Transportation/Trucking/Railroad · 5 people
VP, School Finance
Posted 14 Oct
What’s this role about? Serve as CFO for five to eight charter schools, developing budgets, forecasts, and financial strategies while overseeing accounting teams and producing accurate financial reports. Advise school leaders and boards, manage audits and internal controls, and represent schools in dealings with public agencies and funding requirements.
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Company
About Adams Express Adams Express Inc Albany New York`s Premier Expedited Courier and Freight Agency Adams Express provides Expedited delivery solutions for Albany New York`s Capital region. An asset based transportation service that provides expedited transportation solutions providing time sensitive, custom critical, and cost effective logistics solutions.
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Responsibilities
- The Vice President, School Finance, will be either a member of ExED’s Los Angeles office or part of our remote team working with charter schools to ensure their success. This position offers a detail-oriented, highly organized professional the opportunity to apply finance expertise in a unique way—by helping charter schools efficiently allocate and manage their financial operations and public funding. The VP serves as the Chief Financial Officer for five to eight charter schools. Internally, the VP oversees an accounting team comprised of an Accounting Manager, an Accounting Associate, and an Accounting Analyst.
- Develop budgets and forecasts to inform charter school management decisions.
- Develop financial strategies that help charter schools achieve their organizational objectives, which requires a robust understanding and strong interest in their goals and operations.
- Oversee accounting team to produce accurate financial performance reports, including yeartodate financial statements, budgettoactual, and forecasts.
- Present monthly financial reports to the charter school board of directors and meet regularly with the charter school leader or leadership team.
- Become an expert and develop deep knowledge of charter school finance, including how revenue is generated and the requirements associated with public funding.
- Develop financial operation procedures that enable charter schools to operate efficiently and maintain strong internal controls.
- Act as a liaison between charter schools and various public agencies; be the client and ExED financial ambassador at forums and charter schools.
- Oversee our client’s annual audits and ensure auditor recommendations are implemented.
Qualification
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience in accounting, business, finance, public policy, or related field preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to formulate, interpret, and develop financial plans.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate financial information to individuals not wellversed in budgets.
- Interest and commitment to ExED’s mission of advancing access to highquality public schools for students from underserved communities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional customer service.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a funding environment with illdefined or incompletely defined rules or regulations.
- Demonstrated experience using Excel and deep familiarity with Excelbased budget models.
Benefits
- Compensation is commensurate with experience; please submit your salary expectations.
- Salary Range: $126,000 $175,000 annually
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, and a 403(b) retirement package. We also offer a generous vacation, sick, and holiday allocation.
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