LISD - Chief Financial Officer

Job Title:         CFO/Child Nutrition/Transportation  Exemption Status/Test: Exempt
                                    

Reports to:      Superintendent                                 Date Revised:   01/23/2025

Dept./School:  Business Department/Food Service

Primary Purpose:

Responsible for oversight of all financial and business affairs of the district. Provide leadership for the district’s financial services activity to ensure legally sound and effective management practices. Direct and monitor the management and investment of all district funds and ensure they are adequately protected. Serve as chief financial advisor and budget advisor to the superintendent and board of trustees. Direct and manage the child nutrition operation of the district

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent educational experience with an academic major in business, or a related field**Accounting, Mid-Management certification, or Principalship Certificate

Eight hours of food safety training

Master’s degree in school administration, business, accounting, or other related fields

Special Knowledge/Skills:

Advanced knowledge of school finance, budgeting, accounting systems, and economics

Knowledge of information/data processing systems and financial applications

Ability to resolve conflict, listen, and appropriately respond to concerns

Demonstrated leadership skills

Ability to manage budget and personnel

Ability to implement policy and procedures

Ability to interpret data

Excellent communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills

Experience:

Five years of administrative or management experience

Five years’ experience with supervisory responsibility in the fields of finance or accounting

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

Financial Management:

1. Ensure preparation and integrity of all district’s general accounting records and related financial reports using accepted standards for school accounting as prescribed by the Texas Education Agency.
2. Develop long-range and short-term objectives for the district’s business operations and prepare the district budget. Monitor budget variances and oversee budget adjustments.
3. Act as financial advisor to the superintendent and board of trustees and keep them informed of the financial condition of the district.
4. Maintain the district’s investment portfolio. Supervise and coordinate the investment of all available funds to the best interest of the school district and ensure that these funds are adequately protected against loss at all times.
5. Ensure that all financial obligations of the school district (accounts payable, notes payable, bonded indebtedness, and payroll) are met on a timely basis.
6. Implement and maintain internal control procedures to ensure the safeguarding of assets and reliability of accounting data and promote operational efficiency and ensure adherence to prescribed procedures.
7. Oversee the auditing program for all district funds and work cooperatively with the district’s independent and internal auditors in conducting periodic audits.
8. Administer the business office budget and ensure that programs are cost-effective, and funds are managed prudently.

Policies, Reports, and Law:

1. Review and recommend appropriate policies, administrative regulations, and administrative practices for the areas supervised.
2. Implement the policies established by federal and state laws, State Board of Education rules, and local Board policy in the areas assigned.
3. Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required including preparing and evaluating monthly financial statements and related budget reports, preparing quarterly and final reports for all federal funds and grants, developing semi-annual financial information for submission of data to TEA, and preparing and publishing a comprehensive annual financial report in compliance with Association of School Business Officer (ASBO) standards.

Personnel Management:

1. Select, train, evaluate, and supervise department staff and make recommendations relative to assignment, retention, discipline, and dismissal.
2. Develop training options and improvement plans for department staff to enhance the effectiveness of department operations.

Other Duties:

Payroll & Accounting Department

1. Oversee the operations and activities of the LISD payroll & accounting department including the district PEIMS effort.

Child Nutrition/Wellness

1. Direct and manage district’s child nutrition programs
2. Monitor the child nutrition contract and ensure all provisions/requirements are met.

1. Provide administrative direction for the following child nutrition functions: campus needs, meal prices, communication to the public, accurate fiscal procedures, financial reporting, and reports to the Board of Trustees.

1. Complete minimum annual continuing education requirements.

Transportation Department:

1. Direct and manage the district’s transportation operations. Ensure safe and efficient operation of the transportation department.

1. Implement federal and state law, State Board of Education rules, and board policy.

Attend board meetings and make presentations when appropriate and/or requested.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Supervise, evaluate, and recommend the hiring and firing of the business manager, risk manager, payroll supervisor, and department secretary.

Supervise, evaluate, and recommend the hiring and firing of child nutrition managers, supervisors, and support staff assigned to the child nutrition department.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computers and peripherals.

Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

Motion: Repetitive hand motions, frequent keyboarding, and use of mouse; occasional reaching

Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)

Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours; occasional districtwide and statewide travel

Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress

*To meet the executive exemption test, the primary duty must be management and the employee must supervise at least two full-time employees.

THE LIVINGSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, GENDER, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, DISABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Salary : $93,363 - $159,703