Business Manager
Woodland Hills School District · Pittsburgh, PA · 3 wk ago
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We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No job title heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Sections present:
- Summary (maybe "About the role") – we can treat as About the role.
- Essential Duties And Responsibilities -> Responsibilities.
- Supervisory Responsibilities maybe part of Responsibilities.
- Qualification Requirements -> Qualifications (maybe also Requirements). The posting has "Qualification Requirements" and then "CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS", "Language Skills", "Mathematical Skills", "REASONING ABILITY", "OTHER SKILLS And ABILITIES", "PHYSICAL DEMANDS", "TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT", "EVALUATION". We need to map to sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have "TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: The Business Manager is a twelve (12) month position with salary, vacation and benefits established by Board action." This gives schedule (12 month) and mentions salary, vacation, benefits but not specific amounts. We cannot create Pay or Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It mentions salary, vacation and benefits established by Board action – not specific. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state schedule: twelve (12) month position. So we can include Schedule section with that detail. Benefits: mentions vacation and benefits but not specifics; maybe we should not create Benefits section because no specific benefits listed. Pay: not specific amount, so no Pay section.
Requirements: maybe "Qualification Requirements" includes Bachelor's Degree, experience, alternatives. That's qualifications. Also "CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS" is a qualification. So we can have Qualifications section.
Skills: includes Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, REASONING ABILITY, OTHER SKILLS And ABILITIES, Personal computer and spreadsheet skills. So Skills section.
Requirements maybe could be separate from Qualifications but we can combine? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications if content distinct. Requirements could be the basic eligibility (degree, experience). Qualifications could be certificates, licenses, etc. But we can decide.
Let's extract:
About the role (Summary): "Responsible for overall financial operations of the district, including development and maintenance of annual budget and long-range financial projections. Plays a central role in school district planning and analysis of current programs, support systems and expenditures. Functions as a resource to school site teams."
Responsibilities (Essential Duties And Responsibilities + Supervisory Responsibilities): list many duties.
We need to convert list of duties into
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No job title heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Sections present:
- Summary (maybe "About the role") – we can treat as About the role.
- Essential Duties And Responsibilities -> Responsibilities.
- Supervisory Responsibilities maybe part of Responsibilities.
- Qualification Requirements -> Qualifications (maybe also Requirements). The posting has "Qualification Requirements" and then "CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS", "Language Skills", "Mathematical Skills", "REASONING ABILITY", "OTHER SKILLS And ABILITIES", "PHYSICAL DEMANDS", "TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT", "EVALUATION". We need to map to sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have "TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: The Business Manager is a twelve (12) month position with salary, vacation and benefits established by Board action." This gives schedule (12 month) and mentions salary, vacation, benefits but not specific amounts. We cannot create Pay or Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It mentions salary, vacation and benefits established by Board action – not specific. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state schedule: twelve (12) month position. So we can include Schedule section with that detail. Benefits: mentions vacation and benefits but not specifics; maybe we should not create Benefits section because no specific benefits listed. Pay: not specific amount, so no Pay section.
Requirements: maybe "Qualification Requirements" includes Bachelor's Degree, experience, alternatives. That's qualifications. Also "CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS" is a qualification. So we can have Qualifications section.
Skills: includes Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, REASONING ABILITY, OTHER SKILLS And ABILITIES, Personal computer and spreadsheet skills. So Skills section.
Requirements maybe could be separate from Qualifications but we can combine? The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications if content distinct. Requirements could be the basic eligibility (degree, experience). Qualifications could be certificates, licenses, etc. But we can decide.
Let's extract:
About the role (Summary): "Responsible for overall financial operations of the district, including development and maintenance of annual budget and long-range financial projections. Plays a central role in school district planning and analysis of current programs, support systems and expenditures. Functions as a resource to school site teams."
Responsibilities (Essential Duties And Responsibilities + Supervisory Responsibilities): list many duties.
We need to convert list of duties into - . The duties are many sentences separated by periods. We'll break each sentence as a list item.
We must preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include each duty as separate list item, preserving the text.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. There's none.
We must not include duplicated lines.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role:
About the role
...
Responsibilities: Responsibilities
- ...
...
Qualifications: maybe Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and Accounting.
- A minimum of four years experience as a business manager or in a related activity.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Pennsylvania registered School Business Official (PASBO).
Skills: Skills
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
- Ability to effectively present information to administrators, public groups/community, and Board of Education.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to apply financial concepts such as compound interest, time value of money, tax rates and discounts.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in a specific field.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community.
- Ability to speak clearly and concisely both in oral and written communication.
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
- Personal computer and spreadsheet skills along with relevant software.
Schedule: Schedule
The Business Manager is a twelve (12) month position with salary, vacation and benefits established by Board action.
We might also include Requirements section? Could be redundant with Qualifications. But we could put Requirements as the degree and experience, and Qualifications as certificates etc. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into Qualifications only. But we have both Requirements and Qualifications headings in the list; we can choose to include only Qualifications if we think it's enough. However the posting has "Qualification Requirements" heading; we could treat that as Requirements. Then we have certificates etc as Qualifications. But to avoid many thin sections, we could merge them into one Qualifications section. The rule: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So better to have one Qualifications section covering degree, experience, certificates, etc. That's fine.
Thus we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Schedule.
Check if any other sections like Benefits? Not specific. Pay? Not specific. So omit.
Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: Did we miss any duties? Let's list duties from the text:
Essential Duties And Responsibilities paragraph:
"Manage the fiscal matters of the district including investments, debts, payroll, purchasing, revenue collection, budget control, and accounting."
"Administer, supervise and assist in the accounting functions (includes journal entries, accounts payable checks, reconciling all activity for expenditure/revenue, and balance sheet accounts) in all funds (includes capital projects, cafeteria, and general), except the Athletic Fund and Activities Account Funds, of the school district (Procedures will be followed at the Building level)."
"Prepare reports on the fiscal matters of the district as needed and interpret the financial matters of the district to the Board and Community."
"Assume responsibility for District budget development and long-range financial planning."
"Supervise the day-to-day activities of the business office staff."
"Manage the cash flow and investments of the district."
"Coordinate the activities of the Board Treasurer."
"Arrange for the auditing of school accounts and maintain liaison relationships with auditors."
"Advise on personnel/labor issues, interpret and administer labor contracts, serve as a chief negotiator in all labor contract negotiations and business contracts (bus, etc.) as directed by the Superintendent."
"Reconcile and prepare expenditure, revenue, and balances sheets as well as prepare all monthly financial reports."
"Manage the district's real estate and insurance programs."
"Work with the Joint Tax Collector Association and local real estate tax collectors for the six municipalities of the district and manage the tax functions of the district."
"Direct the maintenance of an up-to-date inventory of school property and fixed assets."
"Serve as district liaison with the School Authority Board and the borough/township managers as directed by Superintendent."
"Perform all financial responsibilities related to bond issues and construction projects and assist the School Authority Board in financial and construction related matters."
"Plan and administer an efficient system of recruitment, hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of all personnel for the business operations of the district office in coordination with the Assistant Superintendent."
"Direct and compile tax returns and other reports required by local, state, and federal agencies."
"Administer business office programs such as E-Rate, New Pension Administration System, etc., as required."
"Facilitate the activities and prepare documents for the Resource Planning Committee"
"Prepare specifications, advertise, and secure bids as appropriate."
"Complete and/or assist in the application for state and federal funds."
"Performs the duties of the district's Purchasing Agent."
"Supervise the storage and distribution of supplies and equipment so that accurate records are maintained."
"Administer a budget control system for the District."
"Upon the request of the Superintendent, attend meetings of the Board of Education, and assume such other duties and responsibilities as the Superintendent may delegate."
"Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or designee."
Supervisory Responsibilities: "Directly supervises tax collectors, depository, personnel involved in business operations."
We need to include that as a duty.
Thus we will create list items for each distinct duty sentence. Some sentences are long with parentheses; we keep them as is.
We must ensure not to lose any info.
Let's craft list items:
1. Manage the fiscal matters of the district including investments, debts, payroll, purchasing, revenue collection, budget control, and accounting.
2. Administer, supervise and assist in the accounting functions (includes journal entries, accounts payable checks, reconciling all activity for expenditure/revenue, and balance sheet accounts) in all funds (includes capital projects, cafeteria, and general), except the Athletic Fund and Activities Account Funds, of the school district (Procedures will be followed at the Building level).
3. Prepare reports on the fiscal matters of the district as needed and interpret the financial matters of the district to the Board and Community.
4. Assume responsibility for District budget development and long-range financial planning.
5. Supervise the day-to-day activities of the business office staff.
6. Manage the cash flow and investments of the district.
7. Coordinate the activities of the Board Treasurer.
8. Arrange for the auditing of school accounts and maintain liaison relationships with auditors.
9. Advise on personnel/labor issues, interpret and administer labor contracts, serve as a chief negotiator in all labor contract negotiations and business contracts (bus, etc.) as directed by the Superintendent.
10. Reconcile and prepare expenditure, revenue, and balances sheets as well as prepare all monthly financial reports.
11. Manage the district's real estate and insurance programs.
12. Work with the Joint Tax Collector Association and local real estate tax collectors for the six municipalities of the district and manage the tax functions of the district.
13. Direct the maintenance of an up-to-date inventory of school property and fixed assets.
14. Serve as district liaison with the School Authority Board and the borough/township managers as directed by Superintendent.
15. Perform all financial responsibilities related to bond issues and construction projects and assist the School Authority Board in financial and construction related matters.
16. Plan and administer an efficient system of recruitment, hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of all personnel for the business operations of the district office in coordination with the Assistant Superintendent.
17. Direct and compile tax returns and other reports required by local, state, and federal agencies.
18. Administer business office programs such as E-Rate, New Pension Administration System, etc., as required.
19. Facilitate the activities and
About the role
...
Responsibilities:Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and Accounting.
- A minimum of four years experience as a business manager or in a related activity.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Pennsylvania registered School Business Official (PASBO).
Skills
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
- Ability to effectively present information to administrators, public groups/community, and Board of Education.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to apply financial concepts such as compound interest, time value of money, tax rates and discounts.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory in a specific field.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community.
- Ability to speak clearly and concisely both in oral and written communication.
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
- Personal computer and spreadsheet skills along with relevant software.
Schedule
The Business Manager is a twelve (12) month position with salary, vacation and benefits established by Board action.
We might also include Requirements section? Could be redundant with Qualifications. But we could put Requirements as the degree and experience, and Qualifications as certificates etc. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into Qualifications only. But we have both Requirements and Qualifications headings in the list; we can choose to include only Qualifications if we think it's enough. However the posting has "Qualification Requirements" heading; we could treat that as Requirements. Then we have certificates etc as Qualifications. But to avoid many thin sections, we could merge them into one Qualifications section. The rule: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So better to have one Qualifications section covering degree, experience, certificates, etc. That's fine. Thus we will have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Schedule. Check if any other sections like Benefits? Not specific. Pay? Not specific. So omit. Now ensure we preserve all substantive info: Did we miss any duties? Let's list duties from the text: Essential Duties And Responsibilities paragraph: "Manage the fiscal matters of the district including investments, debts, payroll, purchasing, revenue collection, budget control, and accounting." "Administer, supervise and assist in the accounting functions (includes journal entries, accounts payable checks, reconciling all activity for expenditure/revenue, and balance sheet accounts) in all funds (includes capital projects, cafeteria, and general), except the Athletic Fund and Activities Account Funds, of the school district (Procedures will be followed at the Building level)." "Prepare reports on the fiscal matters of the district as needed and interpret the financial matters of the district to the Board and Community." "Assume responsibility for District budget development and long-range financial planning." "Supervise the day-to-day activities of the business office staff." "Manage the cash flow and investments of the district." "Coordinate the activities of the Board Treasurer." "Arrange for the auditing of school accounts and maintain liaison relationships with auditors." "Advise on personnel/labor issues, interpret and administer labor contracts, serve as a chief negotiator in all labor contract negotiations and business contracts (bus, etc.) as directed by the Superintendent." "Reconcile and prepare expenditure, revenue, and balances sheets as well as prepare all monthly financial reports." "Manage the district's real estate and insurance programs." "Work with the Joint Tax Collector Association and local real estate tax collectors for the six municipalities of the district and manage the tax functions of the district." "Direct the maintenance of an up-to-date inventory of school property and fixed assets." "Serve as district liaison with the School Authority Board and the borough/township managers as directed by Superintendent." "Perform all financial responsibilities related to bond issues and construction projects and assist the School Authority Board in financial and construction related matters." "Plan and administer an efficient system of recruitment, hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of all personnel for the business operations of the district office in coordination with the Assistant Superintendent." "Direct and compile tax returns and other reports required by local, state, and federal agencies." "Administer business office programs such as E-Rate, New Pension Administration System, etc., as required." "Facilitate the activities and prepare documents for the Resource Planning Committee" "Prepare specifications, advertise, and secure bids as appropriate." "Complete and/or assist in the application for state and federal funds." "Performs the duties of the district's Purchasing Agent." "Supervise the storage and distribution of supplies and equipment so that accurate records are maintained." "Administer a budget control system for the District." "Upon the request of the Superintendent, attend meetings of the Board of Education, and assume such other duties and responsibilities as the Superintendent may delegate." "Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or designee." Supervisory Responsibilities: "Directly supervises tax collectors, depository, personnel involved in business operations." We need to include that as a duty. Thus we will create list items for each distinct duty sentence. Some sentences are long with parentheses; we keep them as is. We must ensure not to lose any info. Let's craft list items: 1. Manage the fiscal matters of the district including investments, debts, payroll, purchasing, revenue collection, budget control, and accounting. 2. Administer, supervise and assist in the accounting functions (includes journal entries, accounts payable checks, reconciling all activity for expenditure/revenue, and balance sheet accounts) in all funds (includes capital projects, cafeteria, and general), except the Athletic Fund and Activities Account Funds, of the school district (Procedures will be followed at the Building level). 3. Prepare reports on the fiscal matters of the district as needed and interpret the financial matters of the district to the Board and Community. 4. Assume responsibility for District budget development and long-range financial planning. 5. Supervise the day-to-day activities of the business office staff. 6. Manage the cash flow and investments of the district. 7. Coordinate the activities of the Board Treasurer. 8. Arrange for the auditing of school accounts and maintain liaison relationships with auditors. 9. Advise on personnel/labor issues, interpret and administer labor contracts, serve as a chief negotiator in all labor contract negotiations and business contracts (bus, etc.) as directed by the Superintendent. 10. Reconcile and prepare expenditure, revenue, and balances sheets as well as prepare all monthly financial reports. 11. Manage the district's real estate and insurance programs. 12. Work with the Joint Tax Collector Association and local real estate tax collectors for the six municipalities of the district and manage the tax functions of the district. 13. Direct the maintenance of an up-to-date inventory of school property and fixed assets. 14. Serve as district liaison with the School Authority Board and the borough/township managers as directed by Superintendent. 15. Perform all financial responsibilities related to bond issues and construction projects and assist the School Authority Board in financial and construction related matters. 16. Plan and administer an efficient system of recruitment, hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of all personnel for the business operations of the district office in coordination with the Assistant Superintendent. 17. Direct and compile tax returns and other reports required by local, state, and federal agencies. 18. Administer business office programs such as E-Rate, New Pension Administration System, etc., as required. 19. Facilitate the activities and