Director, Business Services

Administrative
- Central Office
- Central Office Administrator

Job Number

Start Date

Open Date 10/09/2026

Closing Date 10/23/2026

Provide leadership and oversight for the School Division's financial operations and school business functions, including accounting, financial reporting, payroll, accounts payable, revenue accounting, grants, fiscal compliance and related business services. Provide the School Board, Superintendent, administrators, schools, departments, and taxpayers with accurate, timely and meaningful financial information regarding the financial condition and operations of the School Board's funds and programs (e.g., School Operating, Grants, Athletics, Textbooks).

Serve as the School Board's Fiscal Agent, ensuring that financial transactions, payments, accounting records, contracts, and other fiscal activities are reviewed and administered in accordance with School Board policy, applicable laws and regulations, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and sound internal controls.

(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

Strategic

• Provide leadership and direction for the development, implementation, and maintenance of sound financial systems, procedures, internal controls, and business practices.
• Prepare, review, and present periodic financial statements, financial analyses, forecasts, and other financial reports for the School Board, Superintendent, executive leadership, governmental agencies, schools, departments, and other stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain effective financial controls designed to safeguard School Division assets, ensure accurate financial reporting, prevent and detect errors or irregularities, and promote compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Monitor emerging changes in governmental accounting, financial reporting, payroll, grants, and other school business requirements and recommend appropriate changes to policies, procedures, systems, and practices.

Operational

• Prepare the School Board's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, applicable auditing standards for an unqualified opinion, Government Finance Officers Association program standards, Association of School Business Officials program standards, and other applicable authoritative pronouncements.
• Account for and monitor all major revenue sources including federal, state, local, grant, and other revenues and ensure revenues are properly recorded and reconciled.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the School Division's financial records and accounting systems, including the appropriate accounting and financial reporting for federal, state, and local grants and other restricted funds, including compliance with applicable grant requirements.
• Oversee the timely completion of month-end and year-end financial close processes, including the review and approval of adjusting entries, account reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, and other financial transactions.
• Review and approve contracts for fiscal compliance and financial sufficiency in accordance with School Board policy. Coordinate with appropriate departments and offices regarding the financial and fiscal implications of contracts.
• Review and approve certain requisitions, invoices, payments, and other financial transactions in accordance with established policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Oversee payroll operations to ensure the accurate and timely processing of employee compensation, deductions, tax with holdings,…