Fiscal Performance and Accountability Analyst

About the Role

Reporting to the Authorization and School Options Director, the Fiscal Performance and Accountability Manager will oversee activities with charter, contract, and law compliance, and enforcement areas of public school accounting and finance within the Options Network. This role involves reviewing and auditing financial statements, quarterly financial statements, budgets, and amended budgets, as well as overseeing fiscal performance scorecards, ongoing assessments, and monitoring of operational performance. The manager will also assist in developing protocols and policies to improve oversight and support.

Responsibilities

• Administer fiscal oversight programs and processes.
• Establish objectives and internal operational plans to assess and measure each CPS-authorized charter and contract public school’s fiscal performance and accountability.
• Collaborate with team members to monitor fiscal performance expectations for charter schools authorized by CPS.
• Structure and monitor processes regarding school early warning and remediation interventions based on fiscal and operational performance, including annual training cadences for school leadership.
• Manage the annual publication of school Financial and Operational Scorecards.
• Monitor fiscal performance and accountability processes to ensure school compliance with requirements dictated by legislation, policy, and school Agreements with the Chicago Board of Education.
• Collaborate with Options Network leadership to oversee and provide input for school authorization and renewal processes in relation to finance, legal compliance, governance, teacher licensure, facilities, and agreement conditions.
• Develop and refine processes to better evaluate fiscal stewardship and the overall financial health of CPS charter public schools.
• Design and oversee production of performance reports.
• Monitor and report on non-student-related operational performance.
• Manage components of the web-based compliance platform utilized by internal and external stakeholders to collect and store documentation submitted by schools to the District.
• Lead communication and support collaboration between multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Partner with the Network Chief to ensure alignment across the Options Network strategic vision and shared understanding of challenges and opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required; preferred fields of study include Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of five (5) years of related professional financial analysis experience working with financial statements, budgets, capital financing options, financial data modeling, and business plans.
• Compliance experience.

Skills

• Strong analytical, financial, and budgeting expertise.
• Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and diplomacy skills.
• Ability to coach and guide school leaders around financial performance and compliance.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to assist in management of multiple projects and assignments while balancing competing priorities with attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to develop high-quality external communication documents for a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to analyze, synthesize, and interpret complex data.
• Flexibility and ability to function effectively in ambiguity.

Conditions of Employment

As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to establish and maintain Chicago residency within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary/part-time positions; however, all CPS employees must be residents of Illinois.

Pay

Estimated annual salary range: $76,000.00.

Schedule

This is a full-time, exempt (overtime ineligible) position.