Director of Business Services #2223
Date Closing: Open until filled.
Posting #: 2223
The Sauk Rapids-Rice Public School District No. 47 is seeking an experienced and innovative individual to provide excellent leadership as the Director of Business Services. Located in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, minutes from downtown St. Cloud and approximately an hour northwest of the Twin Cities, Sauk Rapids-Rice Public School is a focal point for the Sauk Rapids and Rice communities and provides quality programs to approximately 4,500 students by approximately 650 staff members with a budget of $55 million.
Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools believe in:
- A culture of continuous learning and growth in a caring, collaborative and supportive environment
- Effective partnerships between students, staff, families and community members
- An inclusive, safe, caring and stimulating learning environment that promotes shared responsibility for performance and innovation
- Effective and ongoing communication with and outreach to students, staff, families and community members
- Transparency and good stewardship of resources
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assumes responsibility for budget development, control and long-range financial planning
- Projects district revenue and submits the district tax levy to the Board of Education for approval as well as the county and Minnesota Department of Education
- Develops and administers a program for purchasing contract services, supplies, and equipment
- Assists in the development of a facility expansion and maintenance program
- Supervises facility planning, project development, and construction projects
- Supervises, through the Director of Buildings and Grounds, the district custodial staff and maintenance program
- Administers, through the Director of Food Service, the food service program
- Establishes and supervises a program of accounting and reporting for the financial affairs of the District
- Manages the real estate and insurance programs including;
- Health
- Dental
- Long-term Disability
- Group Life
- Worker's Compensation
- Participates on the District Insurance Committee
- Supervises the development of required financial reports as required for all funds
- Recommend policies, regulations, and administrative procedures
- Completes the District's annual audit
- Consults with the Superintendent and other personnel on questions relating to the District's business affairs
- Prepares and submits reports and other documents as required to the Board of Education
- Supervises the District Business Office staff including payroll/benefits, accounting, purchasing/accounts receivable
- Supervises the District transportation services
- Completes District enrollment projections
- Serves as a District's financial representative for negotiations
- Supervise MARSS Student Information System
- Works with the Superintendent on legislative matters for the district
- Serves on professional organizations and committees as the District's representative
- Serves on District administrative committees and attends School Board meetings as a resource to the Board of Education
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the school district
Outstanding candidates will be:
- Effective communicators with the ability to delegate
- Proficient and experienced in
- Managing, projecting, formulating, forecasting, and establishing budgets
- Accounting analysis and projection techniques and procedures in the analysis of cash flow requirements, revenue projections, budget requirements, and other financial projections
- Thoughtful and deliberate decision-makers
- Creative problem solvers with extraordinary relationship skills
- Innovative and able to promote and implement quality programs
- Motivating and positive with staff, colleagues, and community members
- Able to provide leadership within the Business Office, District, and community
- Willing and able to work long and irregular hours
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business management, accounting, and/or direct experience in school financial management
- CPA and/or Master's in Business Administration (MBA) preferred
- Minimum of three years of demonstrated superior performance and successful experience in a similar position
- Minnesota public school director level job experience preferred
Salary and Benefits:
Competitive and negotiated based on qualifications and experience.
Deadline:
Applications will be accepted via the external application link through Handshake.
The position is open until filled; however, for fullest consideration, applicants are encouraged to submit a completed application by August 24, 2020.
Note:
Candidates must pass a criminal background check in order to be eligible for employment.