Director of Finance and Operations
for each section heading. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have:
- Job description includes responsibilities (Essential Duties And Responsibilities). So we can have Responsibilities
with - items.
- Qualifications: there is a Qualifications section. So
Qualifications
with list.
- Skills: maybe we can extract from qualifications: "Strong analytical skills partnered with strategic thinking and relationship building..." etc. Could be separate Skills section but we could combine with Qualifications? The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Responsibilities, Qualifications (which includes skills). Pay: we have salary range $135K - $150K (also earlier Base Pay $120k to $150k). So we have Pay info. So include Pay
with maybe.
- Benefits: not mentioned. No benefits specifics. So omit.
- Schedule: not mentioned (Full-Time Employee). Could infer full-time but not specific schedule. The instruction: never create Schedule section unless posting actually states them. It says Terms Full-Time Employee but not schedule details. Probably omit Schedule.
- About the role: we could have a brief paragraph summarizing role. The job description includes a paragraph before duties: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member..." That's about the role. So we could have
About the role
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Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Pay.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
We need to use
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We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info from the posting.
Let's extract details:
About the role paragraph: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member of the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) leadership team, responsible for supporting designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston in collaboration with other Pastoral Center departments. This position builds pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability."
That's the first paragraph after Job Description heading. We'll keep that.
Responsibilities: list from "Essential Duties And Responsibilities" and subsequent bullet-like sentences. We need to turn each sentence into
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- Collaborate with Catholic Schools Office colleagues to implement financial and operational strategies to support school leaders and build capacity within individual school communities.
- Prepare and review school business plans, budgets, audited financial statements, cash flows and proformas to assist school leadership in implementing sustainable financial models using multi-year planning strategies.
- Recommend and present financing proposals to appropriate audiences for review and approval of local school debt financing.
- Participate in school audit processes of the Archdiocese of Boston.
- Initiate school visits to engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and school finance/business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and development of a multi-year planning approach by leveraging existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources.
- Support the Superintendent in the stewardship of philanthropic restricted and unrestricted resources to strategically strengthen Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston.
- Support succession planning by identifying and preparing high- potential leaders for future roles.
- Stay current on national trends and research in Catholic and independent school operational vitality.
- Collaborate with CSO directors to ensure leadership development supports cross-functional school success.
- Supervises the CSO Operations and Engagement Coordinator to ensure efficient operations of the office and adherence to Archdiocesan policies and procedures.
- Supervises the CSO Director of Data Administration & Reporting.
- Manages departmental revenue and expenses in accordance with the CSO budget and is a strategic partner to the Superintendent for funding for initiatives.
- Serves as the primary liaison between the Catholic Schools Office and RCAB Pastoral Center Offices such as but not limited to Boston Catholic Development Services, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Parish Services & Property Management.
- Leverage existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources in support of school financial and operational planning.
- Serve as a resource to pastors, school boards, and principals regarding effective leadership practices.
- Management of Vendor Relations.
- Support the Superintendent and Archbishop to work closely with the groups that support Catholic education to leverage support and resources that will strengthen the impact of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Boston.
- Engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and multi-year planning.
- Program Implementation & Evaluation Support designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston.
- Build pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability.
- Mission & Catholic Identity Ensure all financial practices and operational initiatives are grounded in the mission of Catholic education and the values of the Catholic Church.
- Other Duties Represent the Catholic Schools Office at Archdiocesan events related to Catholic school leadership.
- Perform other duties assigned by the Superintendent.
We need to ensure we don't duplicate. Some sentences may be repetitive (e.g., "Build pathways..." appears earlier). We'll keep as is but maybe deduplicate? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines should be removed (they said remove duplicated lines). So we need to remove duplicate sentences. Let's identify duplicates:
- "Build pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability." appears twice: once in the initial description (under Job Description) and again under Program Implementation & Evaluation. Also appears in About the role? Actually About the role includes similar phrase: "This position builds pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability." That's duplicate. We should keep only one instance? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one occurrence. Which one to keep? Probably keep the one under Responsibilities (since it's a duty). We'll remove duplicate from About the role and later.
- "Support the Superintendent in the stewardship of philanthropic restricted and unrestricted resources to strategically strengthen Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston." appears once.
- "Stay current on national trends and research in Catholic and independent school operational vitality." appears once.
- "Collaborate with CSO directors to ensure leadership development supports cross-functional school success." appears once.
- "Leverage existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources in support of school financial and operational planning." appears twice: once under Internal Partnerships and again under External Partnerships? Actually appears under Internal Partnerships- Pastoral Center Departments: "Leverage existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources in support of school financial and operational planning." and also under External Partnerships? Not exactly. It appears also under "Engage pastors..." maybe not. We'll keep one.
- "Serve as a resource to pastors, school boards, and principals regarding effective leadership practices." appears once.
- "Management of Vendor Relations." appears once.
- "Support the Superintendent and Archbishop to work closely with the groups that support Catholic education to leverage support and resources that will strengthen the impact of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Boston." appears once.
- "Engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and multi-year planning." appears twice: once under Internal Partnerships? Actually appears under Internal Partnerships? Let's see: Under Internal Partnerships- Pastoral Center Departments: not that. Under External Partnerships- Schools, Vendors & Catholic Education Stakeholders: "Engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and multi-year planning." Also appears earlier under "Initiate school visits..." which includes similar but not identical. So we keep one.
- "Program Implementation & Evaluation Support designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston." appears once.
- "Mission & Catholic Identity Ensure all financial practices and operational initiatives are grounded in the mission of Catholic education and the values of the Catholic Church." appears once.
- "Other Duties Represent the Catholic Schools Office at Archdiocesan events related to Catholic school leadership." appears once.
- "Perform other duties assigned by the Superintendent." appears once.
We'll craft a concise but complete list.
Now Qualifications section: extract bullet points:
- Practicing Catholic with a commitment to the mission and values of the Catholic Church.
- Master's degree and/or CPA preferred.
- Minimum of 7-10 years of financial and operational progressive leadership experience in Catholic schools, higher education, or nonprofit leadership development.
- Financial planning.
- Strong analytical skills partnered with strategic thinking and relationship building with a focus on stakeholder service and engagement.
- Strong knowledge of school governance, nonprofit organizations, strategic planning, finance, advancement, and operations preferred.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders in order to identify pathways to address operational and financial instability.
- Proven organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Ability to inspire, mentor, and coach leaders at different stages of their careers.
- Familiarity with tools such as but not limited to Adaptive Budgeting, Intaact, FACTS, and other Microsoft and enterprise level software.
We need to put each as
- . Some are phrases like "Financial planning." maybe treat as a skill.
Pay: Salary range- $135K - $150K. Also earlier Base Pay $120k to $150k. We should preserve both? The posting includes both: "Base Pay $120k to $150k Salary" and later "Salary range- $135K - $150K". To preserve all substantive info, we should include both statements. Could combine: "Base Pay $120k to $150k; Salary range $135K - $150K." We'll put in
.
Now About the role: we need to keep the paragraph but remove duplicated "Build pathways..." sentence. Let's rewrite About the role paragraph without that sentence.
Original: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member of the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) leadership team, responsible for supporting designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston in collaboration with other Pastoral Center departments. This position builds pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability."
We'll remove the second sentence (duplicate). So About the role paragraph: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member of the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) leadership team, responsible for supporting designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston in collaboration with other Pastoral Center departments."
Now Responsibilities: we need to list each duty as
- . Ensure we don't include duplicate sentences. Let's compile final list:
1. Collaborate with Catholic Schools Office colleagues to implement financial and operational strategies to support school leaders and
Qualifications
with list. - Skills: maybe we can extract from qualifications: "Strong analytical skills partnered with strategic thinking and relationship building..." etc. Could be separate Skills section but we could combine with Qualifications? The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Responsibilities, Qualifications (which includes skills). Pay: we have salary range $135K - $150K (also earlier Base Pay $120k to $150k). So we have Pay info. So includePay
withmaybe. - Benefits: not mentioned. No benefits specifics. So omit. - Schedule: not mentioned (Full-Time Employee). Could infer full-time but not specific schedule. The instruction: never create Schedule section unless posting actually states them. It says Terms Full-Time Employee but not schedule details. Probably omit Schedule. - About the role: we could have a brief paragraph summarizing role. The job description includes a paragraph before duties: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member..." That's about the role. So we could have
About the role
with. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Pay. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For About the role we can use
. For Qualifications we can use
- . For Pay we can use
. We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info from the posting. Let's extract details: About the role paragraph: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member of the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) leadership team, responsible for supporting designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston in collaboration with other Pastoral Center departments. This position builds pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability." That's the first paragraph after Job Description heading. We'll keep that. Responsibilities: list from "Essential Duties And Responsibilities" and subsequent bullet-like sentences. We need to turn each sentence into
- . Let's extract each duty: - Collaborate with Catholic Schools Office colleagues to implement financial and operational strategies to support school leaders and build capacity within individual school communities. - Prepare and review school business plans, budgets, audited financial statements, cash flows and proformas to assist school leadership in implementing sustainable financial models using multi-year planning strategies. - Recommend and present financing proposals to appropriate audiences for review and approval of local school debt financing. - Participate in school audit processes of the Archdiocese of Boston. - Initiate school visits to engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and school finance/business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and development of a multi-year planning approach by leveraging existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources. - Support the Superintendent in the stewardship of philanthropic restricted and unrestricted resources to strategically strengthen Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston. - Support succession planning by identifying and preparing high- potential leaders for future roles. - Stay current on national trends and research in Catholic and independent school operational vitality. - Collaborate with CSO directors to ensure leadership development supports cross-functional school success. - Supervises the CSO Operations and Engagement Coordinator to ensure efficient operations of the office and adherence to Archdiocesan policies and procedures. - Supervises the CSO Director of Data Administration & Reporting. - Manages departmental revenue and expenses in accordance with the CSO budget and is a strategic partner to the Superintendent for funding for initiatives. - Serves as the primary liaison between the Catholic Schools Office and RCAB Pastoral Center Offices such as but not limited to Boston Catholic Development Services, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Parish Services & Property Management. - Leverage existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources in support of school financial and operational planning. - Serve as a resource to pastors, school boards, and principals regarding effective leadership practices. - Management of Vendor Relations. - Support the Superintendent and Archbishop to work closely with the groups that support Catholic education to leverage support and resources that will strengthen the impact of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Boston. - Engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and multi-year planning. - Program Implementation & Evaluation Support designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston. - Build pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability. - Mission & Catholic Identity Ensure all financial practices and operational initiatives are grounded in the mission of Catholic education and the values of the Catholic Church. - Other Duties Represent the Catholic Schools Office at Archdiocesan events related to Catholic school leadership. - Perform other duties assigned by the Superintendent. We need to ensure we don't duplicate. Some sentences may be repetitive (e.g., "Build pathways..." appears earlier). We'll keep as is but maybe deduplicate? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines should be removed (they said remove duplicated lines). So we need to remove duplicate sentences. Let's identify duplicates: - "Build pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability." appears twice: once in the initial description (under Job Description) and again under Program Implementation & Evaluation. Also appears in About the role? Actually About the role includes similar phrase: "This position builds pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability." That's duplicate. We should keep only one instance? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one occurrence. Which one to keep? Probably keep the one under Responsibilities (since it's a duty). We'll remove duplicate from About the role and later. - "Support the Superintendent in the stewardship of philanthropic restricted and unrestricted resources to strategically strengthen Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston." appears once. - "Stay current on national trends and research in Catholic and independent school operational vitality." appears once. - "Collaborate with CSO directors to ensure leadership development supports cross-functional school success." appears once. - "Leverage existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources in support of school financial and operational planning." appears twice: once under Internal Partnerships and again under External Partnerships? Actually appears under Internal Partnerships- Pastoral Center Departments: "Leverage existing Archdiocesan technologies and resources in support of school financial and operational planning." and also under External Partnerships? Not exactly. It appears also under "Engage pastors..." maybe not. We'll keep one. - "Serve as a resource to pastors, school boards, and principals regarding effective leadership practices." appears once. - "Management of Vendor Relations." appears once. - "Support the Superintendent and Archbishop to work closely with the groups that support Catholic education to leverage support and resources that will strengthen the impact of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Boston." appears once. - "Engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and multi-year planning." appears twice: once under Internal Partnerships? Actually appears under Internal Partnerships? Let's see: Under Internal Partnerships- Pastoral Center Departments: not that. Under External Partnerships- Schools, Vendors & Catholic Education Stakeholders: "Engage pastors, heads of school, boards of trustee, advisory boards and business managers in addressing fiscal challenges, key metrics, cash flow and multi-year planning." Also appears earlier under "Initiate school visits..." which includes similar but not identical. So we keep one. - "Program Implementation & Evaluation Support designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston." appears once. - "Mission & Catholic Identity Ensure all financial practices and operational initiatives are grounded in the mission of Catholic education and the values of the Catholic Church." appears once. - "Other Duties Represent the Catholic Schools Office at Archdiocesan events related to Catholic school leadership." appears once. - "Perform other duties assigned by the Superintendent." appears once. We'll craft a concise but complete list. Now Qualifications section: extract bullet points: - Practicing Catholic with a commitment to the mission and values of the Catholic Church. - Master's degree and/or CPA preferred. - Minimum of 7-10 years of financial and operational progressive leadership experience in Catholic schools, higher education, or nonprofit leadership development. - Financial planning. - Strong analytical skills partnered with strategic thinking and relationship building with a focus on stakeholder service and engagement. - Strong knowledge of school governance, nonprofit organizations, strategic planning, finance, advancement, and operations preferred. - Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders in order to identify pathways to address operational and financial instability. - Proven organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities. - Ability to inspire, mentor, and coach leaders at different stages of their careers. - Familiarity with tools such as but not limited to Adaptive Budgeting, Intaact, FACTS, and other Microsoft and enterprise level software. We need to put each as
- . Some are phrases like "Financial planning." maybe treat as a skill.
Pay: Salary range- $135K - $150K. Also earlier Base Pay $120k to $150k. We should preserve both? The posting includes both: "Base Pay $120k to $150k Salary" and later "Salary range- $135K - $150K". To preserve all substantive info, we should include both statements. Could combine: "Base Pay $120k to $150k; Salary range $135K - $150K." We'll put in
. Now About the role: we need to keep the paragraph but remove duplicated "Build pathways..." sentence. Let's rewrite About the role paragraph without that sentence. Original: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member of the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) leadership team, responsible for supporting designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston in collaboration with other Pastoral Center departments. This position builds pathways for pastors, principals, business managers and advisory board to leverage existing resources and strategies for financial well-being, operational vitality and long-term sustainability." We'll remove the second sentence (duplicate). So About the role paragraph: "The Director of Finance & Operations serves as a key member of the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) leadership team, responsible for supporting designing, implementing, and evaluating financial and operational best practices for Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Boston in collaboration with other Pastoral Center departments." Now Responsibilities: we need to list each duty as
- . Ensure we don't include duplicate sentences. Let's compile final list: 1. Collaborate with Catholic Schools Office colleagues to implement financial and operational strategies to support school leaders and
- . For Pay we can use