JOB DESCRIPTION
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Job Title: Assistant Executive Director for Finance and Operations
Formal Organizational Relationships
The Assistant Executive Director for Finance and Operations is responsible to, and
supervised and evaluated by the Executive Director.
The Assistant Executive Director for Finance and Operations supervises and evaluates
assigned CREC managers, supervisors and specific support staff.
Statement of Job Purpose
The Assistant Executive Director for Finance and Operations will:
 Provide planning and policy guidance and strategic planning on all fiscal matters
and business functions of CREC;
 Plan, direct and provide leadership for the receipt, accounting, investment and
expenditure of monetary resources, and the acquisition, inventory, use maintenance
and disposition of physical resources and facilities of CREC;
 Utilize the concept of full disclosure of fiscal and personnel information about each
fund through budgetary and reporting practices that will permit timely action
necessary to realize the maximum amount of revenue available from each and all
sources and to safeguard the use of these revenues through effective standards of
expenditures, controls and cost effectiveness;
 Work closely with the various constituencies within and outside CREC to improve
the business and financial operation of the organization.
Statement of Job Responsibilities
 Supervises and manages the acquisition, investment and disbursement of all
CREC funds;
 Provides overall direction and supervision of CREC fiscal and logistic operations;
 Plans, develops and implements strategies that assist CREC and local school
districts to identify and utilize cost-effective practices;
 Directs the financial affairs of the organization;
 Prepares financial analysis of operations for guidance of management;
 Prepares reports which outline CREC’s financial position in areas of income,
expenses and earnings, based on past, present and future operations;
 Directs preparation of budgets and future operations including forecasts;
 Arranges for audits of CREC accounts and oversees insurance programs;
 Monitors the application of CREC, federal, state and local legal and other nonprogrammatic regulatory and policy requirements throughout the organization;
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Participates in the development of and provides administrative support for longrange and strategic planning and direction-setting;
Oversees the acquisition, maintenance, repair, and sale of all CREC properties and
equipment;
Supervises and manages the annual budget planning process;
Develops and implements programs and services to assist member school districts;
Performs all other tasks appropriately assigned by the Executive Director.
Extent and Limits of Decision-Making Authority
The decision making authority of the Assistant Executive Director for Finance and
Operations is limited by the generally accepted accounting practices for education, the
CREC Constitution and By-Laws, and the applicable federal, state and local
requirements.
The Assistant Executive Director for Finance and Operations has recommending
authority in the preparation and alteration of CREC policy; and responsibility for the
preparation, modification and monitoring of procedures related to CREC's financial and
logistical resources.
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Qualifications for Job
Experience
Education
A. Minimal
8 – 10 years of management
experience in similar organization.
progressive experience in public
education, finance, budgeting,
and the use of technology.
knowledge and understanding of
shared governance and serving client
needs. Evidence of strong and effective
interpersonal and communications skills.
Masters Degree or
equivalent graduate
credit; Business,
Accounting, Public
Policy or Administr.
B. Preferred
Total responsibility for all
business functions of a multimillion dollar non-profit or
governmental agency.
M.B.A. and/or
C.P.A.
C. Continuing
Creativity in the use of resources
in the public, non-public area.
Leadership in shaping state
statute and its regulation and
interpretation with respect to
RESCs.
On-going
Professional
Development
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