Description

Director of Finance 

Purpose Statement

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, employee benefits, and employee hiring and separation processes.

Reports to Superintendent.

Requirements

Essential Functions

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 work-load requires.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent
 

Required Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or closely related field or equivalent experience
Experience in Human Resources with knowledge of leaves such as PFML
Experience in supervising staff
Skyward Fiscal Module experience
Knowledge of food services, pupil transportation and operations
Bilingual preferred but not required.
Knowledge of Intouch Point of Sale System