Business Manager

Qualifications: Degree in Finance and Accounting

Certified Public Accountant

Other qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Reports To: Superintendent of Education

Job Goal: To administer the fiscal affairs of the district efficiently, expeditiously, and to the ultimate benefit of each student enrolled

Mission and Goals

Works with the Superintendent and those whom he/she supervises to articulate and promote the school system's vision of teaching and learning

Monitors and evaluates progress toward accomplishment of system goals and objectives

Uses student data to identify program needs

Develops goals, objectives, programs, and operations that are consistent with school system vision, mission, and goals

Ensures that unit and program plans are consistent with the system's strategic plan

Organizes daily, monthly, and yearly schedules to facilitate teaching and learning in the schools

Communicates high expectations of students, staff, and parents/guardians

Creates, identifies, encourages, and supports innovative ideas that in turn support teaching and learning in the schools Budget and Accounting

Directs all financial accounting matters

Directs Fixed Asset Plan

Assumes responsibility for the receipt and expenditure of district funds

Prepares and implements the school budget

Reconciles or reviews reconciliation of all bank accounts maintained by the district

Maintains a complete and systematic set of records of all financial transactions of the district

Records details of school financial transactions in appropriate journals and subsidiary ledgers from such sources as requisitions, payroll records, etc.

Summarizes and balances entries recorded in individual journals and ledgers and transfers data to general ledger.

Prepares bank transfers to appropriate funds as needed and approved.

Manages short-term investment portfolio

Budgets money for all schools based upon accreditation standards:

Grade proficiency at each school

Continuous growth at each school

Subject area summative tests

Budgets money for all school based upon ADA and ensures that budget assignments meet Mississippi Public Schools Accountability Standards Planning and Supervision

Prepares reports to the proper staff members concerning the status of their budgetary accounts to guard against the overspending of any budgeted account

Arranges for audits of financial statements annually by a CPA firm or the State Auditor's Office

Recommends new accounting methods as desirable and necessary

Serves as central office manager for coordination of lunch, vacation, or other time schedules and activities needed at the central office level, as directed by the Superintendent

Develops as needed, bid specifications for materials, equipment, and services for the school district, in accordance with regulations prescribed for bidding requirements in the purchasing law.

Verifies overtime calculations for dual-job staff for compliance with wage and hour regulations.

Reviews and complies with the guidelines in the Personnel Handbook and the Mississippi Department of Audit Financial Accounting Manual

Supervises payroll, insurance accounting, activity funds, receipts process, accounts payable, and fixed asset accounting

Prepares all journal entries

Approves and signs all receipt warrants

Conducts cost analysis studies and recommends long-range financial plans and projections of the district

Performs any other tasks as required by the Superintendent of Education and the designee of the Superintendent

Terms of Employment: Salary and work year established by the Board.

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.