This Opportunity is for a Chief Financial Officer with a work location in Hattiesburg, MS.

TITLE: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Must either hold or be eligible to acquire a license as a School Business Administrator in accordance with State Board Policy Chapter 71, rule 71.2


2. Master's Degree in accounting or business administration preferred


3. Five years of successful accounting experience with multi-million dollar accounts


4. Proficient in the use of computer technology for accounting and other budget administration tasks


5. Extensive knowledge of the principles, methods, techniques, practices, and mandated accounting system of budget administration and budget planning operations for Mississippi school districts


6. Understand and be able to articulate the basic principles of fund/governmental accounting


7. Ability to plan, assign, and direct a staff


8. Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors, the school board, department heads, city officials, and other school employees and lay persons, both verbally and written

SUPERVISES: Departmental and other staff as assigned

REPORTS TO: The Superintendent, for limited purposes, to the Assistant Superintendent

JOB GOAL: To support and enhance the educational mission of the school district through careful planning, sound fiscal management, and effective budget administration (following proper procedures, meeting deadlines, leaving clear audit, balancing accounts, etc.)

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned, including but not limited to:

1. Serves as a resource for and participates in the development of annual and long-range educational plans for the school district


2. Plans and causes to be developed software programs to support accounting and other departmental procedures


3. Assists the Superintendent to develop the annual operational budget; prepares the annual budget as required by law meeting all mandated deadlines.  Monitors and amends budget throughout the fiscal year


4. Collects and makes available tax and other fiscal data needed for district planning purposes


5. Calculates and prepares, in accordance with all statutory guidance, the annual Ad Valorem tax request for funds


6. Ensures that all funds are received and deposited in an approved depository


7. Maintains various required accounts to comprehend and to account for all funds


8. Implements and maintains the state-required Chart of Accounts for school districts


9. Maintain the general ledger of the district in a timely and accurate manner


10. Prepares and submits for board approval each month all financial reports as required by state statute


11. Prepares and submits to the State Department of Education budget reports and budget information as required, and all other required reports in advance of deadlines


12. Invests surplus or currently unused funds in accordance with Mississippi law; maintains current knowledge of cash flow


13. Serve as district purchasing agent, manage district purchasing in accordance with all applicable statutes and with board policy


14. Efficiently implements computer software programs to accomplish numerous financial management and accounting tasks


15. After Board authorization, releases payment of funds in accordance with policy


16. Maintains complex financial records and makes periodic and special financial reports in addition to the monthly required financial reports


17. Ensures compliance with various local, state, and federal requirements


18. Supervises retirement program records, reporting, and services


19. Supervises employee insurance programs, records, and services


20. Supervises payroll operations and employee check disbursal


21. Supervises account reconciliation and other control procedures


22. Must be able to implement and monitor a strong internal control system


23. Supervises employee leave accounts and checks stub reports for employee checks


24. Supervises classified personnel employed to perform various functions within the department


25. Ensures that staff members are kept current, through appropriate in-service, with the state of the art technology for their operations


26. Provides financial and budgetary data to principals and department heads in a timely manner as a means for developing and maintaining an effective educational program


27. Participates in or initiates the formation of financial and budgetary policies intended to strengthen and improve program performances


28. Provides information to supervisors for decision-making regarding employee fringe benefit programs


29. Advises supervisors regarding legal complications involving financial transactions


30. Attends school board and local community meetings as well as school district, regional, and state professional meetings


31. Makes formal and informal reports and presentations to appropriate audiences


32. Adjusts departmental processes and/or functions based on data derived from evaluation


33. Utilizes appropriate instruments and processes to evaluate the performance of assigned personnel


34. Manages and advises the Superintendent on all school district debt issues and payments


35. Manages and supervises the accounting for the district's Fixed Assets


36. Contracts with auditors and is responsible for making sure that an annual financial audit is performed and that all recommendations and/or adjustments are appropriately answered and implemented


37. Manages monthly requests for funds from federal grants and other reimbursable programs


38. Works with federal programs, monitoring visits to supply needed information


39. Demonstrates prompt and regular attendance


40. Supports the Hattiesburg Public School District Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan


41. Performs other duties as assigned

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Trustees 

EVALUATION: Annually

Job #646114