Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

The Director, Finance &Operations is responsible for directing the financial, HR, operations, and ITinfrastructure for the Center for Corporate Citizenship. The successful candidate will have the skillsto provide robust operational support to the Center staff and the Center's 400members. Excellent customer serviceorientation and technical capability is required. The Operations Director/Manager will havedeep knowledge of how customer focused Centers run and will support anefficient use of resources to enhance the member experience and to allow staffto make data-based decisions about where program investment is warranted.

The Director, Finance &Operations will direct all business and accounting functions for the Center forCorporate Citizenship and provide leadership in all areas of administrationincluding IT, Purchasing and Contracting, HR administration, projectmanagement, budget reporting, monitoring, forecasting and analysis. Alsoresponsible for interactions with the Dean's Office for finance andadministration, IT, and the Office of Sponsored Programs and managingrestricted grants and gift funds. Managing contracts in collaboration withcolleagues and working within the University policies and processes and withcolleagues in a variety of administrative and academic departments.



Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $94,600 to $118,250; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Requirements

Minimum Bachelors' degree, in Business or Accounting

Minimum of 6 years of experience managing multi-source funding, and multiple systems, ability to work in a demanding fast-paced customer service environment, experience with communication of financial information to non-finance oriented staff.

Advanced functional knowledge of accounting principles and practice

Excellent analytical skills

Demonstrated experience handling contractual procedures and operating within a procurement system

Knowledge of a variety of information systems and registration processes and transactions. Systems to be managed will include: accounting, CRM, LMS, and integration with University e-commerce solutions

Advanced proficiency with Excel

Budget development, management and analysis and the ability to prepare and analyze income and expense statements, budget projections, and monthly budget reports

Ability to interact with professional staff and corporate clientele

Ability to supervise staff

Good judgment, discretion, flexibility, and an easy-going demeanor are valued in this position. Must be able to juggle competing priorities from both the business units being served and the people you are supervising

The successful candidate must be able to not only supervise work, but produce work product as well. Must be a leader who can get into the trenches when required.

Preferred:

*MBA preferred - or equivalent combination of experience.

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