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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 student hiring and staff onboarding, operations, and IT infrastructure for the Center for Corporate Citizenship. The successful candidate will have the skills to provide robust operational support to the Center staff and the Center’s 400 members. Excellent customer service orientation and technical capability is required. The Operations Director/Manager will have deep knowledge of how customer focused Centers run and will support an efficient use of resources to enhance the member experience and to allow staff to make data-based decisions about where program investment is warranted.

The Director, Finance & Operations will direct all business and accounting functions for the Center for Corporate Citizenship and provide leadership in all areas of administration including IT, Purchasing and Contracting, HR administration, project management, budget reporting, monitoring, forecasting and analysis. Also responsible for interactions with the Dean’s Office for finance and administration, IT, and the Office of Sponsored Programs and managing restricted grants and gift funds. Managing contracts in collaboration with colleagues and working within the University policies and processes and with colleagues in a variety of administrative and academic departments.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $97,200 to $121,500; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Requirements

Required qualifications:

Advanced functional knowledge of accounting principles and practice including financial reporting

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

Experience with accounting software and reporting tools: PeopleSoft, Excel, PowerBI or comparable systems

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.

This 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.

Minimum Bachelors’ degree, in Business or Accounting—or equivalent combination of experience

Minimum of 6 years of experience managing multi-source funding, and multiple systems.

Ability to work in demanding fast-paced customer service environment

Experience communicating financial information to non-finance oriented staff

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

+ Tuition remission for Employees

+ Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements

+ Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

+ Low-Cost Life Insurance

+ Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans

+ Paid Holidays Annually

+ Generous Sick and Vacation Pay

+ Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity .

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .