Academic Program Manager (Business Manager)
- items under Responsibilities.
- Qualifications: Minimum Bachelor’s... Preferred Minimum of five (5) years... etc. Also includes "Cuny Title Overview" which seems like a generic description for Academic Program Manager, not relevant? Actually that seems like a separate job title overview for Academic Program Manager, but the posting is for Business Manager. The "CUNY Title Overview" seems like boilerplate for a different title; we should discard as it's not specific to this role? It says "Manages curriculum development and operations of a College's specialized academic program..." That seems unrelated. Likely it's boilerplate; we should remove.
- Skills: The qualifications list includes many skill-like items: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills..., Demonstrable experience overseeing Bursar Office operations..., Experience assisting with monthly financial reporting..., Excellent organizational..., Effective written and verbal communication..., Strong attention to detail... These could go under Skills or Requirements. We have both Requirements and Qualifications sections. Typically Qualifications includes education and experience; Skills includes abilities. We can split: Qualifications: education and years experience. Skills: analytical, organizational, communication, attention to detail, etc.
- Benefits: The posting includes "Compensation And Benefits" section: Salary range is $76,848 - $89,777; Salary commensurate with education and experience. CUNY's benefits contribute significantly... We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs... So we have Pay and Benefits sections. Pay: salary range. Benefits: health plans, retirement, tuition waivers, paid time off, academic/arts/athletic programs.
- Schedule: Not mentioned. So we should not include Schedule section.
- Also there is "How To Apply", "Closing Date", "Job Search Category", "EEO", etc. Remove boilerplate.
- Also "Location: Borough of Manhattan CC" maybe include as metadata in a short p.
We need to include all substantive info. Let's extract:
About the role: description of BMCC and role purpose. Could be: "The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, is a vibrant, pluralistic learning community committed to students' intellectual and personal growth. The College bridges the economic and educational opportunity gap for students, more than half of whom are the first in their families to attend college. Working to strengthen a culture of care inside and outside the classroom, we share a passion for learning with students from around the world. Strategically located in downtown Manhattan, the College is in close proximity to the artistic communities of Tribeca and SoHo, the dynamic downtown financial district, and the center of New York City government at City Hall. BMCC prides itself on the diversity of our students. We are an inclusive community that promotes an atmosphere of mutual respect for each member's ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religion, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin, among other personal characteristics. BMCC's motto speaks to this shared sense of purpose and possibility: Start Here, Go Anywhere. We strive to increase degree completion, successful transfer, career achievement, and service and leadership within our community, New York City, and beyond. The Business Manager will work within BMCC’s Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD), and report directly to the Director of Operations within CEWD. This role will support daily business operational requirements, enhance decision-making and efficiency, and manage budgets, fiscal, HR, and reporting activities. In collaboration with the Bursar’s Office, the Business Manager will help maintain accuracy, compliance, and high service standards for student course registration, tuition billing, account management, and reporting."
That's a lot but we can keep as prose
. Responsibilities: list of duties as bullet points. Let's list them exactly as in text: - Monitor and manage departmental budgets; prepare budget modifications; ensure expenditures of supplies, goods, and services align with approved budgets, institutional policies, and operational objectives. - Prepare financial reports and analyses to support decision-making, budget development and modifications, expense/tuition fee/staff forecasts, and statistical reporting. - Analyze financial data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights. - Assist with student accounts operations, course registration, enrollment, tuition and fee billing, collections, reconciliations, payment plans, financial aid coordination (scholarships, grants, loans, and vouchers), adjustments, refunds, and relationships with 3rd-party educational partners. - Supervise staff in completing procurement and vendor payment processes for all goods, supplies and services. - Lead and contribute to operational improvement initiatives by collaborating across departments to implement processes and procedures that enhance administrative operations, streamline workflows, and improve efficiency, productivity, and service delivery. - Supervise a marketing specialist in all marketing related duties, social media accounts and other advertising streams (emails, flyers, website, print etc.), research new advertising avenues, and ensure seasonal catalogs are submitted timely. - Collaborate within CEWD and across departments at BMCC, as well as Research and Grants Administration ensuring compliance with all Personnel Action Forms, Position Vacancy Notices and overall Standard Operating Procedures. - Assist with Research Foundation and Tax Levy New Hire Onboarding processing; Manage Personnel Action Forms – receive request, create, revise, submit to HR, and monitor through completion; oversee Timesheet submissions with close support from Administrative Assistant. - Supervise assigned staff, coordinate team priorities, workflows, and workplans to support strategic and operational goals; manage relationships with external vendors and service providers; and assist with revising and/or drafting policies procedures and administration guidelines for the CEWD Division. - Safeguard confidential, sensitive financial and institutional information with the highest level of discretion and professionalism. We need to ensure each bullet is a
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Qualifications: Minimum Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Finance, Management, Operations or a related field. Preferred Minimum of five (5) years of direct and progressively responsible experience in financial management and operations in higher education, nonprofit or public sector organizations. Three (3) years of supervisory finance, compliance or operations leadership experience.
We could combine as qualifications.
Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze financial data, prepare forecast, statistical, and narrative reports, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to support divisional planning and management activities. Demonstrable experience overseeing Bursar Office operations, ensuring accurate billing of student charges, payment processing, collection of receivables, student accounts, enrollment and student course registration. Experience assisting with monthly financial reporting, reconciliations and audits. Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills with the ability to pivot, manage competing priorities, collaborate and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment. Effective written and verbal communication skills, with experience cultivating and maintaining productive relationships with multiple leadership, internal and external stakeholders. Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and follow-through, with a commitment to confidentiality, diligence, high standards, ethical conduct, professionalism, and discretion.
We could also include "Supervise staff" etc but those are responsibilities.
Benefits: CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.
Pay: Salary range is $76,848 - $89,777; Salary commensurate with education and experience.
We should not include "Salary commensurate with education and experience" as filler? It's specific but it's a phrase; it's okay. The instruction: do NOT emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The phrase "Salary commensurate with education and experience" is not filler? It's somewhat generic but it's actual statement. It's okay to include.
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for prose. We should not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Business Manager". We'll have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay. We need to ensure we don't include empty sections. Let's craft. First, maybe a short p for location metadata: "Location: Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY." Could be included as a p before sections? The instruction: fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a p with location. Now produce HTML:
Location: Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY.
About the role
... (the long paragraph) ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
Minimum Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Finance, Management, Operations or a related field. Preferred Minimum of five (5) years of direct and progressively responsible experience in financial management and operations in higher education, nonprofit or public sector organizations. Three (3) years of supervisory finance, compliance or operations leadership experience.
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze financial data, prepare forecast, statistical, and narrative reports, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to support divisional planning and management activities.
- Demonstrable experience overseeing Bursar Office operations, ensuring accurate billing of student charges, payment processing, collection of receivables, student accounts, enrollment and student course registration.
- Experience assisting with monthly financial reporting, reconciliations and audits.
- Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills with the ability to pivot, manage competing priorities, collaborate and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with experience cultivating and maintaining productive relationships with multiple leadership, internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and follow-through, with a commitment to confidentiality, diligence, high standards, ethical conduct, professionalism, and discretion.
Benefits
CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse
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