Interim School Business Administrator

Location: Vineyard Haven

Martha's Vineyard Public Schools Martha's Vineyard Central Office
- Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Job Description General Responsibilities

• Supervises the management of the financial affairs of the school department.
• Assumes responsibility for budget development and long-range financial planning.
• Acts as advisor to the Superintendent on all questions relating to the business, financial affairs of the school system.
• Serves as a liaison to the local school building committees and the municipal offices.
• Serves as the Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools liaison to the Department of Education and the Department of Revenue on all finance related matters.
• Supervises the preparation and submission of all financial reports required by the Massachusetts Department of Education and other State and Federal Agencies.
• Attends all regularly scheduled School Committee meetings and all other such meetings that the Superintendent may require.
• Assumes certain tasks as may be assigned by the Superintendent.

Financial Responsibilities

• Develops budget guidelines, coordinates preparations of the budget.
• Prepares analyses of budget requests and program proposals.
• Arranges for and supervises preparation, publication and distribution of budgets as approved by the Superintendent.
• Establishes and supervises a program of accounting adequate to record in detail all financial transactions.
• Provides monthly accounting reports of all income and expenditures.
• Prepares and analyzes all financial statements.
• Supervises the preparation of appropriate federal, state, local reports and grants.
• Maintains a continuous internal auditing program for all funds.
• Supervises the collection and accounting of all revenue including grants and special activity accounts.
• Supervises the reconciliation of all bank accounts maintained by the school department.
• Coordinates, processes and controls transfers of budgeted funds as requested by program administrators.
• Supervises the School department's monthly financial journal entries and reports to the school committees and towns.
• Understands Chapter 30B MGL requirements along with Chapter 149, Chapter 149A, and Chapter 30 39M (the Design and Construction laws).
• Along with Federal procurement requirements and supervises bid specifications for contracted services as assigned by the Superintendent.
• Oversees and assists with the borrowing activities of the two regional school districts.
• Prepares documents and analyses for the two regional school districts’ annual certification of Excess & Deficiency funds.
• Acts as the two regional school districts’ representative on the Dukes County Pooled OPEB Trust committee.

Personnel Responsibilities

• Assists in the interviewing and hiring of Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools financial team staff.
• Responsible for the supervision, assignment of duties, and evaluation of performance of the Superintendent’s Office financial team staff.
• Participate in the contract negotiations process with the various bargaining units of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools.

Interim School Business Administrator

Martha's Vineyard Public Schools Martha's Vineyard Central Office
- Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Job Details

Job : 5980225

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Nov 03, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Job Description General Responsibilities

• Supervises the management of the financial affairs of the school department.
• Assumes responsibility for budget development and long-range financial planning.
• Acts as advisor to the Superintendent on all questions relating to the business, financial affairs of the school system.
• Serves as a liaison to the local school building committees and the municipal offices.
• Serves as the Martha’s Vineyard…