Vice President of Finance (25-26)

IDEA Public Schools; Fort Worth (TX); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEA Public Schools is seeking a Vice President of Finance to lead financial strategies and ensure compliance with all regulations. This full-time remote role focuses on overseeing financial planning, directing budgeting processes, and managing finance teams to meet organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Proven leadership and management skills.
• Strong analytical abilities and experience with budgeting processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning & analysis, position control, and payroll.
• Supervise up to six direct reports.
• Manage the master budget through drafts and final adoption.

Skills

Financial Planning

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field

MBA preferred

Job description

IDEA Public Schools is searching for a Vice President of Finance. The Finance Team strives to support the leadership at IDEA as we work together to meet and exceed our ambitious financial and student achievement goals. The Vice President of Finance will lead financial planning & analysis, position control and systems, payroll, and business services. In doing so, the Vice President of Finance will be charged with setting and executing on the strategic financial vision for our growing organization and managing staff to sustained efficacy in all aspects of their scope.

Their mission is to ensure short- and long-term planning information is available to support strong decision making of senior leaders and fiduciary Boards. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer of IDEA Public Schools, the Vice President of Finance will play a critical role ensuring the Financial Planning and Analysis, Payroll, and Business Services teams are equipped with the resources necessary to maintain compliance in alignment with local, state, and federal requirements and achieve our shared mission of ensuring IDEA Public Schools students get to and through college.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

The VP of Finance will supervise up to six direct reports.

Location:

This is a full-time remote position based in Texas with preference given to candidates who live in Austin, El Paso, Houston, Permian Basin (Midland/Odessa), Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, and Tarrant County (Fort Worth), or who are willing to relocate.

Up to 30% of the time during the busiest parts of the year.

What You’ll Do – Accountabilities

In this role you will:

1. Upload a balanced budget by the start of the new fiscal year for IDEA Texas.
2. Strategically lead the annual financial planning and budget process in partnership with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams such as Human Assets.
3. Ensure the annual financial planning and budgeting process is holistic and adapts to meet the planning needs of the organization in any given fiscal year.
4. Manage the master budget and pro formas through preliminary drafts, scenario planning, and final adoption along with intra-year budget amendments.
5. Ensure annual planning and budgeting project milestones and deadlines are met.
6. Lead the Financial Planning & Analysis team to support fiduciaries and budget owners and their staff during the annual planning and budgeting process.
7. Project and allocate enterprise revenue and expense forecasts, coordinating with internal partners to ensure accurate projections.
8. Present regular updates to the IDEA Texas Executive team and Finance Committee.

And so on for the remaining responsibilities...

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