Senior Associate Athletic Director for Financial Strategy

Summary

Position serves as the chief athletic officer. This includes financial affairs, auxiliary operations, and facility administration. Financial Affairs: Position manages the financial affairs of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, which includes four separate budget areas: Intercollegiate Athletics (four auxiliaries), Athletic Foundation accounts and Athletic Endowment accounts. Direct all accounting, financial information processing, travel, purchasing, payroll, and grant-in-aid activities of the department. Develop and monitor all revenues and expenditures including forecasting, profit and loss, and analysis. Facility Administration: Position is responsible for Athletic Department facility management including, space utilization, operations, construction and renovation, security and access control. Position supervises Operations Manager, the Equipment Room staff. Sport Administration: Position also serves as Sports Coordinator/Administrator at least one sport. Sport administration responsibilities include budget oversight, annual imperatives for each program, evaluations of staff, alignment of program to department mission and values.

Essential Functions

• Develop and administer all departmental budgets (revenue, expense, personnel, and grant-in-aid). Includes but not limited to forecasting, revenue/expense projections, P/L statements, policy development and recommendation, plus all required financial reporting for NCAA and EADA. Advise the Director of Athletics, other administrators, the coaching staff and other relevant University Finance staff in matters related to budgets, purchasing, travel, grant-in-aids, etc.
• Direct liaison for three athletic auxiliary operations enterprises including the Stroh Center, and Slater Family Ice Arena. Includes development and monitoring of budget, recommend staffing patterns, goals, services, and programming.
• Responsible and accountable for all operations of the Athletic Department Business Office including financial management system (FMS), internal control, cash handling and purchase card program. Supervise two-full time staff.
• Sport Coordinator/Administrator for at least one sport. Monitor grant-in-aid, operation, recruiting and team travel budgets, game scheduling and contract execution, goal setting for the program and evaluation of achievement, and alignment of program to department mission and values. Also, complete annual staff evaluations.
• Responsibility for operations of all athletic facilities which includes direct oversight of the Associate AD for Facility Operations and Associate AD for Operations, Events and Championships, working knowledge of electrical, mechanical and HVAC functions. Plus sport specific needs within each athletic facility including but not limited to scoreboards, public address systems, bleacher systems, and other sport specific equipment including both technical and non-technical.
• Responsible for administering all BGSU Foundation accounts relating to Intercollegiate Athletics: Falcon Club, Sport Enhancements, Special Projects, Scholarship Endowments, other misc. accounts
• Supervise the Equipment Room staff. Includes development and monitoring of budget, recommending staffing patterns, goal setting, evaluation of support services and alignment with department mission and vision. Also, complete bi-annual administrative staff evaluations.
• Serve as athletic liaison to numerous campus constituent groups including dining services, capital planning, facility services, student affairs committees, risk management, parking and traffic.
• Other Duties as assigned

Summary

Position serves as the chief athletic officer. This includes financial affairs, auxiliary operations, and facility administration. Financial Affairs: Position manages the financial affairs of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, which includes four separate budget areas: Intercollegiate Athletics (four auxiliaries), Athletic Foundation accounts and Athletic Endowment accounts. Direct all accounting, financial information processing, travel, purchasing, payroll, and grant-in-aid activities of the department. Develop and monitor all revenues and expenditures including forecasting, profit and loss, and analysis. Facility Administration: Position is responsible for Athletic Department facility management including, space utilization, operations, construction and renovation, security and access control. Position supervises Operations Manager, the Equipment Room staff. Sport Administration: Position also serves as Sports Coordinator/Administrator at least one sport. Sport administration responsibilities include budget oversight, annual imperatives for each program, evaluations of staff, alignment of program to department mission and values.

Essential Functions

• Develop and administer all departmental budgets (revenue, expense, personnel, and grant-in-aid). Includes but not limited to forecasting, revenue/expense projections, P/L statements, policy development and recommendation, plus all required financial reporting for NCAA and EADA. Advise the Director of Athletics, other administrators, the coaching staff and other relevant University Finance staff in matters related to budgets, purchasing, travel, grant-in-aids, etc.
• Direct liaison for three athletic auxiliary operations enterprises including the Stroh Center, and Slater Family Ice Arena. Includes development and monitoring of budget, recommend staffing patterns, goals, services, and programming.
• Responsible and accountable for all operations of the Athletic Department Business Office including financial management system (FMS), internal control, cash handling and purchase card program. Supervise two-full time staff.
• Sport Coordinator/Administrator for at least one sport. Monitor grant-in-aid, operation, recruiting and team travel budgets, game scheduling and contract execution, goal setting for the program and evaluation of achievement, and alignment of program to department mission and values. Also, complete annual staff evaluations.
• Responsibility for operations of all athletic facilities which includes direct oversight of the Associate AD for Facility Operations and Associate AD for Operations, Events and Championships, working knowledge of electrical, mechanical and HVAC functions. Plus sport specific needs within each athletic facility including but not limited to scoreboards, public address systems, bleacher systems, and other sport specific equipment including both technical and non-technical.
• Responsible for administering all BGSU Foundation accounts relating to Intercollegiate Athletics: Falcon Club, Sport Enhancements, Special Projects, Scholarship Endowments, other misc. accounts
• Supervise the Equipment Room staff. Includes development and monitoring of budget, recommending staffing patterns, goal setting, evaluation of support services and alignment with department mission and vision. Also, complete bi-annual administrative staff evaluations.
• Serve as athletic liaison to numerous campus constituent groups including dining services, capital planning, facility services, student affairs committees, risk management, parking and traffic.
• Other Duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

The following Degree is required:

• Master's Degree. Degree must be conferred at time of application.

The following Experience is required:

• 5 years of financial affairs, auxiliary operations, and/or facility administration experience

Additional Information

Required Documents to Upload to Application: Cover Letter and Resume

Deadline to apply: The search committee will review applications until the position is filled; however, for best consideration, applications should be provided by April 9, 2025.

BGSU does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term.

Bowling Green State University is an Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer. We are committed to ensuring an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and encourage applications from all regardless of sex, race, veteran-status, disability, age, gender identity, genetic information, religion, or sexual orientation. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Bowling Green State University, please call 419-372-8421 or email ohr@bgsu.edu.

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