Job Posting for Assistant Director of Finance at Brooklyn Center Schools

JobID: 2738

Position Type:
Administration/Director of Finance

Date Posted:
12/18/2023

Location:
District Office

Date Available:
Immediate

Closing Date:
01/21/2024

The Brooklyn Center Community School (BCCS) District is seeking applicants to join our team as Assistant Director of Finance. Performs difficult professional and administrative work planning, monitoring, and coordinating district financial functions, maintaining records and files, preparing reports and related work as apparent or assigned. Financial functions include cash management, revenues and investments, financial accounting and reporting, budgeting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and grant accounting. Work involves setting procedures and goals under the direction of the Finance Director. Departmental supervision is exercised over all personnel within the department. This position is a training position for the Finance Director position. The successful candidate will succeed the Finance Director once training is completed.

BCCS is looking for applicants driven to uphold our Mission: To become a justice-center school community who fuels the unique genius of each student.

BCCS Core Values - Written on a foundation of student voice, our district core values communicate the culture and character of Brooklyn Center Community Schools.

We stand front and center
We demonstrate passion, pride, and perseverance
We acknowledge and disrupt oppressive systems
Our diversity fuels learning
We fiercely lead in justice-centered educated

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist the Finance Director to develop short-term and long-term financial goals for the district, regular financial forecasts, and other financial reports for internal and external use by the district.
Consult with all departments providing necessary financial data to make informed business decisions and suggest strategies for maximizing district resources.
Analyze financial information, provide recommendations for improvements and communicate any financial concerns.
Assist the Finance Director in the development and presentation of the annual budget and the budget development cycle, Prepare and present forecasts of the district financial position and enrollment projections. Work with administration on budget development, management, and implementation.
Assist the Finance Director to develop information and evaluation capabilities to aid in short and long-range financial forecasting, including the formulation of budgetary formulas, multi year budget projections and the preparation of budget control guidelines and procedures.
Work with district staff and grantors on budget management, compliance and reporting for all Federal, State, and Local grants.
Develop and implement a system that ensures compliance to track and report programs’ and grants’ revenue and expenditures.
Recommend procedures for competitive bidding, quotations, and negotiations for items necessary for the operation of the district.
Maintain a purchase system that makes optimum use of district resources and updates the order system with current encumbrances.
Serves as a key member of the District negotiating team in collective bargaining, providing financial advice and strategic planning toward district objectives.
Perform all accounting functions to ensure revenues received meet UFARS requirements.
Prepare for the district’s annual audit and work with external audit firm to ensure accurate year-end financial data and reports.
Prepare, approve and submit all financial reports as required.
Other duties as apparent or assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and, Abilities Preferred:

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human capital management, leadership, and coordination resources.
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel training, supervision, and leadership, labor relations, motivating, developing, and directing employees
Ability to effectively monitor and prioritize work
School finance experience, with knowledge of legal mandates, policies and regulations pertaining to educational accounting and fiscal record management and reporting.
Strong analytical and computer skills required to support data base management forecasting, cost-benefit analyses and decision-making activities.
Data processing systems and software used in the collection, analysis, reporting and accounting of student and financial information.
Knowledge of UFARS accounting procedures.
Knowledge of district administrative policies and procedures.
Ability to relate and communicate effectively with people of different cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds
Ability to listen and use conflict resolution strategies
Adept in networking and building collaborative relationships
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other employees, leaders, and external partners

Qualifications:

Required work experience in addition to formal education/ training
Progressive financial responsibilities in a school setting preferred
Supervisory experience preferred

Pay and Benefits: Competitive Pay and Benefits based on the Administrators Pay and Benefits Guide
Duty Days: 12 month position, includes 12 paid holidays and 28 days of vacation

Why Choose BCCS?

Flexible and Affordable Health Insurance Options
Dental Insurance
Group Life and AD&D Insurance
Supplemental Life and Dependent Life Insurance
Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Full-service community school
Sand Creek: Supportive counseling and coaching
Staff Wellness Opportunities: Annual benefits fair, wellness challenges and campaigns, free yoga and personal trainer sessions
NeoPath Health Clinic: Onsite medical care to help you improve your overall health and wellness. The clinic offers all of the primary care services you would expect from a family physician/general practitioner.

We're not a community on the fringe, we're a community moving toward a center.
Moving in unison with a shift in cultural expectations.
Our voice and achievement will not be disqualified, we're moving toward a change in history and hearts.
Standing FRONT AND CENTER so we are seen and heard.

Application Process:
Please select this link to learn more about Brooklyn Center Community Schools: https://www.bccs286.org/
Please select this link to apply online: https://www.applitrack.com/brooklyncenterschools/onlineapp/

BROOKLYN CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Brooklyn Center Community Schools is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable Equal Opportunity laws, directives and regulations of Federal, State and Local governing bodies or agencies. Brooklyn Center Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, gender identity and expression, disability, age, or status.

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