Chief Financial Officer - Grand Prairie - Trinity Basin Preparatory : Job Details

Salary Starting at: $110,000 +Job Function:The Chief Financial Officer serves as the district's chief financial director, with broad day-to-day responsibility and accountability for all aspects of the district's finances. The CFO exercises these broad responsibilities by working with and through a wide variety of groups and individuals to ensure the organization maintains effective and compliant financial systems, and to ensure the district achieves its educational goals in a fiscally responsible manner.Duties:ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned by the CEO.Organizational Management and Improvement:•Collaborates with the CEO in formulating and refining the school's strategic financial plan to assist in achieving the school's mission.•Primarily responsible for ensuring that the organization's financial policies and procedures effectively assist the school in achieving its educational mission.•Monitors and evaluates, as necessary, all financial functions to determine improvements required.•Collaborates with a wide variety of personnel to ensure effective communication regarding the financial operations of the organization.Financial Management:•Completes yearly professional development requirements and stays fully informed on all financial and accounting laws, rules, and policies applicable to the organization.•Ensures all financial and accounting procedures meet all federal, state, and local requirements.•Develops and implements all financial reporting, including but not limited to monthly Board financial reports, and any necessary financial reports to administrators, as well as annual financial reports required by any governmental entity.•Oversees the collection of all revenues, monitors the cash flow of all funds, and invests excess funds in accordance with Board policy and state statutes.•Collaborates with the CEO and other appropriate personnel to develop, implement, oversee, and amend the annual school district budget and any other budgets necessary for school operations.•Oversees district responsibility for the required annual audit and any other requested audits.•Maintains and implements a payroll system meeting all federal, state, and local requirements.•Maintains and implements a purchasing system that makes optimum use of district resources, and is responsible for all district interaction with all vendors.•Maintains a risk management program for the district including recommending and securing proper levels of insurance coverage, maintenance of policies, inventory, and appraisal documents.•Implements any new accounting procedures promulgated by state and federal agencies.Develops and implements training options and/or improvement plans to ensure exemplary, compliant, and ethical business operations.•Develops and analyzes long-term financial plans, including debt service planning, bond analysis, and related fiscal compliance issues.Accountability/Compliance Management:•Works collaboratively with the CEO and a wide variety of personnel to ensure that the school is in compliance with all applicable state, federal, and local financial accountability and compliance measures.•Collaborates with the CEO to ensure accurate district communication regarding financial accountability measures.•Develops, implements, and monitors all grant applications and expenditures to ensure full federal, state, and local compliance.•Collaborates with the CEO and a wide variety of personnel to ensure financial and programmatic compliance with all state or federal programs operated by the school.•Responsible for the preparation and communication of all external financial compliance reports to any federal or state governmental entity.•Hires, monitors, and evaluates the performance of all necessary staff for the accounting/business office. •Works closely with any auditors regarding any financial compliance or programmatic audits.Skills/QualificationsThe CFO must be organized, efficient, ethical, and well-informed on all aspects of charter school finances and accounting to ensure fully compliant and fiscally prudent operations across the district. The CFO must demonstrate the ability to understand the ever-changing compliance and accountability measures applicable to the organization and must be dedicated to collaborating with other members of the organization to ensure the success of the school in achieving those measures.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.•Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.•Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.•Ability to speak effectively before groups of constituents or employees of the organization.•Ability and/or willingness to learn to use and understand Microsoft Office for spreadsheets, letters and other written communications in order to effectively communicate information with employees, administration and the Board.•Ability and/or willingness to learn financial software such as Skyward Q.•Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.•Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to grasp, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 25 pounds.Requirements•Must have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from a four-year college or university.•3-5 years of related experience.•MBA and CPA strongly preferred.•Reliable means of transportation.