Deputy Budget Director

Los Angeles Unified School District

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About The Position

We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education, focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to thrive in college, career and life. LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710 square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers in our city.

Budget Services and Financial Planning Division anticipates hiring an exceptional Deputy Budget Director with a strong budget planning and administration background. This includes managing several operational budgeting functions.

The ideal candidate will have solid and broad understanding of managing budget activities for a school district, administering a budgetary tracking system for position control, establishing and maintaining division, school and Region budgets, providing fiscal and business services to schools, and overseeing the preparation of student enrollment and attendance reports.

This candidate will also have evidence of experience directing a variety of school budget fiscal activities through subordinate supervisors, evaluating procedures and problems, and developing, recommending, and installing initiatives and improvements to processes and programs.

Additionally, this leader will be competent in leveraging technology to optimize operations, including automating functions and preparing reports from enterprise system data, as well as building capacity within staff to effectively leverage these reports to maximize time. The data users include school, Region and District leadership and more. This leader has demonstrated the ability to work effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders such as the Superintendent, Board of Education, executive staff, school staff, outside agency counterparts, and the public on financial matters.

The ideal candidate must have strong communication, presentation, management, and interpersonal skills as well as political savviness and strong analytical skills. This confident leader will often be called on to present detailed financial impact information to the Superintendent, the Board of Education, executive staff, and other stakeholders. This will require the business acumen to deliver the technical information in an effective and transparent manner suitable to the audience. Finally, this leader will be a critical point of contact for a number of different stakeholders, and must be able to both triage and prioritize requests in order to ensure timely follow-up and resolution of issues.

Requirements

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree, preferably in public or business administration, finance, or economics.
• Three years of executive or management experience in the oversight of financial activities such as budget development and maintenance, analysis and forecasting, financial report preparation, fiscal policy or procedure development, position control, and student enrollment and attendance in an organization with at least 1,000 employees or in a school district with at least 10,000 ADA. Experience in a California school district is preferable.
• A valid driver’s license to legally operate a motor vehicle in the State of California and the use of a motor vehicle, or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation.

Responsibilities

• Planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating activities concerning General Fund and special fund budgets, pupil statistics, and school and District-oriented financial activities, including budget, and position control.
• Directing the preparation of the annual General Fund budget and District special fund budgets, as well as adjustments throughout the fiscal year.
• Directing the preparation of State required student enrollment and attendance reports.
• Directing budget analyses to assist in policy decisions on the allocation of funds.
• Directing and participating 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.
• Developing, approving, and recommending policies and procedures for the implementation of budgetary controls.
• Directing the activities related to school and division budget development, maintenance, and monitoring of expenditures
• Directing and participating in planning data processing applications for the Budget Services and Financial Planning Division.
• Directing the preparation review, and approve reports and communications.
• Presenting reports to the Board of Education and its committees.
• Planning, developing, and recommending the modification and adoption of regular and special reports regarding use of budgeted funds.
• Advising 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.
• Reviewing and participating 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.
• Interpreting the District budget and financial position and presents to special interest groups and the general public.
• Directing and participating in coordinating with other units involved in staff functions, such as data processing, personnel, procurement, and labor relations.

Benefits

• Paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).
• Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service.
• Up to 13 days Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees