Assistant Budget Director

About the role

The Assistant Budget Director manages budget development and administration. Typical duties include planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating activities concerning General Fund and special fund budgets, pupil statistics, and school and District-oriented financial activities.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates activities concerning General Fund and special fund budgets, pupil statistics, and school and District-oriented financial activities, including budget, and position control.
• Directs the preparation of the annual General Fund budget and District special fund budgets, as well as adjustments throughout the fiscal year.
• Directs the preparation of State required student enrollment and attendance reports.
• Directs budget analyses to assist in policy decisions on the allocation of funds.
• Directs and participates in the analysis of economic forecasts, enrollment projections, relevant legislation, federal and State budgets, and other information to develop long and short term State and District income projections.
• Develops, approves, and recommends policies and procedures for the implementation of budgetary controls.
• Directs the activities related to school and division budget development, maintenance, and monitoring of expenditures.
• Directs and participates in planning data processing applications for the Budget Services and Financial Planning Division.
• Presents reports to the Board of Education and its committees.
• Plans, develops, and recommends the modification and adoption of regular and special reports regarding use of budgeted funds.
• Advises District senior management staff on a variety of issues relating to long term income and expenditures including financial aspects of housing projections and needs and conducts related studies as required.
• Reviews and participates in the analysis of laws, rules, and legal opinions that affect the use of funds by schools and implements or recommends changes to Division policies, procedures, and programs.
• Interprets the District budget and financial position and presents to special interest groups and the general public.
• Directs and participates in coordinating with other units involved in staff functions, such as data processing, personnel, procurement, and labor relations.

Requirements

Education: Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree, preferably in public or business administration, finance, or economics. Experience: Five years of experience in the supervision or analysis of financial activities in an educational organization with at least 1,000 employees or in a school district with at least 10,000 ADA. Three years of the required experience must have been in a supervisory capacity in the oversight of financial activities in areas such as budget development and maintenance, analysis and forecasting, and financial report preparation is required. Experience in fiscal policy or procedure development, position control, and student enrollment and attendance is preferable. Experience in the aforementioned in a California school district is preferable. A master’s degree in public or business administration, finance, or economics may be substituted for one year of the required experience, provided that the supervisory experience requirement is met.

Qualifications

The Budget Services and Financial Planning Division anticipates hiring an exceptional Assistant Budget Director with a solid and broad understanding of supervising or analyzing budget and financial activities for a school district, and providing fiscal and business services to schools and central offices. The ideal candidate will have experience directing the development, planning and implementing in one of the variety of functional areas; restricted and/or unrestricted fund budgeting, pupil statistics, school fiscal support, position control, and/or school allocation funding model. The ideal candidate will also have experience managing a variety of budget fiscal activities through subordinate supervisors. They will have experience evaluating procedures and problems and developing, recommending, initiating and executing Strategic Budget Initiatives and improvements to processes and programs. Additionally, this Director will be a diplomatic relationship builder who has demonstrated the ability to interface with a wide variety of education partners such as executive, senior, and school staff on financial matters. This person will be responsible for ensuring that clear, challenging and attainable project goals are met, by ensuring adequate resources, and necessary technical skill sets exists among staff. This person must have strong communication skills with the ability to present financial concepts and procedures to staff and other stakeholders, and strong analytical skills and is skillful at managing one’s own time, priorities, and resources.

Desirable Qualifications

• Working knowledge of California School Accounting Manual, California Education Code, and Board of Education and Personnel Commission rules
• Legal bases and sources of finance for California public education
• Theory, principles, and practices of school district financial management, including budgetary and accounting procedures and fiscal controls
• Information systems capabilities and methods used in budget development and administration and fiscal controls
• Federal and State funded categorical programs and pertinent rules and regulations
• California student attendance and enrollment reporting
• Research and analysis techniques
• Economic and financial forecasting techniques
• Principles of program budgeting and school-level finance
• Principles of public administration and personnel management
• Organization and policies of the Los Angeles Unified School District
• Provisions of labor agreements relative to supervisor/employee relations

Benefits

Insurance: District paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents; and life insurance plans. Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS). Vacation: 24 days each year. Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days

Pay

$144,792.00 - $179,256 Yearly

Schedule

N/A