Position Type:
Administration and Professionals
Date Posted:
2023-11-14
Location:Administration or As Assigned
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for
performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Location: Administration or As Assigned
Reports to: Executive Director, Financial Controller
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Band: 15
Compensation: $ 73,440 - $ 102,816.
Responsible for overseeing and managing the general accounting, treasury, and financial reporting functions, ensuring compliance with CMSD’s policies and procedures and state and federal regulations
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Management and Leadership Expectations
- Responsible for the complete and accurate monthly bank reconciliations and monthly and annual financial close
- Complete timely and accurate month-end and year-end financial close
- Manage and maintain ACH vendor banking information and transactions
- Support the timely and accurate reporting to the following external agencies including but not limited to: State of Ohio, Bureau of Worker’s Compensation, Pension Systems, various municipalities, and other entities
- Responsible for calculating accurate financial data provided for the Transportation Department to ensure accurate and on-time submission of the T-2 report
- Act as the District expert resource for accounting services to all parts of the organization, including maintaining the District’s financial data model and chart of accounts
- Manage completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including the ACFR
- Assist with the annual audit
- Oversee and monitor customer accounts and accounts receivable
- Analyze accounting data to identify areas of improvement and implement where applicable
- Manage and coach accounting staff by developing skill sets
- Monitor capital project funds
- Perform accounting journal entries as needed
- Employ strong project management skills to ensure successful implementation of major District initiatives
- Analyze accounting data to identify areas of improvement and implement where applicable
- Promote a positive and healthy work culture grounded in respect, trust, and authenticity that celebrates diversity and inclusiveness and rejects intolerance to different cultures, backgrounds, and ideas
- Model and incorporate CMSD customer service orientation across the team
- Define the team’s mission and inspire others to take ownership of and actions to support
- Set challenging goals for self and team aligned to team and department and develop and implement systems and supports that enable staff to achieve them
- Inspire a culture of continuous improvement and innovation to nurture diversity of thought, fresh approaches, and risk-taking
- Model and promote a sense of responsibility and urgency to achieve team, department, and District mission and goals
- Make connections to the work of other teams and departments, actively remove “silos”, and create systems and structures that promote cross-functional interactions and collaboration
- Set high standards for high-quality work, anticipate and resolve issues that compromise quality, and hold others accountable for delivering it
- Lead with confidence and openness in the face of change, ambiguity, and uncertainty
- Develop and implement systems to effectively communicate key messages across the team
- Create norms and models of behavior to support full engagement every day and hold oneself and others accountable for being “present”
- Identify growth and development opportunities for team members
- Performs other duties within the Finance Department as assigned by the CFO or Controller
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; CPA or Treasurer’s licenses preferred
- Experience in accounting, budgeting, or financial management and analysis, preferably in a large private or government organization, a minimum of 3-5 years preferred
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and data entry skills, with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and accounting software
- Ability to effectively work with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills with a commitment to accuracy and continuous improvement
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.
- Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with an office environment and occasionally lifting to 15 pounds
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment.
- Local travel may be required for training/meetings.
NOTE: The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of a similar nature or level of responsibility.
Education
To Apply
Please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO Statement
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District’s Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District’s Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District’s Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070
TitleIX_EEO@ClevelandMetroSchools.org
