JOB TITLE: Director of Finance

School District Position Description

JOB TITLE: Director of Finance

DEPARTMENT: Business Operations

REPORTS TO: Chief Financial Officer

APPROVED BY: Dr. Angela CooperDATE: September 18, 2017

SUMMARY

Supervision and management of finance functions of business office, including, but not limited to, general accounting, accounts payable/receivable functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Responsible for maintaining and monitoring all state, federal and local grants and filing related expenditure reports and any other required documentation with SDE or oversight agency.
Serve as liaison between grant coordinators and SDE. Assist fund managers with budgeting issues and other financial questions.
Responsible for coding all state, federal and local revenue and reconciling with monthly SDE and county reports.
Review and approve all bank reconciliations.
Review and approve all accounts payable check runs and void registers.
Review and approve all journal entries, budget transfers and cash receipt postings.
Involved in preparation of annual CAFR, coordinating audit functions.
Responsible for reconciling, maintaining and monitoring fixed asset system (including corresponding with the schools and various departments to have tags issued and placed).
Responsible for year-end closeout of grant funds.
Responsible for monthly sales/use tax return and related journal entries.
Responsible for coordinating annual business operations workshops.
Responsible for year-end closeout of grant funds.
Acts as contact person for all locations/departments regarding CSI troubleshooting and questions, and financial and budgeting questions.
Responsible for training all bookkeepers.
Assist CFO with special projects.
Serves as liaison with auditors, banking and other financial areas.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Oversees and supervises clerical staff of the Business Operations Office. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE – B.S. required, governmental finance experience required, school finance experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.