The Council for Professional Recognition

• Build and maintain strong relationships with a portfolio of partner organizations across early childhood education, higher education, workforce development, CTE, and apprenticeship sectors, serving as the primary point of contact for assigned partners. • Identify, vet, and support onboarding of new partners aligned with the Council’s strategic priorities, including equity, rural access, Spanish-speaking communities, and priority states. • Collaborate across internal teams within the Strategic Alliances Department and throughout the organization to ensure alignment between partnership efforts and organizational goals. • Monitor partnership engagement, track performance metrics, and report on outcomes and impact to inform strategy and continuous improvement. • Contribute to the development of outreach strategies, tools, and partnership resources that support recruitment, retention, and shared learning. • Support the planning and execution of partner-facing events, webinars, campaigns, and convenings that strengthen engagement and collaboration. • Represent the Council at partner meetings, conferences, and community events, promoting the Council’s mission, values, and programs.

• Lead strategic financial planning and analysis to guide executive decision-making and ensure long-term organizational stability. • Oversee budgeting and financial reporting processes to deliver accurate results that drive performance and accountability. • Strengthen compliance and risk management practices to safeguard organizational integrity and financial stability. • Serve as the primary financial advisor and liaison to the Board Finance Committee, providing clarity, insight, and strategic guidance. • Provide forward-looking financial modeling and scenario analysis to guide organizational decision-making. • Advise on new initiatives, regulatory considerations, and enterprise risk. • Lead financial administration, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and regulatory compliance. • Ensure financial systems and processes adhere to GAAP and best-practice standards. • Strengthen financial controls, policies, and risk mitigation strategies. • Optimize banking, investment, and cash-management relationships. • Oversee audits, including general ledger and 403(b) audits. • Present monthly financial reports to the Finance Committee and quarterly reports to the Board of Directors. • Manage the Director of Accounting & Finance and oversee the finance department. • Build a high-performing finance team grounded in accountability, integrity, and service.

• Design, build, and maintain data integrations across operational systems, Dataverse, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Dynamics 365. • Ensure synchronization, accuracy, availability, and consistency of data between operational and analytical environments. • Develop, support, and optimize ETL and ELT processes for analytics and reporting platforms, including Power BI. • Monitor and improve data quality through validation rules, reconciliation processes, profiling, and quality checks. • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data and application components using Azure DevOps and related tools. • Automate deployments and manage environment configurations to ensure consistent release processes across environments. • Monitor data pipelines and system performance; troubleshoot integration, pipeline, and deployment issues. • Collaborate closely with the Business Data Analyst to align data models, integration logic, and structures with reporting requirements. • Develop and maintain data models for both operational and dimensional databases. • Maintain clear technical documentation for data flows, integrations, transformations, and DevOps processes. • Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Integration Developers, vendors, and IT leadership on platform enhancements and issue resolution.