Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Fairfield Community School District Central Office - Goshen, Indiana Open in Google Maps

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Job : 4958205

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Apr 16, 2024 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

67240 C.R. 31

GOSHEN, IN 46528

Position
:
Chief Financial Officer

Responsible To
:
Superintendent of Schools

Contract Terms
:
Twelve (12) Months

Qualifications:

• Outstanding human relations and leadership skills
• Good communicator
• Honest and trustworthy
• Able to supervise and coordinate all business activities of the school district
• Experience and skills utilizing technology for accounting/budgeting purposes
• Ability to learn new computer skills

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
• Successful history of financial planning and management
• Possesses strong organizational skills
• Proficiency using Excel, and technology to communicate
• Problem solver

Desired

Qualifications:

• Experience in the school finance setting
• Experience with Komputrol software
• Experience with procurement

Primary Responsibilities:

Business Office Management

• Oversees corporation treasurer, deputy treasurer, and human resource specialist
• Conduct and monitor the day-to-day operations of the various offices including payroll, accounting, data processing, etc.
• Provide monthly reports of the fiscal operation of the school district for the superintendent and the Board of School Trustees.
• Attend corporation School Board meetings and assist the superintendent in preparing recommendations and answering questions relating to the business and financial affairs of the district.
• Invest funds to secure interest income and provide an adequate cash flow for expenditures.
• Provide a system for retention and destruction of records.
• Arrange and authorize debt service payments.
• Plan and supervise the use of data processing equipment in the financial and business operation of the school district.
• Assist Superintendent in the preparation of the annual budget.

Insurance and Risk Management

• Manage the insurance program of the school district.
• Prepare communications and other documents required by the insurance program.
• Work with insurance agents, claims adjusters, lawyers and other personnel involve with the insurance program.
• Recommend changes in the insurance program to the superintendent.

Personnel

• Supervise the work of the accounts payable, purchasing, and payroll staff.
• Supervise the administration of the salary/fringe benefit package for all district employees.
• Supervise the maintenance of personnel files for all staff members.
• Assist in pricing salary/fringe benefit adjustments for various employee groups when requested.
• Supervise and assist when necessary with the preparation of contracts of all certified and classified personnel.
• Supervise the unemployment compensation for all personnel.
• Supervise food service

Legal Affairs

• Receive and process documents pertaining to lawsuits, code violations, and other legal requirements.
• Prepare and arrange for publication of legal notices required for the business affairs of the school district.

General

• Provide general supervision of the school’s extra-curricular fund operations.
• Perform accounting functions and prepare financial reports required by federal and state grants.
• Assist in preparation of all grant applications and review all expenditures from any grant fund.
• Supervise the preparation of all reports to the State for the school district.
• Process all contractor bills during building projects.
• Supervise an up-to-date inventory of school property as required by capital asset regulations.
• Perform other tasks and assume other duties as assigned or delegated by the superintendent

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