Boston College Introduction

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.

Job Description

As we enter the fourth year of the public phase of Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College, we invite you to 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 tenet of developing the whole person, University Advancement is large enough to benefit 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 a variety 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 to our 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 will also 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.

Requirements

This position requires a high school diploma and a minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience working with financial and accounting data, as well as the ability to maintain highly detailed and confidential work and the ability to work independently. Experience with charitable gifts <$10,000 preferred. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills; Blackbaud CRM reporting and query skills; Google Suite; Excel; and basic accounting knowledge are preferred. Requires the ability to process gifts in a timely and accurate manner while meeting obligatory deadlines.  Dependability is essential to maintain consistency of data input and output. 

During the crucial calendar year-end period, Gift Processing staff will often work on days when the university is closed to process and acknowledge gifts. During the fiscal year-end, another demanding time of the work year, vacations and scheduled time off are not usually granted (May through mid-June).

Must be a team player who is highly motivated and dedicated to the goals of advancing higher education and has an appreciation for Jesuit Catholic education and the goals and values of Boston College.

The Office of University Advancement supports Boston College's mission by promoting a culture of inclusion that values each individual. Our recruiting practices support that commitment to build teams that reflect our community: students, alumni, parents, and friends of Boston College.


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