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Position Summary: 

The Graduate School at Bank Street College of Education is currently seeking a Senior Director of Operations, Budget and Analytics  to supervise and execute financial, operational and strategic projects related to  budgeting, contract and grant management, operational management, and human resources. 

This role liaises between the Graduate School and other divisions and Senior Leadership within Bank Street College to facilitate seamless, cross-functional workflows that enable the work of the Graduate School and internal collaborations. 

Responsibilities: In collaboration with the Graduate School’s leadership team and the College’s Strategy & Operations team, the Senior Director of Operations, Budget, and Analytics will be responsible for ensuring that all operational aspects of the Graduate School are functioning at a high level in alignment with College-wide practices. This role will supervise a team that includes a Director of Finance and Operations, Budget Administrator, and Administrative Coordinator. 

Budget & Analytics

• Develop and monitor the annual budgets across the Graduate School
• Project and monitor tuition and special tuition courses
• Provide thought leadership with key team members across the Graduate School and Strategy & Operations around effective approaches and systems to ensure financial sustainability across Graduate School programming, including the forecasting and analysis of implications of programmatic shifts
• Partner with divisional and College leadership (Development, Chairs, Project Directors, and senior leadership team) in development of contract/grant proposals
• Supervise budget staff that provides managerial and administrative support for Graduate School fiscal affairs
• In collaboration with the Business Office and relevant team members, oversee and generate financial reporting for grants, contracts, scholarship, and  endowment funds 
• Work closely with the Director of Financial Aid in development and distribution of the scholarship budget
• Collaborate on the administration of scholarship, direct loan and federal work-study programs performed by the Financial Aid staff
• Facilitate communication regarding scholarship funds among Development and Alumni Relations Office, Financial Aid Office and Directors of grants involving tuition assistance

• Work collaboratively with department chairs and program directors to update program plans, and use the program plan data to strategically forecast student enrollments and inform program decisions
• Forecast and provide analysis and commentary on the financial impact of operational and strategic initiatives
• Work cross-functionally to improve and strengthen GSE reporting

General/Operations

• Understand the programmatic and cultural strengths, values, traditions, and opportunities of Bank Street in order to support smooth operational functioning
• Develop, improve and implement processes to ensure the efficiency, consistency and high quality of work within the Division
• Partner and liaise with Strategy & Operations to support the Graduate School staff  in understanding the organizational policies, processes, and structures of the institution and collaborate with the teams to adapt and/or develop policies or processes needed
• Support the development of reports or updates for a range of constituents in a range of formats for board members, Office of Communications, the Division of Development and Alumni Relations, and other key stakeholders
•  Collaborate with Human Resources to support hiring, onboarding and reemployment processes as well as ongoing HR workflows such as:
• Supporting  Graduate School leadership in establishing annual workload composition for faculty members 
• Supervising generation of staff contracts by term and provide on-going expense analysis and feedback of divisional course coverage
• Ensuring the accuracy of payroll production based on contractual workloads in partnership with the Business Office
• Serve as systems administrator for Blackbaud and other data, financial and student systems as needed
• Serve on Dean’s Council, Enrollment Task Force, Refund Policy Committee, and Commencement Committee
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications:

Skills & Knowledge

• Master’s degree in Business Administration or Finance, or related field.
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills, as well as the ability to work effectively as part of a team and with personnel at all levels of the organization 
• Ability to design and manage complex team and divisional budgets
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in both virtual and in-person settings
• Problem resolution and organizational skills including ability to manage multiple projects, navigate ambiguity, and set priorities for oneself and the team in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; familiarity with quantitative and qualitative analytic strategies and programs
• Demonstrated ability to lead the implementation of an organizational change strategy; ability to design systems or processes to solve a problem
• Advanced skills using Google suite and Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, specifically, advanced formulas, pivot tables and charts

Experience

• At least five years of professional experience supporting operations and/or project management work in a non-profit or education-focused organization
• Experience planning and managing complex projects towards results
• Experience in organizations funded through grants and contracts

Mindset

• An intersectional, anti-racist lens and strengths-based approach to racial equity and identity work, team collaboration, and leadership
• Strong personal leadership qualities, integrity, and follow through
• Flexibility in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment of quickly changing priorities and tight deadlines

About Bank Street College of Education

The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the educational process all available knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. In so doing, we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn. We see in education the opportunity to build a better society.

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