Senior Gift Processing Specialist

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

As we enter the fourth year of thepublic phase of Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College
, we invite youto join our community. Driven by our mission and focused on advancing the university for years to come, priority areas for this $3B comprehensive campaign include Financial Aid, Academics, and Student Life. Based on a fundamental Jesuit tenetof developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough tobenefit from many campus resources, yet small enough to be agile and creative in supporting all associates.

With an average tenure of close to 10 years at Boston College, our 250-person centralized organizational structure offers avariety of roles across fundraising, alumni relations, operations, and communications and engagement. We invest in every staff member's professional growth through individual and team-based programs. Likewise, we aim to attract the very best, seeking team members who are as ambitious and as committed toour team as we are.

We value a culture of inclusive excellence and belonging while actively promoting team members who contribute to the success of University Advancement. See below the current opportunity to begin (or return to!) your Boston College experience! Reports to the Assistant Director, Gift Management. This role is responsible for the complex processing and distribution of university gifts received through various channels. Primary responsibilities include:

• Scrutinize all gifts, including matching corporate gifts, for proper processing.
• Post pledges and payments, reconcile, and balance gift batches.
• Capture, process, and archive credit card transactions resulting from UA telemarketing data and from fundraising websites.
• Create donor records when needed to facilitate gift processing.
• Archive all gift information by computerized scanning and filing.
• Use various reports and information from databases for review and correction.

In addition to these gift-processing specialist responsibilities, the Senior Gift Processing Specialist processes Athletic ticketing, including donor-based seating, transfers of securities,gifts-in-kind, gifts and pledges greater than or equal to $10,000, and payments made via third parties, such as donor-advised funds and foundations. You willalso train new and temporary employees on general gift processing functions. Attention to detail and accounting principles are essential to process gifts according to donor intentions in a timely and accurate manner that is mandated by professional and legal requirements.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $47,900 - $59,850; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

This position requires a high school diploma and a minimum of three yearsof progressively responsible experience working with financial and accounting data, as well as the ability to maintain highly detailed and confidential workand the ability to work independently. Experience with charitable gifts