Business Manager - General Application
About The Position
The Parish Business Administrator serves in a key management position as a staff resource in support of the pastor, ensuring that parish needs in administration, personnel, finance and facilities are fulfilled. This position directs and manages these efforts with technical and legal expertise within the framework of shared ministry in Catholic and Christian values by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates. This job description reflects management's assignment of essential job responsibilities; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. All the duties and standards within this job description will be performed according to the established policies, procedures and guidelines.
Requirements
- Compliance with BCI&I background checks and completion of Protecting God's Children program prior to beginning employment; actively practicing Catholic.
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, nonprofit management, or a related field
- Ability to work with others in a collaborative team environment.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and work instructions.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, Diocesan staff, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or other form.
- Knowledge of QuickBooks, MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet software.
- Must have the ability to learn other accounting software as required.
- The ability to maintain all information highly confidential.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in church, nonprofit, or comparable organizational management preferred.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and support parish staff, including supervision, scheduling, and performance management
- Manage parish finances, including budgeting, reporting, accounts payable/receivable, and payroll
- Administer personnel policies and ensure compliance with diocesan and legal requirements
- Coordinate maintenance, repair, and scheduling for parish buildings and grounds
- Support sacramental preparation processes and parish ministry coordination through staff oversight
- Serve as a collaborative partner to the Pastor and parish leadership
- Regular attendance and punctuality is essential for this job.
- Administers parish operations in accordance with the parish and Catholic Church’s missions.
- Understands Catholic social teaching and applies it to parish policies and practices.
- Maintains a neat and safe work area.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
