Controller and Chief Executive Officer, Research Corporation
- Employer
- West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Location
- WVSOM Main Campus, Lewisburg, WV
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Controller and Chief Executive Officer, Research Corporation
Unit/Division:Finance and Facilities
Location:WVSOM Main Campus, Lewisburg, WV
Scheduled Hours Per Week:37.5 hours
FLSA Status:Exempt
Job Description Summary:The Controller & Chief Executive Officer, Research Corporation serves as a senior financial leader and the primary operational and strategic partner to the Vice President for Finance & Facilities/Chief Financial Officer. This position functions with broad authority over the institution’s financial operations, including full responsibility for accounting, financial reporting, compliance, and internal controls. In addition, the role serves in a dual capacity as Chief Executive Officer of the WVSOM Research Corporation, with oversight of financial operations, governance coordination, and compliance for affiliated entities. This position also provides oversight of auxiliary business operations, including the campus bookstore and food service (O’Café), ensuring effective financial management, operational alignment, and service quality. This position plays a key role in institutional financial strategy, decision-making, and execution, while maintaining direct accountability for core financial operations. The role serves as the primary operational leader for Finance & Facilities in the absence of the Vice President/CFO, with delegated authority to ensure continuity of leadership and institutional operations. The position integrates oversight across institutional accounting, sponsored programs, affiliated entities, and auxiliary operations, supporting consistency, compliance, and long-term financial sustainability.
Position: This is a full-time, non-classified position; it is exempt from FLSA regulations concerning overtime. Not all activities of this position occur within the confines of an 8:00-4:30 schedule and may require evening and weekend scheduling as needed. This position has been designated as Essential. This means that when WVSOM is faced with an institutional emergency, employees in such positions may be required to remain at their work location or to report to work to protect, recover and continue operations at WVSOM. The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Master's
Skills Required:Position requires a Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Management from an accredited college or university. A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in a university or non-profit institution with emphasis in accounting, finance or budget management oversight. Proven experience leading internal teams in accomplishing institutional and state mandated deadlines and outcomes. A CPA with demonstrated knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is highly preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, GASB, and governmental accounting
- Experience with higher education or nonprofit financial operations
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with ERP systems (Banner preferred)
- Knowledge of grants accounting and compliance requirements
- Strong communication and ability to work across functional areas
Controller / Accounting Leadership
- Lead all accounting operations, including general ledger, reconciliations, and financial reporting
- Ensure preparation of accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with GAAP/GASB
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls and accounting procedures
- Oversee fixed assets, investments, and institutional funds
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and institutional financial requirements
- Implement new accounting standards and regulatory changes
- Develop, implement, and maintain institutional financial policies and procedures to ensure compliance and operational effectiveness
Audit, Compliance, and Reporting
- Serve as primary liaison for external auditors (including Legislative audits)
- Coordinate all audit preparation, responses, and reporting
- Ensure readiness for audits and compliance reviews
- Ensure adherence to internal controls, risk mitigation practices, and institutional accountability standards
- Oversee required institutional reporting (i.e. IPEDS, grants, state/federal reports)
- Provide financial leadership to Accounting, Bursar Operations, and WVSOM Institutional Advancement
- Oversee ERP finance operations and related systems (e.g. Banner, WVOASIS)
- Ensure integrity of financial data, reporting, and system interfaces
- Partner with Information Technology on system enhancements, upgrades, and issue resolution
- Lead process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy
Research Corporation Oversight
- Serve as Chief Executive Officer of the WVSOM Research Corporation and provide overall leadership for its operations, strategic initiatives, governance activities, and organizational effectiveness.
- Ensure appropriate accounting, reporting, and compliance for affiliated entities
- Support budgeting, financial reporting, and audits for research-related activities
- Ensure appropriate alignment and separation between institutional and affiliated finances
- Support governance coordination, including board reporting, policies, and fiduciary oversight of the Research Corporation
- Partner with the VP/CFO on budget development and monitoring for the Research Corporation
- Develop financial analyses, forecasts, and decision-support materials
- Assist in long-term financial planning and sustainability initiatives
- Prepare and/or present financial materials for executive leadership, the WVSOM Board of Governors, the WVSOM Research Corporation Board of Directors, and the Finance Committee, as appropriate.
- Provide financial oversight of sponsored programs and grant accounting
- Ensure compliance with federal/state grant requirements and reporting
- Coordinate with research leadership on financial integrity of awards
- Oversee grant expenditures, reporting, and audit readiness
- Ensure coordination between institutional grant accounting and Research Corporation activities, where applicable
Auxiliary Operations Oversight
- Provide financial and operational oversight for auxiliary business operations, including the campus bookstore and O’Café
- Monitor auxiliary performance, contracts, and service delivery to ensure alignment with institutional goals and financial sustainability
- Evaluate auxiliary financial performance, pricing, and cost structures to ensure long-term viability
- Partner with vendors and campus stakeholders to enhance service quality and operational effectiveness
Leadership & Administration
- Provide leadership across functional areas within the Office of Business Affairs, ensuring alignment, coordination, and effective execution of financial operations
- Ensure continuity of operations across all accounting functions
- Foster a collaborative, service-oriented culture within Business Affairs
- Serve on institutional committees and support strategic initiatives
- Act on behalf of the Vice President/CFO as needed in leadership, operational, and decision-making capacities
WVSOM requires official transcripts of your highest degree earned and/or the degree in which qualifies you for the position. WVSOM requires these transcripts prior to an offer of employment, and we do recommend you send those to WVSOM once you have been selected for an interview. A transcript is official if it bears the authorizing signature and the official seal of the issuing institution and is sent directly by the school or college to the Office of Human Resources. Should your college or university provide this information electronically, we would ask that you submit that to Sherri Miller at smiller@osteo.wvsom.edu
Quick Link to Posting:Organization
The mission of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) is to educate students from diverse backgrounds as lifelong learners in osteopathic medicine and complementary health related programs; to advance scientific knowledge through academic, clinical and basic science research; and to promote patient-centered, evidence based medicine.
WVSOM is dedicated to serve, first and foremost, the state of West Virginia and the special health care needs of its residents, emphasizing primary care in rural areas.
10 REASONS TO CHOOSE WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Because of our outstanding medical education programs. Because of our latest high-tech learning tools. Because WVSOM has a sense of community togetherness and family feeling.
Reason #1: The feel of a small school with a national reputation
Our legacy of excellence has earned WVSOM national recognition for many years as a leader in the nation for family medicine, primary care and rural medicine by the highly regarded U.S. News & World Report. With a passion for providing the best osteopathic medical education, WVSOM fosters the development of caring and compassionate physicians. WVSOM has also been named by The Chronicle of Higher Education in “Great Colleges to Work For.”
Reason #2: Education is our top priority
At WVSOM, our faculty is dedicated to our principal mission: educating osteopathic students in all areas of medicine. Because we are a free standing program—not part of a larger university—our faculty of nationally and internationally recognized PhDs, DOs and MDs are free to focus on the education of our students. Their passion for teaching and commitment to lifelong learning are the hallmarks of a WVSOM medical education.
Reason #3: Preparing students for primary care and all other specialties
WVSOM is leading the charge to elevate community-based services to a more prominent position in our nation’s health care system. With the firm medical education that we provide, students are well prepared to succeed in any field of medicine they choose to pursue.
Reason #4: Curriculum to maximize learning style
WVSOM presents a 21st century, clinically integrated approach to medical education. In the first two years, students are exposed to a variety of learning modes, including small group case presentations, lectures and laboratory experiences, and interaction with standardized patients and robots. Students learn a variety of clinical skills, and have early clinical encounters with real patients. All of these curricular activities integrate the basic sciences and their application to the patient. During years three and four, through the Statewide Campus System, students spend time in physician offices and hospitals, honing their skills with actual patients.
Reason #5: Our professors
Students at WVSOM have unprecedented access to consult with professors on an individual basis beyond the classroom setting. Open office hours, combined with the fact that most faculty members live in close proximity to campus, ensure that instructors are not just available, but eager to address questions or concerns one-on-one. Teaching is our primary objective, and we understand that learning often happens outside of classroom time.
Reason #6: A holistic approach to healing and emphasis on preventive medicine
The osteopathic philosophy of medicine provides everything students need to become a fully competent, practicing physician with a more holistic approach to the patient. While osteopathic physicians practice traditional medicine and surgery, they also focus on preventive medicine and ways to attain and maintain wellness. An osteopathic medical education provides training in OMM (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine), a practice where physicians use their hands as another tool to diagnose and treat injury and illness.
Reason #7: Leading edge technology
WVSOM is on the forefront of innovation, providing a cutting-edge medical education. For first and second year students, wireless Internet service envelops the entire campus, ensuring 24/7 access to research sources, classroom materials and a global communications network. Each first year student receives a new, fully programmed laptop computer to utilize during their four years of study. During third and fourth year off-site rotations, students can gain access to testing, grading and evaluation forms, required reading lists and other instructional materials via WVSOM’s secure student portal.
More traditional research needs can be fulfilled in WVSOM’s modern library facility. Consisting of over 33,000 items, the library features current books, literature, scientific journals and access to over 8,000 full-text e-journals. Of special note is the osteopathic history collection and a unique index of over 23,000 osteopathic articles. The library also provides comfortable space for individual and group study with computer workstations, AV study rooms and individual cubicles.
Reason #8: Human patient simulators (robots) put real-life scenarios in students' hands
Students at WVSOM utilize human patient simulators to confront and treat real-world patient situations in a safe, controlled clinical training environment. These full-size, interactive, computerized mannequins can provide real-life simulations of more than 80 medical conditions, allowing for many different kinds of training scenarios.
With their life-like exterior and hi-tech internal components, WVSOM’s patient simulators provide an incredibly realistic training experience for students.
With the robots, failure does not mean a bad grade; failure means a patient dies. This visceral experience enhances the learning experience and makes a lasting impression.
Reason #9: World-class anatomy lab offers hands-on learning environment
The study of human anatomy is a core component of the nationally recognized osteopathic medical education program at WVSOM. Our advanced anatomy lab features state-of-the-art equipment and ventilation systems, along with a multipurpose anatomy demonstration room to enhance the learning experience. This tactile learning environment offers a level of hands-on exposure to the human anatomy in a sterile and controlled environment that no simulator or model can provide.
Reason #10: Standardized patients training
In the medical field, effectively communicating with the patient is critical to acquiring complete medical histories, performing thorough physical exams and accurately diagnosing and treating the whole patient. In a simulated and controlled environment, actors portray patients with a specific set of medical issues and symptoms. Students must complete a comprehensive physical examination on the patient. This experience provides an invaluable opportunity to practice interview skills and develop a compassionate bedside manner.
- Website
- https://www.wvsom.edu/
- Telephone
- 8003567836
- Location
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400 Lee Street North
Lewisburg
WV
24901
United States
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