Director, Finance & Operations

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,445 full-time undergraduates and 5,125 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 878 full-time and 1,201 FTE faculty, 2,750 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.2 billion, and an endowment in excess of $2.8 billion.

Job Description

The Director, Finance & Operations is responsible for directing the financial, HR, 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 Director 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 HR, IT, and the Office of Sponsored Programs and managing restricted grants. 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: $88,300 to $110,400; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Requirements

Required qualifications:

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
Experience with accounting software and reporting tools:  PeopleSoft, Peachtree, Vista and Crystal 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
MBA preferred—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



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