Description

Posting: AP7567
Location: Education Service Center (ESC)
Position: Executive Director of Business Services
Rate: $206,306 - $219,024
 

Notes: The Executive Director Business Services is responsible for the administration of the overall business
and financial operations of the district. The Executive Director advises the Superintendent regarding
fiscal management issues and plays a critical role in budget development, bargaining strategy, financial
planning, and analyzing District program expenditures to ensure fiscal and budget integrity.

Primary responsibilities: 

• Responsible for annual budget development processes, administration, and long-range financial
  planning for the district, including developing, implementing, and facilitating processes for
  establishing baseline and comparative data, assessing needs, gathering input, analyzing options,
  creating scenarios, facilitating discussions, presenting drafts, soliciting feedback, presenting
  proposals, and getting approvals.
• Regularly attends school board meetings to provide business and financial updates.
• Participates as a member of the Superintendent’s Cabinet.
• Advises the Superintendent’s Cabinet on all fiscal matters, providing feedback and keeping the
  Superintendent informed.
• Assists the Superintendent’s Cabinet in the development of business policies, procedures, and
  programs to improve efficiency and service and to ensure clear guidance to staff, effective
  communication to the community, and compliance with local, state, and federal laws. 

Full job description available through job posting. 

Requirements

Education and Experience:
Master’s degree in educational administration or business administration or seven years increasingly
responsible professional experience in business administration, education administration, public
administration, or management; or any combination of experience and training provides the applicant with
the knowledge, skills, and ability required to perform the work. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge:

Knowledge of current school district accounting and payroll rules and practices.
Knowledge of federal and state rules and regulations applicable to finance, accounting, and payroll.
Knowledge of fixed assets and purchasing procedures.
Knowledge of state and federal statutory requirements relating to school finance and budgeting.
Knowledge of the district's policies and procedures related to business/finance.
Knowledge of functions, activities and fiscal requirements of all departments and units of the district.

Skills

Demonstrated skills in problem solving and mediation of conflict.
Demonstrated skills in the effective management of people and programs.
Demonstrated skills in promoting a strong customer service orientation. 

Abilities:

Demonstrated ability to apply technical knowledge to a variety of complex issues.
Demonstrated ability to develop and implement accounting methods, and procedures.
Demonstrated ability to prepare and submit written and oral reports relative to fiscal conditions of the school district in an effective manner.
Demonstrated ability to use various business personal computer applications proficiently (e.g., word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software).
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to a variety of constituents both orally and in writing.
Demonstrated ability to resolve conflicts and deal with impatient or angry and distraught vendors, employees, and community members.
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of people in a multi-cultural, diverse socio-economic setting.