Director of Fiscal Services

Escondido Union School District; Escondido (CA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Escondido Union School District seeks a Director of Fiscal Services to plan, organize, and direct the district's accounting, payroll, budgeting, and related fiscal functions under the Assistant Superintendent, Business Services.

The role will oversee charter school finances, prepare budgets, monitor IRS and state reporting standards, and advise leadership on financial strategy to support district programs.

Responsabilités

• Plans, organizes, and directs the District’s accounting, payroll, budgeting, and other fiscal functions.
• Develops and implements the District accounting system for efficiency and legal compliance.
• Oversees district-sponsored independent charter schools’ finances, including budget and payroll.
• Prepares preliminary and final budgets and supervises budget documents.
• Monitors payroll for IRS and county procedure compliance.
• Prepares fiscal reports and studies for monitoring expenditures and state reporting.
• Analyzes new legislation for impact on District finances and implements changes.
• Advises administration on fiscal matters and attends meetings.
• Manages long‑term debt records and coordinates with rating agencies.
• Liaises with auditors; analyzes reports and updates accounting systems.
• Coordinates with State/County education departments on guidelines.
• Supervises transactions for specially funded programs.
• Supervises staff performance, hiring, and training.
• Travels to attend meetings and stays current on legislation and school finance.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Description du poste

Under the direction of the Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, plans, organizes, and directs the accounting and payroll functions of the Fiscal Services Department including budget preparation and other budget-related activities and other fiscal functions of the District; provides financial oversight of district-sponsored independent charter schools; prepares and files required local, State and federal reports; projects, monitors, maintains, and accounts for the fiscal health of the District; supervises and evaluates the performance of assigned staff; and performs other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Plans, organizes, and directs the District’s accounting, payroll, budgeting, and other fiscal functions and activities including specialized administration, such as school construction and charter school funding.

Develops, plans, and implements the District accounting system to ensure efficient procedures, adequate controls, and conformance to legal requirements.

Provides financial oversight of district-sponsored independent charter schools to include budget, accounting, payroll, cash management, property taxes in lieu, or other fiscal functions and activities.

Using established priorities and criteria, prepares preliminary and final District budget, calculates estimated income and expenditures, develops calendar, analyzes and supervises compilation of budgetary data, and prepares or supervises preparation of all budget documents.

Monitors and analyses payroll system for conformance to IRS regulations, county office procedures, and other appropriate requirements.

Prepares a wide variety of fiscal reports, and special studies for District use in monitoring and analyzing program expenditures, or for submission to the State, County Schools, or other agencies. Recommends administrative action on all financial and attendance reports of the District.

Analyzes new legislation for impact upon District finances or procedures, and advises District administration; develops implementation procedures for sites and/or accounting budget function as appropriate.

Serves as advisor to administrative and District personnel on fiscal matters and attends meetings to provide accounting information.

Records and administers long‑term debt payment, and provides ongoing financial information to rating agencies and others for the maintenance of bond ratings.

Serves as liaison with auditors and other fiscal monitors, explaining and justifying District procedures; analyzes audit reports, prepares written responses, and develops and implements any modification to accounting system.

Maintains liaison with State and County Department of Education, and professional organizations on legislation and accounting, budget, and payroll guidelines, and works with them to clarify or resolve difficult or unusual operation problems.

Supervises the preparation of transactions and documents for a wide variety of specially‑funded educational and employment programs.

Supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; interview and select employees and recommend transfers, reassignment, termination and disciplinary actions; plan, coordinate and arrange for appropriate training of subordinates.

Travel to attend a variety of meetings, presentations and events throughout the district as needed; attend a variety of meetings to maintain current knowledge of legislation, legal codes and requirements; review changes in school finance; attend workshops and meetings with District, County, and State personnel; conduct and facilitate meetings.

Performs other related duties as required or assigned.