Department: Wichita State Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Campus Location: Wichita, KS - WSU Main Campus

Hire Type: Full Time

Pay: Salary Range: $115,000 – $125,000 (commensurate with experience)

Work Schedule: General office hours with ability to work a non-traditional schedule involving nights, weekends, & holidays

Export Compliance Requirement: No export control requirement.

Job Story

Wichita State University Athletics invites nominations and applications for this position who will serve as the department’s Chief Financial Officer. This high-energy, detail-oriented, and strategically minded professional provides executive leadership, vision, and management for all financial, business, and administrative operations within a dynamic, championship-driven NCAA Division I athletics program.

The successful candidate will be a collaborative, trusted, and proactive leader with impeccable attention to detail, organizational excellence, and follow-through. This individual will also play a visible role as an active and engaging member of the Director of Athletics’ Executive Leadership Team, contributing to departmental culture, planning, and execution. We’re looking for someone who takes pride in their work, values collaboration, and wants to help build a championship-caliber department that competes for conference titles and makes deep NCAA runs — while upholding the “Shocker Way” of integrity, innovation, and excellence. We need a strategic thinker who plans ahead and executes proactively and thrives in a fast-paced environment and embraces challenges.

In addition to financial leadership, the selected candidate may serve as a sport administrator for one or more varsity programs. Offering guidance and operational support to coaches and student-athletes; must be able to travel with assigned team(s) as part of those responsibilities.

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Job Summary

Leads and manages the financial administration, business planning, accounting, and budgeting for athletics. Leads the vision and goals of departments and oversees implementation strategies.

Essential Functions

Directs the development analysis and implementation of athletic financial operations including capital and/or operating budgets and expenditures. Establishes and manages financial systems. Oversees the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, objectives and short and long-range planning. Develops standards and directs others on all financial reporting, special analyses and information requests; Recommends programmatic and fiscal changes. Leads athletic budget and administrative operations training, ensuring adherence to policies and regulations. Directs cross-functional leadership teams, ensuring resources are strategically assigned and successful attainment of goals. Establishes, defines, plans, and communicates the vision and direction of athletics, and establishes long-range goals and objectives.

Job Duties

• Provide strategic oversight of all financial operations, including budget development, analysis, forecasting, and reporting for a 16-sport NCAA Division I program.
• Manage cash-flow planning, long-range forecasting, and fiscal strategy, ensuring operational efficiency and resource optimization.
• Lead and coordinate annual audits (EADA, NCAA, University) and manage property roll forward and depreciation schedules.
• Oversee capital project funding, debt planning, and infrastructure investments in collaboration with university and foundation partners.
• Develop and implement financial policies, training, and compliance processes consistent with NCAA, conference, state, and institutional regulations.
• Partner with development, marketing, and external relations to strengthen revenue generation and long-term financial sustainability.
• Serve as a visible, hands-on leader—highly organized, efficient, responsive, and aligned with the department’s championship vision.
• May serve as sport administrator for one or more varsity programs — including travel responsibilities with assigned team(s).

Required Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ten (10) years of experience in athletic business management or related field, with three (3) years of experience in a leadership role. Every 30 hours of college coursework in accounting, finance, business administration, or sports management may be substituted for (1) year of experience.

Required License/Certifications/Training:

None

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Dedication to ongoing learning and professional advancement, alongside financial responsibility; demonstrating curiosity, a growth mentality, and the pursuit of knowledge via certifications, continuous education, and professional affiliations.
• Excellent communicator—in person, in writing, and across all platforms.
• Service-minded professional who genuinely enjoys working in college athletics and supporting coaches and student-athletes.
• Demonstrates character, integrity, accountability, and competitive drive.
• Embraces challenges with a growth mindset and a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Thrives in fast-paced environments; organized, efficient, and responsive with exceptional attention to detail.
• Passionate about contributing to a first-in-class, championship-level program built on integrity, teamwork, and excellence.
• Demonstrated success leading or coordinating annual audits (EADA, NCAA, University, or comparable).
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, Sports Management, or related field
• Master’s degree
• Proven record overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, journal entries, zero-based budgeting, cash flow management, property roll forward, and depreciation schedules.
• Supervisory experience and a track record of mentoring high-performing teams strongly preferred.

Additional Information:

Cover letter should be focused on detailing interest in Wichita State and this position.

Review of applications begins immediately, with first-round interviews targeted for early December.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to remain in a stationary position. Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment including but not limited to phone, printers, copiers, and calculators. Ability to communicate with others and accurately exchange information. Ability to move or traverse across campus, within buildings and offices, and/or across external environments.

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