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Director, Planning & Journals Operations
Requisition Number 1101
Publications & Databases
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required in Psychology, Social Science or Business
Administration required
- Advanced degree (MA, MBA, PhD) strongly preferred
- A minimum of 7 to 10 years experience in consulting, accounting and finance
may substitute for educational requirements
- Experience collecting, analyzing and interpreting data
- Excellent communication skills
Description:
- Budget management and analysis for all OPD programs or 66% of total APA
revenue ($75M Revenue, $50M Expenses). Includes approximately 130 programs.
Duties include:
- Work directly with the Executive Director to prepare, analyze, interpret
and present budget and financial reports on all budgetary aspects of OPD.
- Develop budget targets with Executive Director and Sr. Directors for
Journals, PsycINFO, PsycBOOKS, Sales & Marketing, Leasing and Licensing,
and Executive Director Office units.
- Direct budget preparation, review and revision with budget managers
from each OPD unit.
- Serve as primary liaison between OPD and APA Finance on all budget related
issues and queries.
- Responsible for all budgetary processes for the Journals
Program ($33M Revenue, $11M Expenses). Includes 58+ journal, 4 personnel and
6 miscellaneous programs. Duties include:
- Analyzes subscription numbers, rates and revenue
distribution ($16M)
- Allocates of Electronic licensing and Royalty revenue
($18 M)
- Projects production expenses for all journal programs
based on circulation, page count, frequency and other variables ($5M)
- Calculates Honoraria and Office Expenses due to
Editorial Offices ($3M)
- Estimates Royalty payments due to the owners of
contract journals ($.8M)
- Develops staffing models for APA, Freelance and
Temporary personnel ($2.5M)
- Responsible for all financial processes for the Journals
Program. Duties include:
- Manage and implement new journals related revenue
streams.
- Analyze monthly account reports to track revenue
and expenses.
- Develop, maintain and analyze statistical records
for all journal accounts.
- Prepare specialized financial analyses for specific
journals or groups of journals related to performance, contract or other
issues.
- Act as liaison to other APA groups including Finance,
Sales and Marketing, PsycINFO and Service Center.
- Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable
transactions to ensure timely and accurate payments are made to vendors
and other contractual entities (i.e., APA Divisions and non-profit Societies).
- Responsible for financial and operational oversight
of 58+ journal editorial offices. Duties include:
- Establishing and maintaining professional and productive
communications with all editorial offices.
- Manages Publishing, Editor, Associate Editor, Bulk
Purchase and other contracts including timely payment of Honoraria, Office
Expenses and other contractually obligated payments. Assist offices in
completing required quarterly and annual reports.
- Directs new editor searches (6-9 per year). Maintains
highly professional and confidential information regarding candidates
and others involved in the search procedure.
- Prepares materials and participates in governance
proceedings of the P&C Board and Council of Editors.
- Responsible for developing and implementing strategic
initiatives and process improvements for Journal acquisition, production and
editorial units. Duties include:
- Develops financial models and business plans for
all new and potential journal acquisitions (12-15 per year).
- Directs all operational processes required to establish
new journals in the APA systems. Involves close coordination with numerous
APA personnel from Finance, Service Center, PsycINFO, Information Technology
and Legal groups.
- Analyzes, develops and reports on operational statistics
regarding the processes and efficiencies of the journal production and
editorial units. Implement process changes with journal management team.
- Conduct research and work closely with outside vendors
regarding the development and potential implementation of new business
models to provide better service to APA constituencies and ensure that
the journals program follows industry standard best practices.
Qualified candidates should send resumes indicating requisition number, cover
letter and salary requirements to: American Psychological Association, Human
Resources, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, or via email to
Human Resources or fax to 202-336-5501.
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