BENICIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Classified Management Job Description CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER DEFINITION: Under the professional direction of the Superintendent, to organize, manage, and direct the department of Business Services; to plan, organize, coordinate, and manage the finance, budgeting, auditing, and financial planning requirements of the District; Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Finance and Payroll; to do other related functions as directed. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: • Serves as an advisor to the Superintendent and District personnel pertaining to the various aspects of budgeting, auditing, fiscal planning, and non-instructional operations. • Provides leadership and expertise in assessing, identifying, formulating, and implementing the District fiscal goals and objectives. • Plans, organizes, directs, monitors, and evaluates the District's business services operations. • Coordinates the fiscal program of the District with the instructional program. • Coordinates and directs the finance, budgeting, and auditing, of all funds of the District. • Provides fiscal oversight for all student body funds. • Supervises attendance accounting and reporting according to County, State, and Federal requirements. • Reviews, audits, observes, monitors, counsels, assists, and evaluates the performance of management and support personnel responsible for the various non-instructional service units, and administrators as assigned by the Superintendent. • Directs the maintenance of inventory control of fixed assets, buildings, equipment, and the like. • Serves as a resource in the areas of finance and budgeting in collective bargaining with employee organizations. • Performs other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the Superintendent may assign or delegate. ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS: • Confers with the Superintendent regarding the selection, assignment, and transfer of principals, staff members within the areas of supervision, and other administrative personnel. • Attends job-related meetings, School Board meetings, and other activities as specified by the Superintendent or the Board of Education. • Supervises the classified and/or confidential personnel working in the Business Office. • Aids in reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating pending legislation, legal mandates, regulations, and guidelines that may affect the District’s programs, functions, and (or) activities. EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS: • Knowledge of current principles and methods of public school district business and management. • Knowledge of budgeting, accounting, payroll, and purchasing in public agency areas. • Knowledge of the application of data processing for fiscal services in public agencies (Knowledge of SACS program desirable). • Demonstrated experience in school finance, school district organization, current principals and methods of public school district business and management. • Knowledge of applicable business, state and local laws and procedures and polices dealing with medium size school districts. • Exemplary communication skills and demonstrated ability to write and verbally present clear and concise management, finance and related reports. • Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to establish and maintain effective team relationships. • Knowledge of legal mandates, Board of Education policies, administrative regulations, and guidelines appropriate to the administration of a comprehensive business services program. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Any combination of experience and education that could provide the required knowledge and ability would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities would be: • Experience: Five years of experience in a responsible administrative position performing, management, business and/or fiscal support services, collective bargaining, and related functions. • Education: A bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or School Administration or licensed as a Certified Public Accountant. A comparable combination of training, education and experience may be substituted for required degrees. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical requirements indicated below are examples of the physical aspects that a person holding this position must perform in carrying out essential job functions. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential job duties. • Sufficient vision to read printed material, and identify and distinguish objects. • Sufficient hearing to hear conversations in person and on the telephone, and hear sounds clearly up to 5 feet. • Ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation and on the telephone, and in addressing groups. • Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. • This type of work requires occasional or frequent standing, walking, sitting, or reaching for extended periods of time. • Sufficient manual dexterity and/or mobility to grasp and/or manipulate objects, operate office equipment, and move about the work area and between work sites. Revised: 9-30-05