AACSB Careers

AACSB is the world’s standard-setting body for business education, providing quality assurance (accreditation), insights and thought leadership, and transformative learning (e.g., conferences, seminars, and digital learning) to over 2,000 member organizations and more than 1,000 accredited business schools represented across 100+ countries.

Guided by our core values of Members First, Inclusivity, Global Unity, Excellence, and Curiosity, we are dedicated to transforming business education to create a lasting, positive impact on society. Through a global lens, we foster collaboration between educators, students, and businesses to cultivate the next generation of great leaders.

Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB continues to connect and empower the business education community, ensuring a dynamic and inclusive future for business education worldwide.

As the Vice President of Finance and Controller, you will lead AACSB’s accounting and finance operations and is accountable for their accurate, timely, and well-controlled execution. The Vice President reports to the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating and Financial Officer (EVP), who retains accountability for enterprise financial strategy, resource allocation, financial risk, and Board-level financial governance. The Vice President operates within the policies and delegated authorities set by the EVP.

The Vice President converts financial results into clear advice for executive leadership, maintains an effective internal control environment, and improves finance processes and systems in support of AACSB’s mission.

How You Will Contribute

• Lead the Finance and Accounting team, set priorities and service standards, assign work, develop staff, evaluate performance, and maintain coverage and segregation of duties.
• Own the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger and financial records for U.S. and international operations. Direct the monthly, quarterly, and annual close in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and review significant accounting matters.
• Manage the preparation of financial reports, budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, cost allocations, and scenario and cash analyses in support of the EVP. Coordinate department input, challenge material variances, identify performance drivers and risks, and deliver decision-useful insight to organizational leaders.
• Manage day-to-day treasury and financial operations, including cash management, investment accounting and reporting under approved policies, payment controls, payroll, accounts payable, billing, accounts receivable, and revenue processing. Approve payroll and other disbursements within delegated authority and dual-approval requirements.
• Coordinate the annual financial statement audits of U.S. and international entities, preparation of the Form 990, and other tax, banking, and regulatory filings. Serve as the day-to-day contact for external auditors and tax advisers.
• Maintain internal controls and accounting policies, administer approval authorities established by the EVP, and escalate material risks, compliance concerns, and control deficiencies to the EVP. Provide financial review of significant contracts and commitments.
• Prepare financial statements, forecasts, and analyses for executive leadership, department leaders, and, through the EVP, the Board and its committees. Present financial information when requested by the EVP.
• Manage financial systems and related processes, including the general ledger, expense-management, payroll, and banking platforms and their integrations with enterprise systems. Improve automation, data integrity, access controls, and workflows without weakening controls, and identify AI and automation opportunities within Finance and Accounting.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities consistent with the position’s scope and level of accountability

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Fluency in the English language
• Active CPA in good standing, or comparable internationally recognized professional accounting qualification.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible finance and accounting experience, including at least five years leading accounting or finance teams.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, audit management, internal controls, revenue recognition, and monthly close.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, treasury, and executive-level reporting in addition to controllership.
• Experience working with executive leadership and supporting board or committee reporting.
• Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally (approximately 5% of the year)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a nonprofit association, membership organization, professional society, or other mission-driven enterprise.
• Experience with multi-entity, international, and multi-currency operations.
• Experience with Sage Intacct, Martus, Salesforce, and integrated expense, payroll, banking, or business-intelligence systems.
• Master’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related discipline.
• Experience modernizing finance operations through automation, systems integration, improved data governance, and stronger management reporting.

Summary

To apply, please visit https://secure6.saashr.com/ta/6199722.careers?ShowJob=755371396&lang=en-US.

AACSB is the world’s standard-setting body for business education, providing quality assurance (accreditation), insights and thought leadership, and transformative learning (e.g., conferences, seminars, and digital learning) to over 2,000 member organizations and more than 1,000 accredited business schools represented across 100+ countries.

Guided by our core values of Members First, Inclusivity, Global Unity, Excellence, and Curiosity, we are dedicated to transforming business education to create a lasting, positive impact on society. Through a global lens, we foster collaboration between educators, students, and businesses to cultivate the next generation of great leaders.

Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB continues to connect and empower the business education community, ensuring a dynamic and inclusive future for business education worldwide.

The Senior Accounting Specialist is a non-exempt, hourly individual contributor role within the Accounting Department. This position provides hands-on support for core accounting operations, including general ledger activity, account reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close tasks, tax preparation, and billing support. The Senior Accounting Specialist works within established processes and accounting standards to help maintain the accuracy and integrity of AACSB's financial records, with a focus on execution, documentation, and attention to detail. This role contributes to revenue accounting support and financial reporting preparation as directed and operates as part of a collaborative accounting team. This role reports directly to the Manager of Accounting. This role does not carry supervisory authority or final approval authority.

How You Will Contribute

• Prepare and record journal entries, accruals, deferrals, and reclassifications; review GL activity for accuracy and proper coding.
• Complete account reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and assist with month-end close, financial reporting, and annual audit activities.
• Prepare assigned revenue schedules and deferred revenue entries under established recognition policies.
• Monitor prepaid expenses and maintain assigned fixed asset schedules.
• Review cash activity, process ACH and wire transactions, and support bank, merchant, and corporate card reconciliations and administration under dual-approval workflow.
• Maintain accounting procedures and documentation while serving as a resource on accounting processes and best practices.
• Assist with the completion and administration of tax documentation and tax filings (1099, W8, W9, 990, FBAR).
• Assist with system testing and data validation during implementations; identify process improvement opportunities to the Manager of Accounting.
• Support resolution of member billing discrepancies and coordinate with the billing team as needed.
• Perform duties in accordance with AACSB International’s Mission and Values.

Requirements

• At least three (3) years’ experience in accounting, with demonstrated competency with account reconciliations and journal entries and experience with general ledger accounting and month-end close.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS 365 (Excel – intermediate to advanced competency, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently, maintain accuracy, and meet deadlines.
• Fluency in the English language.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years’ experience in accounting.
• Associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Experience with Sage Intacct or similar ERP system.
• Experience with nonprofit accounting.
• Experience supporting external audits.

Summary

We take pride in providing our employees with an inclusive work environment that promotes individual development. Our employees say their colleagues, our benefits, and our hybrid work environment are the primary drivers that attract and keep them with AACSB.

Benefits

AACSB offers a hybrid work environment, generous time off benefits, medical, dental, vision, and retirement stipend, tuition reimbursement and a fitness/gym allowance.

To apply, please visit https://secure6.saashr.com/ta/6199722.careers?ShowJob=738640388.

AACSB is the world’s standard-setting body for business education, providing quality assurance (accreditation), insights and thought leadership, and transformative learning (e.g., conferences, seminars, and digital learning) to over 2,000 member organizations and more than 1,000 accredited business schools represented across 100+ countries.

Guided by our core values of Members First, Inclusivity, Global Unity, Excellence, and Curiosity, we are dedicated to transforming business education to create a lasting, positive impact on society. Through a global lens, we foster collaboration between educators, students, and businesses to cultivate the next generation of great leaders.

Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB continues to connect and empower the business education community, ensuring a dynamic and inclusive future for business education worldwide.

As the EVP and Chief Standards and Accreditation Officer you will report to the President and CEO of AACSB International and serving as a member of the Executive Team, the EVP and Chief Standards and Accreditation Officer and provide strategic leadership across three primary areas:

• Lead global standards-setting and related guidance. Ensure AACSB’s Global Standards for Business Education™ continue to define excellence and evolve in response to the changing needs of business and society. 
• Set the accreditation strategy and oversee its implementation. Ensure AACSB accreditation remains rigorous, comprehensive, globally relevant, contextually responsive, and consistently applied.
• Shape AACSB’s enterprise strategy. Share responsibility for advancing AACSB’s mission, organizational performance, and the future of business education globally. 

Key Responsibilities 

Global Standards Leadership 

• Lead the vision, development, and continued evolution of AACSB’s Global Standards for Business Education™, ensuring they define excellence and remain responsive to developments in higher education, business, technology, workforce needs, quality assurance, and society. 
• Lead the development of interpretive guidance that supports the consistent understanding and effective application of AACSB standards. 
• Engage business schools, business leaders, learners, policymakers, quality assurance organizations, and other stakeholders to inform standards development and promote the adoption of AACSB standards. 
• Partner with the Global Standards Committee to ensure appropriate governance in the development, review, recommendation, and approval of standards and related policies. 
• Champion innovation, responsible leadership, societal impact, and emerging educational models through AACSB’s standards-setting agenda. 

Accreditation Leadership 

• Set AACSB’s global accreditation strategy and oversee its implementation. 
• Safeguard the integrity, rigor, relevance, and consistent application of AACSB standards and accreditation processes across diverse educational, cultural, regulatory, and economic environments. 
• Uphold the independence, impartiality, confidentiality, and credibility of accreditation decisions through robust conflict-of-interest safeguards, due process, and quality assurance practices. 
• Partner with the Global Accreditation Committee and its operational committees to oversee accreditation activities worldwide, including initial accreditation, continuous improvement reviews, accounting accreditation, policy development, peer review processes, and related quality assurance activities. 
• Develop AACSB’s global network of mentors, peer review teams, committee members, and other volunteers to support high-quality accreditation and continuous improvement. 
• Periodically review and improve accreditation processes to ensure they remain comprehensive, relevant, supportive of innovation, and focused on continuous improvement. 
• Establish measures to assess and enhance the quality, consistency, efficiency, stakeholder experience, impact, and demonstrated value of AACSB accreditation. 

Global Engagement 

• Build strategic relationships with business schools, quality assurance agencies, government bodies, professional associations, and other stakeholders to strengthen AACSB’s influence and the global quality assurance ecosystem. 
• Represent AACSB in global forums and partnerships, advancing informed dialogue on standards, accreditation, and the future of quality business education. 
• Collaborate across AACSB to ensure its standards, accreditation principles, and quality agenda are accurately and consistently reflected in member engagement, learning and events, research, publications, and other organizational initiatives. 

Enterprise and Strategic Leadership

• Serve as an active member of the Executive Team, supporting the President and CEO in shaping and executing AACSB’s enterprise strategy and advancing its long-term growth, organizational performance, culture, and transformation in collaboration with the Board of Directors and executive colleagues. 
• Strengthen AACSB’s position as the global authority on standards setting and quality business education while enhancing the value delivered to members and stakeholders. 
• Work across organizational boundaries to align priorities, integrate capabilities, resolve enterprise-wide challenges, and advance AACSB’s overall success. 
• Contribute deep expertise in business education, standards, accreditation, and quality assurance to strengthen AACSB’s strategy, offerings, thought leadership, and stakeholder value. 
• Model AACSB’s values and foster a culture of trust, collaboration, accountability, innovation, and inclusivity throughout the organization. 

Functional Leadership 

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global standards and accreditation team that exemplifies accountability, innovation, inclusion, and excellence in member service. 
• Translate enterprise and functional strategy into clear priorities, operating plans, performance measures, and measurable outcomes. 
• Ensure effective delivery of standards and accreditation programs, balancing rigor, quality, consistency, member experience, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement. 
• Establish clear organizational structures, decision rights, responsibilities, and governance practices across the function. 
• Manage the function’s budget, talent, technology, and resources while contributing to sustainable portfolio growth, strategic priorities, and long-term organizational value. 
• Identify and manage strategic, legal, operational, financial, and reputational risks associated with AACSB’s standards and accreditation activities. 

Undertake other responsibilities as requested by the President and CEO to advance AACSB’s mission, priorities, and organizational success.

Requirements

Required Qualifications 

• Terminal academic degree (PhD or equivalent) 
• At least 15 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in business education, academic administration, accreditation, quality assurance, including a minimum of three years as a dean or in an equivalent leadership role at an AACSB-accredited school. 
• Deep understanding of global business education with substantial knowledge of AACSB’s Global Standards for Business Education™ and accreditation processes. 
• Fluency in English; proficiency in additional languages is preferred. 
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 30 percent of the time, including occasional weekends. 
• Willingness and ability to relocate to and reside in Tampa, Florida, USA. 

Desired Leadership Competencies and Attributes 

• Strategic and forward-looking leadership, with the ability to translate strategy into focused priorities, action, and measurable results. 
• Global perspective and cultural intelligence, with the humility and adaptability to lead effectively across diverse environments. 
• Credibility and influence, with the ability to build alignment among members and stakeholders with differing perspectives and interests. 
• Executive communication skills, with the ability to communicate with clarity and authority to boards, academic leaders, and various stakeholders. 
• Change and innovation leadership, with the ability to challenge conventional thinking, enable responsible innovation, and lead members through complex change while safeguarding quality and institutional credibility. 
• People leadership, with the ability to build, develop, and inspire high-performing global teams while fostering accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning. 
• Sound judgment and integrity, with the discretion, confidentiality, independence, courage, professionalism, and ethical standards required to earn and maintain the trust of stakeholders worldwide. 

Summary

We take pride in providing our employees with an inclusive work environment that promotes individual development. Our employees say their colleagues, our benefits, and our hybrid work environment are the primary drivers that attract and keep them with AACSB.

AACSB offers a hybrid work environment, generous time off benefits, medical, dental, vision, and retirement stipend, tuition reimbursement and a fitness/gym allowance.

To apply, please visit https://secure6.saashr.com/ta/6199722.careers?ShowJob=738624131.

AACSB is the world’s standard-setting body for business education, providing quality assurance (accreditation), insights and thought leadership, and transformative learning (e.g., conferences, seminars, and digital learning) to over 2,000 member organizations and more than 1,000 accredited business schools represented across 100+ countries.

Guided by our core values of Members First, Inclusivity, Global Unity, Excellence, and Curiosity, we are dedicated to transforming business education to create a lasting, positive impact on society. Through a global lens, we foster collaboration between educators, students, and businesses to cultivate the next generation of great leaders.

Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB continues to connect and empower the business education community, ensuring a dynamic and inclusive future for business education worldwide.

As the Member Engagement Coordinator, you will provide administrative and membership team support for the membership functions for the EMEA region. This role involves administrative, operational, and logistical support to ensure seamless execution of member engagement activities. The MEC reports to the Vice President, EMEA Growth & Engagement.

How You Will Contribute

1. Maintain and update membership data in the CRM system and tracks records. Run reports and pull data from the CRM for the Membership team. Ensure that membership data in the CRM system is accurate, up to date, and complies with data governance standards. 
2. Proficiently uses AACSB’s systems (Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, Monday.com, MS Teams, SharePoint, and other technologies as needed).
3. Respond to daily inquiries and troubleshoot minor concerns or issues, escalating significant concerns to the appropriate team member. 
4. Schedule and coordinate meetings and outreach events as appropriate.
5. Prepare presentations and materials relating to AACSB International to be used during outreach activities and external events. 
6. Monitors and manages the membership mailbox, routing inquiries or responding directly where appropriate. 
7. Perform duties in accordance with AACSB International’s Mission and Values.

Requirements

• Fluency in the English language.
• At least three years of relevant experience in an administrative specialist role 
• Associate’s degree in a business-related field 
• Proficiency in using CRM systems, Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and Word), and other related software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of administrative specialist support
• Prior experience working for a membership association and/or in higher education
• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field
• Prior experience working with a Customer Relationship Management system (CRM), such as Salesforce
• Experience working with cross-functional and/or global teams

Summary

We take pride in providing our employees with an inclusive work environment that promotes individual development. Our employees say their colleagues, our benefits, and our hybrid work environment are the primary drivers that attract and keep them with AACSB.

Benefits

AACSB offers a hybrid work environment, generous time off benefits, medical, dental, vision, and retirement stipend, tuition reimbursement and a fitness/gym allowance.

To apply, please visit https://secure6.saashr.com/ta/6199722.careers?ShowJob=721834899.