Director of Finance

Starting Date: Immediately

Pay Grade: E (Administrative Salary System)

Department: Finance

Accountable To: Assistant Superintendent of Business Services

FLSA Status: Exempt

Calendar: 261 Days

Creation/Revision Date: November 13, 2025

Responsible for the research, management, planning, implementation, and communication of various finance functions related to systems management, software and workflow improvements, training and budgeting functions. Oversees and manages the payroll department.

• Oversees the Finance department and supervises the payroll staff, including determining workloads, establishing work schedules, monitoring work performance, recommending new hires and terminations, conducting performance evaluations, performing training functions of support staff, maintaining personnel records, and resolving staff conflicts. Provides direction and oversight to the Accounting and Payroll Department supervisors.
• Develops and maintains a process to monitor expenditures in compliance with annual financial report (AFR) requirements. Duties include, but are not limited to, ensuring compliance with expenditure limits, developing methodology for account code structure and use, and developing and implementing the process and format for internal reporting.
• Continues to stay current and provides direction in planning staff development programs for personnel in the Finance and Payroll department to ensure compliance with policies, federal grant guidelines, laws, regulations, or modifications.
• Provides direction and oversight for the budgetary process. Keeps Assistant Superintendent of Business Services informed on District’s finances to include preparing reports and presentations that are critical to the decision making process.
• Assists in coordinating various District financial operations, to include management of levy funds, bond funds, trust operations, internal service funds, and District financial reporting. Ensures that all federal and state timelines are met in regard to financial reporting.
• Reconciles and maintains bank account for the district.
• Responsible for supervising, testing, documenting and training on all phases of projects, including but not limited to implementation on programs, training staff on financial systems, and coding for expenses.
• Identifies and acts on possible financial systems enhancements that improve productivity.
• Responsible for developing and leading professional development and training for a variety of district and campus level stakeholders.
• Acts as the system administrator for the district financial system.
• Attends various District meetings and committees relating to the District’s Finance. Compiles data for negotiations with employee groups.
• Works with Human Resources Department to ensure consistency between payroll records and authorized positions in relation to the approved spending plan.
• Other job-related duties assigned.

• High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) prior to being hired.
• Five years of managerial, supervisory, or related experience.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Three years of supervisory experience.
• Three years of finance experience in a school system.

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications for this job description 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.

Skills required, but not limited to, for this position include:

• Applying concepts, principles, and practices of fiscal administration including budgeting and financial reporting.
• Demonstrating general accounting techniques.
• Knowing state and federal laws and guidelines.
• Applying principles and techniques used in conducting management studies, system analysis, and financial analysis.
• Demonstrating management theories and principles including supervision, organizational development, leadership, etc.
• Planning, developing, and implementing fiscal management practices and systems.
• Analyzing data…