Business Operations Director

The Salvation Army’s Divisional Headquarters is hiring a Business Operations Director and offers an excellent benefit package to eligible employees including:

• Generous paid time off every year that includes: vacation and sick time, holidays, and up to 3 personal days.
• Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of employment)
• Comprehensive health care coverage with low-cost employee premiums, co-pays and deductibles
• Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC and Voluntary Term Life
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Eligibility for the Federal Government’s Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Most importantly – a job with a good purpose!

Canton, MA

35 hours per week

Exempt

$200k - $220k per year

* starting pay varies depending on experience and qualifications*

The Business Director provides strategic leadership and oversight for The Salvation Army’s Massachusetts Divisional Finance Department, encompassing the accounting, finance, and payroll functions. This role is responsible for planning, developing, administering, and leading these operations to ensure they are effective, efficient, and fully compliant with all legal requirements, standards, and regulations.

Working closely with the Fiscal Controller and key staff, the Business Director assists in the development, administration, and maintenance of divisional and corps budgets. Core responsibilities include monitoring financial systems to ensure compliance and collaborating with Divisional Leadership and Corps Officers to ensure that programs are supported in a fiscally sound and mission-aligned manner.

The Business Director also partners with stakeholders across Divisional and Territorial levels, promoting collaboration and alignment of financial and operational efforts to advance the mission of The Salvation Army.

This job description is not all inclusive. It is intended to identify the essential duties of the position. Other duties, responsibilities and tasks may be assigned.

• Manage and give guidance to the daily responsibilities of the Massachusetts Finance Staff to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of all assigned operations.
• Responsible for the performance evaluation of the Fiscal Controller and Administrative Assistant. All other evaluations are to be completed by the Fiscal Controller of the Senior Accountant and Corps Accounting Manager.
• Work with key accounting staff, particularly the Fiscal Controller, to ensure the Divisional Commander is informed monthly of the financial condition of DHQ Funds and all field units within the Division.
• Serve as a member and Secretary of the Command Finance Council (CFC). As secretary to the CFC, responsibility includes reviewing all proposals for action submitted to the agenda. It also includes discussions with department heads in advance of giving presentation to the council to ensure adequate funding, sources of funding, and that the requests are allowable where/when internal policies are available and provide direction.
• Ensure maintenance of effective internal controls to provide for the safeguarding of assets and reliability of financial statements. This process includes ongoing discussion with the Fiscal Controller, Accounting Supervisor, and Corps Accounting Manager.
• Ensure adherence to organizational fiscal policies and procedures.
• Review and approve Contracts through the Contracts Database.
• Review and approve estate distributions and withdrawals through the Estates. This is to be processed in consultation with the Fiscal Controller.
• Act as a participant in the preparation of corps audit schedules. To be completed in consultation with the internal auditors who conduct the annual corps audits.
• Plan and prepare Children Learning Centers Management Review annually, in coordination with the internal auditors, fiscal controller, and other key staff.
• Work cooperatively with the Administrative Assistant to ensure all bank accounts are covered by official Powers of Attorney and issued in accordance with organizational policy.
• Develop an understanding of the Territorial Officer Tax…