Position Title

Director of Business, Technology, and Administrative Services

Required Application Type

Teacher / Admin

Salary/Pay Scale

$95,000/ year commensurate with experience

Job Description

Employment Type: Full-Time, 12-month position

Vestal Central School District is seeking a dynamic, forward-thinking leader to serve as our Director of Business and Administrative Services.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a district-level administrative position that would have job duties in both Finance and Business, as well as Technology Leadership located just outside Binghamton, NY.

As the District’s Director of Business, Technology, and Administrative Services, this position will play a critical role in aligning resources with our mission of educational excellence.
This position will provide strategic direction and hands-on leadership across business, fiscal, and IT service operations of the district.

Core Strengths:

• Clear and effective communication skills
• Knowledge of school operations and support services
• Experience in strategic planning and data-driven decision making      
• Strong collaborative mindset and community engagement skills  
• Customer service-oriented approach
• Resourceful and creative mindset
• Experience with Google Sheets and/or EXCEL
• Granular experience with special projects in a school district

Fiscal Planning and Business Operations

• Monitoring of the district’s annual and long-term financial plans.
• Works with Assistant Superintendent of Finance, Operations, and Personnel for budget preparation, implementation, calculations, and presentations.
• Ensures compliance with internal and independent audit requirements.
• Manages budget accounts, financial records, payroll, and purchasing       
• Coordinates state aid and fund balance calculations and reporting processes with BOCES CBO
• Coordinates district investment strategies and debt service management with BOCES CBO
• Applies for and tracks grants and maximizes utilization of funds 
• Tracks capital project spending and pays capital project invoices 
• Prepares lease agreements and billings
• Coordinates school taxes with BOCES CBO and Town of Vesal
• Completes Medicaid cost reporting
• Completes ST-3 documents
• Coordinates and prepares information for GASB 75 actuarial reporting
• Coordinates payment of self-insured health insurance invoices
• Works with Assistant Superintendent of Finance, Operations and Personnel on self-funded health insurance initiatives
• Coordinates BOCES requests for service
• Works with Director of Facilities and BOCES CBO to maintain accurate district-wide asset inventory and arrange asset inventories
• Coordinates with Building Leaders to manage and utilize building budgets
• Conducts accounting software trainings for new clerical and support staff as needed
• Leads/ co-leads professional development for business office procedures and accounting software for clerical and support staff
• Calculates annual raises for all bargaining units
• Coordinates with Personnel on health insurance buyouts
• Coordinates unemployment claims
• Completes salary and benefit surveys

Technology Leadership

• Provides leadership, coordination, and management of instructional technology, information technology, and data staff and services
• Leads collaborative revision to the instructional technology strategic plan including incorporating NYSED requirements
• Oversees the district’s BOCES, local and department budgets for technology
• Provides support to the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction on IT initiatives; ie: AI utilization for students and teachers
• Works with the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction and Assistant Superintendent for Finance, Operations, and Personnel to coordinate IT management and decisions with BOCES Managed IT Services

Data Support

• Collaborates with the Associate Coordinator for Managed Data Services and the cabinet to use data to support decision making in both the instructional and operational realms. 
• Helps instructional administrators access data in a usable form and in a timely enough fashion to inform instruction
• Uses instructional data systems (e.g., MTSS Edge, Forecast Five, RIC Level 1 and 2 Reporting, RIC Data Dashboards) to access data, convert it to more usable formats and visualizations, and to spot trends that can inform decision-making.  Maintains user accounts in Renaissance and Edge.
• Helps building-level Student Support Teams access and analyze data to inform decisions
• Helps provide data support for practitioner inquiry projects

Job Qualifications

Certification Required: New York State:

• School District Business Leader (SDBL) or 
• School District Leader (SDL) or 
• School District Administrator (SDA)

Experience:

• 3–5 years of successful administrative leadership preferred  

Application Procedure

Applicants:
Please visit the employment link on our website: www.vestalcsd.org/ employment, and search for Administrative job opportunities.

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until a candidate is hired.

Job Category

Administration

Job Location

District Office

Additional Information