Rowan Miranda

Rowan Miranda is an Adjunct Professor in the Ford School and Associate Vice President (AVP) for finance at the University of Michigan. He teaches courses related to budgeting, urban policy and public management. As AVP of Finance, he is responsible for the oversight of the university's central financial functions (accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement, accounting, payroll and sponsored programs), the external audited financial statements, financial analysis, internal controls, tax management, and treasury functions including cash, debt and risk management. He reports to the University’s Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer.

For over 20 years, Miranda has served as both a practitioner and an academic working on issues related to public sector financial management and service delivery. Formerly an Executive Partner at Accenture, he has served as a consultant to nearly 150 public service organizations. He has also held senior financial management roles in the public sector.

Rowan holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Chicago. He has served on the faculty of University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Chicago. He has also published on a broad range of topics including public budgeting, taxation, economic development finance, privatization and enterprise systems.