s degree is required, with a master’s degree preferred.

In order to ensure full consideration, applications should be received by July 29, 2022 and include a substantive letter of interest, curriculum vitae and a list of at least three professional references with E-mail addresses and telephone numbers. All nominations, inquiries and applications will be confidential until a limited number of finalists are identified for campus interviews, at which point the names and curricula vitae of finalists only will become public. Nominations and applications must be submitted electronically in MS Word or PDF to https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=52930&clientkey=716F3DBB868513EDA5A7657F756BBDD8

Columbia College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. For information about the College, visit www.columbiasc.edu. For information about the city of Columbia, South Carolina, please visit www.columbiasc.net.