Assistant Superintendent Business – Anticipated Job Poughkeepsie area,City of Poughkeepsie New York USA,Management

Position: Assistant Superintendent for Business – Anticipated – 26-27
Location: City of Poughkeepsie

BOARD OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

18 SOUTH PERRY STREET

POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK 12601

RECRUITMENT BULLETIN # 26-27-31 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS

AUGUST 2026 ANTICIPATED VACANCY 26-27

POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF POSITION

The Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Gregory Mott, is interested in receiving applications from qualified candidates for the position of:

POSITION

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must possess a minimum of a Master’s degree and New York State School Business Administrator (SBA), School District Business Leader (SDBL), School District Administrator (SDA), or School District Leader (SDL), certificate by the time of appointment.

Candidates must have a minimum of five (5) years of successful experience in school district finance and business operations.

Candidates with prior urban public school experience are encouraged to apply.

DUTIES

The Poughkeepsie City School District (PCSD) is committed to providing students and parents with pathways to opportunity that will lead to achievement and success. Through student-centered effective and transformational leadership, school and community engagement, and an unrelenting pursuit to achieve greater school outcomes for children, the Poughkeepsie City Schools is focused on developing and growing greater access, equity, opportunity, and quality across PCSD.

Under the direction of the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent for Business establishes strategic direction and provides leadership of the financial and business operations as well as the Food Services Department and Buildings and Grounds of the Poughkeepsie City School District. Key deliverables include but are not limited to: maintaining a multi-year financial outlook creation of an annual balanced budget, providing financial reporting in accordance with state statutes, detailing the financial status of the district, and ensuring appropriate service delivery and outcomes associated with business functions including payroll, benefits, accounting, budgeting, purchasing disbursements, cash management, risk management, and financial planning, analysis and reporting.

The position will also supervise the Technology, Food Service, Buildings & Grounds, and Transportation Departments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties of the Assistant Superintendent for Business include
, but are not exclusively limited to the following:

Overseeing PCSD comprehensive fiscal planning process encompassing the operating budget and grants, in order to develop a structurally balanced, prudent annual budget and design a fiscally sound long-range financial plan encompassing budgetary control;
Providing leadership of the financial affairs of PCSD with optimal effectiveness and efficiency inclusive of providing input on district strategies programming, and financial information as appropriate;
Planning coordinating and supervising the operation of the Finance and Business departments to promote the overall effectiveness and efficiency of PCSD in expanding opportunity and access to students and other critical stakeholders;
Preparing PCSD’s proposed annual budget for the Board’s final consideration;
Conducting long-range financial research and forecasting and maintaining a multi-year financial outlook;
Designing and operationalizing a sound and equitable fiscal infrastructure with emphasis on supporting the success of PCSD schools;
Developing and implementing a school-based budgeting philosophy and framework;
Assisting schools and department leadership in budget development, monitoring and management, including maintenance of financial records and controls;
Monitoring ongoing revenue and expenditures;
Strengthening PCSD’s centralized accounting, financial…