Business Manager

**Business Manager**

Job: process and accurately maintain all financial and payroll records for the school district

Minimum Qualifications

• Must either hold or be eligible to acquire a license as a School Business Administrator in accordance with State Board Policy Chapter 71, rule 71.2
• Master's Degree in Accounting or Business Administration or Equivalent Experience
• Five years successful accounting experience with multi-million dollar accounts
• Proficient in the use of computer technology for accounting and other budget administration tasks
• Extensive knowledge of the principles, methods, techniques, practices, and mandated accounting system of budget administration and budget planning operations for Mississippi school districts
• Understand and be able to articulate the basic principles of fund/governmental accounting
• Ability to plan, assign, and direct a staff
• Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors, the school board, department heads, city/county officials as needed
  
  

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• Possess prior successful experience in accounting
• Be adept at working with people in a leadership role
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Trustees may find appropriate and acceptable
  
  

Preferred Quilifications

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or ability to earn such distinction in an appropriate amount of time

Job Goal

To support and enhance the educational mission of the school district through careful planning, sound fiscal management and effective budget administration (following proper procedures, meeting deadlines, leaving clear audit, balancing accounts, etc.)

Major Duties And Responsibilities

Serves as a resource for and participates in the development of annual and long-range educational plans for the school district

Plans and causes to be developed software programs to support accounting and other departmental procedures

Assists the Superintendent to develop the annual operational budget; prepares the annual budget as required by law meeting all mandated deadlines. Monitors and amends budget throughout the fiscal year

Collects and makes available tax and other fiscal data needed for district planning purposes

Calculates and prepares in accordance with all statutory guidance the annual Ad Valorem tax request for

Ensures that all funds are received and deposited in an approved depository

Maintains various required accounts to comprehend and to account for all funds 8. Implements and maintains the state required Chart of Accounts for school districts

Maintain the general ledger of the district in a timely and accurate manner

Prepares and submits for board approval each month all financial reports as required by state statute

Prepares and submits to the State Department of Education budget reports and budget information as required and all other required reports in advance of deadlines

Invests surplus or currently unused funds in accordance with Mississippi law; maintains current knowledge of cash flow

Serve as district purchasing agent, manage district purchasing in accordance with all applicable statutes and with board policy

Efficiently implements computer software programs to accomplish numerous financial management and accounting tasks

After Board authorization, releases payment of funds in accordance with policy

Maintains complex financial records and makes periodic and special financial reports in addition to monthly required financial reports

Ensures compliance with various local, state, and federal requirements

Supervises account reconciliation and other control procedures

Must be able to implement and monitor a strong internal control system

Supervises classified personnel employed to perform various functions within the department

Ensures that staff members are kept current, through appropriate in-service, ith the state of the art technology for their operations

Provides financial and budgetary data to principals and department heads in a timely manner as a means for developing and maintaining an effective educational program

Participates in or initiates the formation of financial and budgetary policies intended to strengthen and improve program performances

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