Jim Irwin
Since joining ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ in 2023 as senior vice president of Finance and Administration, Jim Irwin, CPA, has initiated several enhancements across the university. The initiatives include creating a board investment committee; enhancing budget processes; implementing electronic financial aid packaging; augmenting enterprise risk management; launching an ERP transformation and migration project; restructuring several departments; supporting the development of numerous new academic programs; and co-chairing a council for student recruitment and retention.
Before ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, SVPFA Irwin served as vice president for Business and Finance and chief financial officer at Washington & Jefferson College, overseeing financial operations and executing strategic initiatives, such as a tuition price reset; financial transparency and education programs; expense reduction and resource reallocation; academic program portfolio optimization; salary benchmarking; and significant information technology and facilities projects.
Prior to Washington & Jefferson College, SVPFA Irwin was associate vice president for Finance and Administration at Claremont Graduate University (CGU), part of The Claremont Colleges consortium. During his tenure at CGU, he reorganized financial operations, created a purchasing and procurement function, spearheaded ERP module rollouts, and conducted an endowment advisor selection process. SVPFA Irwin began his higher education career at the University of La Verne where he held two different key administration roles.
Before working in higher education, SVPFA Irwin held a senior role at LA Fitness International during its international expansion, and he worked at KPMG in audit and assurance. SVPFA Irwin earned a master’s in leadership and management from the University of La Verne and a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of California, Riverside.