Director of Finance

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Position: Director of Finance

Salary: $ - $ per year

Year-round schedule - 260 Work Days (8 hours per day/2080 hours per year)

FLSA Status: Exempt

• 21 Vacation days, 12 Sick days, and 4 Personal Leave days per year, including first year
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Excellent & Affordable Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D Insurance
• WA State Retirement/Pension
• Voluntary Insurance Programs available

The Director of Finance oversees the District accounting operations, budget preparation and adoption, district bank accounts, financial and personnel reporting, annual district audit, maintains personnel files and assists with employee benefits and employee hiring /separation processes.

Reports to Superintendent.

• Supervise and manage the financial affairs of the District-reporting to the Superintendent and the Board
• Supervise all accounting operations
• Serve as the District’s procurement officer and oversee all purchases to ensure bidding requirements are met
• Supervise and prepare monthly warrant registrations, deposits, and investments/withdrawals with the Yakima County Treasurer’s office.
• Supervise the collection, safekeeping and distribution of funds
• Calculate and forecast enrollment growth for the District
• Develop the district’s revenue forecast (F-203) and annual budget (F-195), and four-year budget (F-195F).
• Prepare the District’s year-end financial statements (F-196), and corresponding Notes to the Financial Statements and Schedule of Expenditures from Federal Awards (SEFA).
• Administer a budget control system for the District including coordination, processing and controlling the transfer of budgeted funds
• Supervise and evaluate district office staff
• Responsible for the receipt and expenditure of District funds
• Perform monthly reconciliation/balancing to the County Treasurer’s report and prepare District monthly financial reports
• Oversee the maintenance of the general, revenue and appropriation ledgers
• Manage District grants and submit monthly reimbursement claims
• Manage the cash flow analysis, investments, and banking services for the District
• Serve as facilitator of annual financial audits, and other program audits for the District.
• Assists with maintaining employee personnel files, including recording of educational credits, degrees, certification, and experience.
• Assists with processing job postings (internal and external), employee hiring and separation paperwork
• Assists with managing employee health and supplemental benefits, as well as leave balances
• Process L&I injury claims
• Represent the District in negotiations with employee groups
• Responsible for implementation of all required state and federal accounting and personnel procedures pertaining to school district operations.
• Prepare and distribution monthly board packets, attend all board meetings and record minutes
• Post board information to the District website
• Occasionally perform work beyond a standard 40-hour work week when workload requires.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent

• Experience with the Washington State School District Accounting Manual and Washington School Information Processing Cooperative (WSIPC) computer-based accounting program
• Experience in accounting procedures and budget oversight of school or public/municipal financial operations or equivalent experience.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality
• Effective human relation skills to establish productive and positive relationships with others
• Ability to work/communicate with staff and public
• Ability to work under multiple time-pressure deadlines simultaneously
• Knowledgeable in use of technology and software necessary to fulfill job requirements.
• Clearance for State and National background checks as a result of fingerprinting; successfully pass criminal records check

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Accounting or closely related field or equivalent experience
• Experience in Human…