Director of Finance

Madison Elementary School District #38 POSITION TITLE

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

$99,992-$124,882 (DOE)

Twelve months/Administrative Salary Schedule

Supervised By:
Assistant Superintendent of Business Services

Supervise and Evaluate:
Accounting Coordinator, Accounting Specialist, Accounts Payable Technician, AZEDS/ADM Compliance Manager, Enrollment Specialist, Student Information Systems Manager, Payroll Supervisor, Purchasing/Warehouse Supervisor

Under general direction of the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, the Director of Finance provides dynamic, responsive, and forward thinking vision in fiscal services; collaborates with other departments to maintain fiscal stability of the District; provides leadership in directing, planning, developing, and managing District finances to maintain financial integrity and to meet the mission and goals of the District; this includes directing and organizing District accounting and financial record keeping activities;

and preparing, developing, monitoring, and revising the annual budget.

• Four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative, supervisory or staff experience involved in the areas of accounting, payroll and purchasing; interpretation of policies and installation of procedures.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or similar field or any combination of professional training or experience equivalent to four years in financial analysis, or in fields directly related to position requirements.
• Knowledge of principles of statistics and accounting.
• Knowledge of office management principles, methods and procedures.
• Knowledge of legal provisions and requirements concerning the business procedures of a school district.
• Knowledge of statistical and research methods.
• Knowledge of automated computer systems, databases, spreadsheets.
• Ability to plan, organize and administer the operations and activities of the Business Services department.
• Ability to administer budget and financial controls.
• Ability to train and evaluate technical staff.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data.
• Ability to analyze, interpret and administer laws and regulations relating to a school district.
• Ability to analyze and prepare financial statements and reports.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to plan and coordinate inter-departmental activities.
• Ability to implement general policy decisions into effective plans of action.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to delegate responsibility, meet schedules and timelines, and prepare, develop and present relevant training materials.

• Communicate regularly with the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services on all fiscal matters.
• Provide administrative direction for the budget and accounting functions of the District.
• Work collaboratively with Human Resources and Information Technology Services to monitor position control and other fiscal-related systems and functions
• Conduct financial projections and analysis of District income and expenditures including multiyear analysis and multi-funded cash flow analysis for facility projects.
• Prepare financial projections and impact analysis for District negotiations with employee bargaining groups.
• Prepare, develop, monitor and revise the District budget.
• Participate in maintaining the District’s financial integrity by implementing sound fiscal plans, internal control systems, audit activities, and system conversion and integration.
• Plan, organize and control the budget development and monitoring process.
• Plan and direct the District’s internal and external audit processes. Communicate regularly with Principals and Leadership Team members on site and program fiscal management.
• Prepare, develop and present annual budget training guidelines to District wide site level personnel.
• Develop improvements to accounting, payroll and purchasing systems.
• Direct personnel in payroll preparation, accounts payable, accounts receivable, attendance accounting, and purchasing.
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