Business Manager
or drop it. Must preserve all substantive information; remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to extract core content: description of role, responsibilities, requirements, qualifications, skills, benefits, pay, schedule. Let's parse the posting: - Job ID: 37533 (metadata) - Agency: Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources - Location: Pierre, SD - Salary: $62,337.60/annually - Pay Grade: J - Closing Date: 09/29/2026 - The Business Manager maintains and supervises a combination of administrative services for the Animal Industry Board and Veterinary Medical Examining Board including coordination of the annual budget, monitoring the reconciliation of the state's accounting system, reviewing and approving expenditures, maintaining personnel management functions and procedures, acting as purchasing agent, overseeing capital assets inventory to ensure compliance with federal and state rules and regulations and administers cooperative agreements by developing and enforcing guidelines for program development, evaluating new or enhanced programs for compliance with rules and the mission of the agency, and providing information and recommendations regarding project development and financial policy to management to ensure maximum use of available funds. - This is a full-time position with the Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources. - For more information on the SD Animal industry Board, please visit https://aib.sd.gov/ . For more information on the Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources, please visit https://danr.sd.gov/ . (These are links; maybe we can keep as part of description? They are not boilerplate but maybe considered navigation? They are informational links; we could keep them as part of description but they might be considered extra. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. These links are not those; they are informational. Could keep them but maybe they are considered navigation? Safer to keep them as part of description? Might be okay. - The Ideal Candidate Will Have The ability to work and collaborate as part of a team, but also the initiative and work ethic to complete tasks independently. Excellent communication skills are a must. A bachelor's degree in business, economics, accounting, statistics or similar from an accredited college or university is preferred. - Knowledge Of the principles and practices of administration with emphasis in organization, fiscal management and budgetary control;generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), standards, and practices;generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS);computerized accounting software;office management;state accounting system;purchasing policies and procedures;federal and state laws and rules as they relate to cooperative agreement management;methods, procedures, and purpose of financial analyses; legislative processes. - Ability To communicate information clearly and concisely;plan, organize, and direct an administrative service program;supervise;deal tactfully with others;interpret rules and regulations;follow established procedures;meet reporting requirements;make timely and accurate decisions;interpret and implement program statutes, administrative rules, federal regulations, and policy directives;establish effective working relationships with a wide variety of individuals and entities; communicate information concisely and effectively. - Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume. This position is exempt from the Civil Service Act. This position is eligible for Veterans’ Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08. NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered. The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire. The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information here . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS. Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=4VQ You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted. South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources and Administration Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus "An Equal Opportunity Employer" We need to remove application instructions: "To be considered, please attach your resume.", "Must apply online: ...", "You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.", contact info, etc. Also remove EEO statement. Remove duplicated lines. Remove legal/EEO etc. Also remove "Additional Requirements:" heading? It's a heading but we need to incorporate its content into appropriate sections (like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills). The "Additional Requirements:" includes things like resume attachment (application instruction) - remove. Veterans' Preference, NCRC, work visa, I-9, E-Verify, benefits info, retirement class, etc. Some of those are substantive: benefits (health insurance, holidays, vacation, sick leave, dental, vision, other insurance, retirement benefits). Also "This position is exempt from the Civil Service Act." maybe not needed? Could be considered metadata but maybe not essential. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep benefits details. Also we need to keep pay (salary) and schedule (full-time). Also we need to keep location? Possibly as metadata but could be included in a short paragraph. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include location, agency, maybe pay grade, closing date in a short paragraph. But we must not create headings for them unless they are actual sections. We'll create sections: About the role (maybe a brief summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. Let's extract: About the role: Could be a brief description: The Business Manager maintains and supervises a combination of administrative services for the Animal Industry Board and Veterinary Medical Examining Board including coordination of the annual budget, monitoring the reconciliation of the state's accounting system, reviewing and approving expenditures, maintaining personnel management functions and procedures, acting as purchasing agent, overseeing capital assets inventory to ensure compliance with federal and state rules and regulations and administers cooperative agreements by developing and enforcing guidelines for program development, evaluating new or enhanced programs for compliance with rules and the mission of the agency, and providing information and recommendations regarding project development and financial policy to management to ensure maximum use of available funds. This is a full-time position with the Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources. Responsibilities: Could be the list of duties: coordination of annual budget, monitoring reconciliation of state's accounting system, reviewing and approving expenditures, maintaining personnel management functions and procedures, acting as purchasing agent, overseeing capital assets inventory to ensure compliance with federal and state rules and regulations, administering cooperative agreements by developing and enforcing guidelines for program development, evaluating new or enhanced programs for compliance with rules and the mission of the agency, providing information and recommendations regarding project development and financial policy to management to ensure maximum use of available funds. Requirements: Could be things like: Ability to work and collaborate as part of a team, initiative and work ethic to complete tasks independently, excellent communication skills, bachelor's degree in business, economics, accounting, statistics or similar preferred, knowledge of principles and practices of administration with emphasis in organization, fiscal management and budgetary control; GAAP; GAAS; computerized accounting software; office management; state accounting system; purchasing policies and procedures; federal and state laws and rules as they relate to cooperative agreement management; methods, procedures, and purpose of financial analyses; legislative processes. Also maybe "exempt from Civil Service Act" not a requirement but a condition. Veterans' preference eligibility maybe not a requirement but a note. We'll keep as part of Requirements? Might be better to put under Qualifications? Actually Qualifications often include education, experience, certifications. Skills include abilities. Let's map: Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in business, economics, accounting, statistics or similar from an accredited college or university is preferred. Skills: Ability to work and collaborate as part of a team, initiative and work ethic to complete tasks independently, excellent communication skills, ability to communicate information clearly and concisely, plan, organize, and direct an administrative service program, supervise, deal tactfully with others, interpret rules and regulations, follow established procedures, meet reporting requirements, make timely and accurate decisions, interpret and implement program statutes, administrative rules, federal regulations, and policy directives, establish effective working relationships with a wide variety of individuals and entities, communicate information concisely and effectively. Requirements: Knowledge of principles and practices of administration with emphasis in organization, fiscal management and budgetary control; GAAP; GAAS; computerized accounting software; office management; state accounting system; purchasing policies and procedures; federal and state laws and rules as they relate to cooperative agreement management; methods, procedures, and purpose of financial analyses; legislative processes. But there is overlap. Could combine knowledge and skills. However we need to follow instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But we have headings list; we can include only those with real content. We could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Knowledge & Skills (or Requirements), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But the instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It doesn't forbid combining but we should follow the headings if content exists. We can have multiple sections; but we should avoid thin sections. Let's see if we have enough content for each. - About the role: we have description. - Responsibilities: we have list. - Requirements: we have knowledge list. - Qualifications: we have education preference. - Skills: we have abilities list. - Benefits: we have health insurance, holidays, vacation, sick leave, dental, vision, other insurance, retirement benefits, Class A retirement under SDRS. - Pay: we have salary $62,337.60/annually, Pay Grade J. - Schedule: we have full-time. Thus we have content for each heading. That's okay; not too thin. We must not include boilerplate like "An Equal Opportunity Employer", application instructions, contact info, EEO, etc. Also remove links to websites? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The links to aib.sd.gov and danr.sd.gov are not those; they are informational. Could keep them as part of About the role maybe. But they are like navigation? Might be considered navigation but they are specific to the agency. I'd keep them as part of the description but maybe they are considered extra. Safer to keep them as they are substantive info about where to find more info. However they are URLs; we could keep them as plain text. We also need to remove "For more information on the SD Animal industry Board, please visit https://aib.sd.gov/ . For more information on the Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources, please visit https://danr.sd.gov/ ." Might be considered navigation but it's just informational. I