Chief Administrative Officer Jobs in New York
Chief Administrative Officer jobs in New York represent one of the most active and competitive markets in the country, concentrated in healthcare systems, financial services, higher education, and large nonprofit organizations, with openings at every level from operations manager moving into a first CAO role through seasoned executive leading enterprise-wide administration. The heaviest hiring is in New York City, Albany, and Buffalo, where institutions like NYU Langone Health, Northwell Health, and JPMorgan Chase maintain large administrative leadership teams. Demand is strongest in healthcare administration, corporate operations, and public-sector management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Position Summary
The Chief Administrative and Business Officer (CABO) is a strategic administrative partner to the Dean of the Gallatin School, the chief financial steward and leader of administrative support services. The CABO will ensure that the school’s faculty, students, fellows, and staff receive high quality administrative support in compliance with University policies and procedures which includes risk mitigation. This role reports to the Dean, with aspects of joint accountability to the Chief Financial Officer of the university on matters related to financial and budgetary responsibility as well as risk management.
Responsibilities for this role include:
- School-wide strategic initiatives that advance both the administration and mission of the individual school and the university.
- General and Administrative operations (i.e. human resources, operations and facilities, gifts and contracts, and continuous process improvement)
- Financial and budgetary management
- Compliance and Risk Management
- Research Administration
- University Citizen
Strategic Initiatives/General and Administrative Operations – Accountability to the Dean
Helps to achieve Gallatin's mission and goals by working in close partnership with the school’s leadership, faculty, staff, students and service providers to develop and implement the school’s administrative strategy. Understands and monitors external and internal factors influencing the school’s mission and goals. Plans for financial and non-financial resources required for the school to achieve its goals. Full scope of role includes business operations and management including but not limited to human resources, capital projects, facilities, quality assurance, administrative services, liaising/partnering with appropriate functional units for subject matter expertise. Represent the Dean in a decision-making capacity to the University's central administrative offices. Collaborate with the Dean, in supporting the school and program leaders in conceptualizing, prioritizing, and planning new programs or changes. Supports, and when necessary drives, the school’s process for strategic planning with key faculty and staff in appropriately supporting administrative priorities.
Finance & Budget Management/Gift & Contract Administration/Compliance – Joint Accountability to the Chief Financial Officer
Provides comprehensive financial information, analysis and advice to optimize use of the organization’s financial resources. Creates and updates long range financial plans, reflecting all critical issues. Identifies available financial resources (current and future), and advises and deploys efficiently to best support school’s objectives. Prepares all-funds budgets, analyzes financial activities and performance against budget, makes adjustments and takes action when needed. Serve as the liaison to central university offices in the areas of budget, treasury, accounting & reporting, payroll, risk management, procurement, internal audit and other offices as needed. Implements and maintains strong internal controls to provide reasonable assurance of effective and appropriate resource use, accurate financial information, adherence to contractual obligations and agreements, policies, procedures, and external regulatory requirements. Identifies, communicates, addresses and escalates risks in a timely and appropriate manner to protect the assets, resources, information and reputation of the school and the University. Ensures all faculty and staff understand the regulations and NYU’s requirements as they pertain to their scope of activity. Establishes, monitors, and meets or exceeds targets for operational excellence. Identifies and implements opportunities to achieve continuous improvement of processes. Responsible for building and managing a team of high-performance administrative and financial professionals.
University Citizen
Connects the organization and the University through communication, alignment of priorities, implementation of initiatives, and active engagement in organization or University administrative priorities. Effectively represents organization needs, challenges, and opportunities at the University level. Proactively shares knowledge and best practices with others.
Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree; MBA or advanced degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related field
Required Experience:
7+ years progressively responsible experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated fiscal responsibility and comprehensive knowledge of accounting, financial reporting and analysis. Demonstrated experience with complex strategic planning and resource allocation. Demonstrated experience in managing relationships and influencing outcomes. Demonstrated creativity and effectiveness in a complex organization. Demonstrated success in developing people and organizations. Strong cost management experience. Demonstrated fiscal responsibility and comprehensive knowledge of accounting, financial reporting and analysis. Demonstrated experience with complex strategic planning and resource allocation.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Thorough working knowledge of finance, fund accounting, and financial reporting analysis. Demonstrated ability preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial plans; integrating multiple complex pieces of financial information to identify themes, trends, and issues. Expertise in a highly regulated organization.
- Demonstrate ability to manage costs and achieve financial results in line with committed budget.
- Well-developed managerial, decision-making, planning, organizational, problem-resolution and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to manage people on a day-to-day basis and inspire a high level of commitment and performance.
- High-level strategic planning skills. Visionary with ability to influence. Ability to generate a strategic vision and to influence people to achieve this vision. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to adapt communication style to address the needs of individuals at all levels throughout the University.
- Ability to negotiate skillfully with both internal and external constituents. Ability to anticipate changes in the business environment and proactively manage change.
- Strong computer skills including Excel. Solid understanding of internal control concepts and the implementation of internal control systems in a complex business environment.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Knowledge of NYU's administrative policies and procedures. Experience with fiscal matters. Work experience or training in multiple aspects of the school's mission including HR, IT, operations and facilities management.
Additional Information
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $185,000.00 to USD $225,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
Position Summary
The Chief Administrative and Business Officer (CABO) is a strategic administrative partner to the Dean of the Gallatin School, the chief financial steward and leader of administrative support services. The CABO will ensure that the school’s faculty, students, fellows, and staff receive high quality administrative support in compliance with University policies and procedures which includes risk mitigation. This role reports to the Dean, with aspects of joint accountability to the Chief Financial Officer of the university on matters related to financial and budgetary responsibility as well as risk management.
Responsibilities for this role include:
- School-wide strategic initiatives that advance both the administration and mission of the individual school and the university.
- General and Administrative operations (i.e. human resources, operations and facilities, gifts and contracts, and continuous process improvement)
- Financial and budgetary management
- Compliance and Risk Management
- Research Administration
- University Citizen
Strategic Initiatives/General and Administrative Operations – Accountability to the Dean
Helps to achieve Gallatin's mission and goals by working in close partnership with the school’s leadership, faculty, staff, students and service providers to develop and implement the school’s administrative strategy. Understands and monitors external and internal factors influencing the school’s mission and goals. Plans for financial and non-financial resources required for the school to achieve its goals. Full scope of role includes business operations and management including but not limited to human resources, capital projects, facilities, quality assurance, administrative services, liaising/partnering with appropriate functional units for subject matter expertise. Represent the Dean in a decision-making capacity to the University's central administrative offices. Collaborate with the Dean, in supporting the school and program leaders in conceptualizing, prioritizing, and planning new programs or changes. Supports, and when necessary drives, the school’s process for strategic planning with key faculty and staff in appropriately supporting administrative priorities.
Finance & Budget Management/Gift & Contract Administration/Compliance – Joint Accountability to the Chief Financial Officer
Provides comprehensive financial information, analysis and advice to optimize use of the organization’s financial resources. Creates and updates long range financial plans, reflecting all critical issues. Identifies available financial resources (current and future), and advises and deploys efficiently to best support school’s objectives. Prepares all-funds budgets, analyzes financial activities and performance against budget, makes adjustments and takes action when needed. Serve as the liaison to central university offices in the areas of budget, treasury, accounting & reporting, payroll, risk management, procurement, internal audit and other offices as needed. Implements and maintains strong internal controls to provide reasonable assurance of effective and appropriate resource use, accurate financial information, adherence to contractual obligations and agreements, policies, procedures, and external regulatory requirements. Identifies, communicates, addresses and escalates risks in a timely and appropriate manner to protect the assets, resources, information and reputation of the school and the University. Ensures all faculty and staff understand the regulations and NYU’s requirements as they pertain to their scope of activity. Establishes, monitors, and meets or exceeds targets for operational excellence. Identifies and implements opportunities to achieve continuous improvement of processes. Responsible for building and managing a team of high-performance administrative and financial professionals.
University Citizen
Connects the organization and the University through communication, alignment of priorities, implementation of initiatives, and active engagement in organization or University administrative priorities. Effectively represents organization needs, challenges, and opportunities at the University level. Proactively shares knowledge and best practices with others.
Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree; MBA or advanced degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related field
Required Experience:
7+ years progressively responsible experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated fiscal responsibility and comprehensive knowledge of accounting, financial reporting and analysis. Demonstrated experience with complex strategic planning and resource allocation. Demonstrated experience in managing relationships and influencing outcomes. Demonstrated creativity and effectiveness in a complex organization. Demonstrated success in developing people and organizations. Strong cost management experience. Demonstrated fiscal responsibility and comprehensive knowledge of accounting, financial reporting and analysis. Demonstrated experience with complex strategic planning and resource allocation.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Thorough working knowledge of finance, fund accounting, and financial reporting analysis. Demonstrated ability preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial plans; integrating multiple complex pieces of financial information to identify themes, trends, and issues. Expertise in a highly regulated organization.
- Demonstrate ability to manage costs and achieve financial results in line with committed budget.
- Well-developed managerial, decision-making, planning, organizational, problem-resolution and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to manage people on a day-to-day basis and inspire a high level of commitment and performance.
- High-level strategic planning skills. Visionary with ability to influence. Ability to generate a strategic vision and to influence people to achieve this vision. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to adapt communication style to address the needs of individuals at all levels throughout the University.
- Ability to negotiate skillfully with both internal and external constituents. Ability to anticipate changes in the business environment and proactively manage change.
- Strong computer skills including Excel. Solid understanding of internal control concepts and the implementation of internal control systems in a complex business environment.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Knowledge of NYU's administrative policies and procedures. Experience with fiscal matters. Work experience or training in multiple aspects of the school's mission including HR, IT, operations and facilities management.
Additional Information
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $185,000.00 to USD $225,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
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Chief Administrative Officer Job Market in New York
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Who's Hiring
- Apex Group USA1
- Finoptima Solutions1
- M&s1
- NGA1
- NYC Health + Hospitals1
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services3
- Technology & Software2
- Consulting & Professional Services1
- Hospitality & Tourism1
- Investment & Asset Management1
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in chief administrative officer jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, or a related field required
- Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide administrative operations
- Experience managing budgets, compliance programs, and organizational policy development
- Strong background in strategic planning, process improvement, and executive-level reporting
- Familiarity with New York State regulatory requirements and public-sector governance standards
- Advanced degree such as an MBA or MPA strongly preferred for senior executive roles
Chief Administrative Officer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a chief administrative officer in New York?
The path to a chief administrative officer role in New York typically runs through a combination of progressive leadership experience and advanced education. Most candidates hold at least a bachelor's degree in business, public administration, or a related discipline, with an MBA or MPA being a strong differentiator for senior roles. New York does not require a state-issued license for this role, but healthcare-sector CAOs often benefit from familiarity with New York State Department of Health compliance standards.
How much do chief administrative officers make in New York?
Chief administrative officers in New York earn a median of about $257,980 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $140,410 for the lowest 10% to over $657,630 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire chief administrative officers in New York?
Employers hiring chief administrative officers in New York right now include Apex Group USA, Finoptima Solutions, and M&s, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New York's concentration of large hospital networks, financial institutions, and state agencies means openings appear consistently across both the private and public sectors.
Which New York cities have the most chief administrative officer jobs?
New York, Brooklyn, and Middletown account for the most chief administrative officer openings in New York. New York City dominates due to its density of corporate headquarters, major hospital systems, and large nonprofit organizations, while Albany's concentration of state government agencies and Buffalo's growing healthcare and higher education sectors drive demand in those metros.
Are there remote chief administrative officer jobs in New York?
Yes, but they're less common than in purely analytical roles, since chief administrative officers typically oversee on-site staff, facilities, and day-to-day operations that require a physical presence. About 20% of chief administrative officer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of June 2026. The functions most likely to allow remote or hybrid arrangements include strategic planning, policy development, and executive-level reporting.
How can I get hired as a chief administrative officer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is building experience in administrative operations or project management roles such as operations coordinator, administrative director, or chief of staff, then moving into a CAO position as those responsibilities expand. Large New York employers including hospital systems affiliated with the Greater New York Hospital Association and state agencies often post management associate or operations leadership development programs. A master's degree in public administration from a New York institution adds significant credibility for public-sector roles.
Where can I find and apply to chief administrative officer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to chief administrative officer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across New York's major hiring markets. Find the roles that fit your background and apply directly through each listing.
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