Job Description

Chapman seeks a thoughtful, strategic, and dynamic leader to serve as its next Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). The successful candidate will bring subject-matter expertise, sound judgment, excellent relationship and management skills, and a strategic understanding of risk-based audit and compliance approaches to their leadership of this important area. This leader will help develop and implement a clear, unified vision for University Compliance that will engage the campus community and position the University for future success.

Reporting functionally to the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees , and administratively to the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer , the CCO will serve as a critical member of the University’s Administration and Finance Division. This executive will provide leadership and direction for the Office of Institutional Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure that Chapman University management, in all functional areas, is accountable for maintaining compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. In addition, the CCO will conduct internal investigations, working with Chapman’s General Counsel. The CCO will lead multiple finance-related compliance and audit functions that are strategically and operationally essential to the governance of the University and will facilitate a compliance risk assessment process and develop an annual compliance plan and annual compliance report to the Audit Committee of the Board.

The CCO will provide reasonable assurance to senior management and the Board that there are effective and efficient policies and procedures in place to address financially related issues such as fraud, waste, and abuse, and that these are well understood and respected by all employees. This leader will also ensure that the University is complying with all financial regulatory requirements. The CCO will have the independent authority and autonomy necessary to objectively provide a review and evaluation of internal audit and compliance issues and will advise the Audit Committee and senior management on all ethics, compliance, and audit matters.

All of this shall be accomplished with a high level of professionalism and integrity; hands-on contributions; a transparent, team-oriented, and collaborative style; a passion for the mission of Chapman; and a commitment to serving and safeguarding the University

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be an inclusive, collaborative, transparent, and action-oriented leader with the professional experience and leadership style to inspire respect for a common vision within the compliance and internal audit team, and throughout the Chapman community. This executive will have a solution-oriented service approach, and the interpersonal, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills to work effectively and thrive in a complex, decentralized, constantly evolving, mission-driven enterprise. This leader will bring a servant leadership approach, with the proven ability to build and nurture meaningful, lasting relationships, and foster collaboration and support among a range of constituents across the University.

Chapman seeks candidates with the following qualities, characteristics, and experience. Understanding that each candidate brings relative strengths and areas in need of improvement and that no single candidate will be equally strong in every area, we encourage all who are interested to apply.

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Consistently ranked among the top universities in the West, Chapman University provides a uniquely personalized and interdisciplinary educational experience to highly qualified students.

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