FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
67240 C.R. 31
GOSHEN, IN 46528
Position: Chief Financial Officer
Responsible To: Superintendent of Schools
Contract Terms: Twelve (12) Months
Qualifications:
- Outstanding human relations and leadership skills
- Good communicator
- Honest and trustworthy
- Able to supervise and coordinate all business activities of the school district
- Experience and skills utilizing technology for accounting/budgeting purposes
- Ability to learn new computer skills
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
- Successful history of financial planning and management
- Possesses strong organizational skills
- Proficiency using Excel, and technology to communicate
- Problem solver
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in the school finance setting
- Experience with Komputrol software
- Experience with procurement
Primary Responsibilities:
Business Office Management
- Oversees corporation treasurer, deputy treasurer, and human resource specialist
- Conduct and monitor the day-to-day operations of the various offices including payroll, accounting, data processing, etc.
- Provide monthly reports of the fiscal operation of the school district for the superintendent and the Board of School Trustees.
- Attend corporation School Board meetings and assist the superintendent in preparing recommendations and answering questions relating to the business and financial affairs of the district.
- Invest funds to secure interest income and provide an adequate cash flow for expenditures.
- Provide a system for retention and destruction of records.
- Arrange and authorize debt service payments.
- Plan and supervise the use of data processing equipment in the financial and business operation of the school district.
- Assist Superintendent in the preparation of the annual budget.
Insurance and Risk Management
- Manage the insurance program of the school district.
- Prepare communications and other documents required by the insurance program.
- Work with insurance agents, claims adjusters, lawyers and other personnel involve with the insurance program.
- Recommend changes in the insurance program to the superintendent.
Personnel
- Supervise the work of the accounts payable, purchasing, and payroll staff.
- Supervise the administration of the salary/fringe benefit package for all district employees.
- Supervise the maintenance of personnel files for all staff members.
- Assist in pricing salary/fringe benefit adjustments for various employee groups when requested.
- Supervise and assist when necessary with the preparation of contracts of all certified and classified personnel.
- Supervise the unemployment compensation for all personnel.
- Supervise food service
Legal Affairs
- Receive and process documents pertaining to lawsuits, code violations, and other legal requirements.
- Prepare and arrange for publication of legal notices required for the business affairs of the school district.
General
- Provide general supervision of the school’s extra-curricular fund operations.
- Perform accounting functions and prepare financial reports required by federal and state grants.
- Assist in preparation of all grant applications and review all expenditures from any grant fund.
- Supervise the preparation of all reports to the State for the school district.
- Process all contractor bills during building projects.
- Supervise an up-to-date inventory of school property as required by capital asset regulations.
- Perform other tasks and assume other duties as assigned or delegated by the superintendent
How to apply: Application and job description are available at the corporation office
or website www.fairfield.k12.in.us.
Fairfield Community Schools
67240 C.R. 31
Goshen, IN 46528
Phone: (574) 831-2188
FAX: (574) 831-5698
Questions: Direct questions to Dr. Carrie Cannon
Posting Date: April 16, 2024
Application Deadline: May 24, 2024