Sabot School seeks a dedicated, dynamic, and experienced full-time Director of Finance to oversee the school’s financial operations to ensure the delivery of programs and sustainability of the school. The Director of Finance reports to the Head of School and serves as a strong partner on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to financial objectives, planning, and programs aligned with the mission, strategic direction, and culture of the School. This includes strategic financial planning, budgeting, accounting and the annual audit and 990. The Director of Finance serves as a key member of the senior leadership team and on the Board of Directors’ Finance Committee. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in independent school or non-profit finance and will be a dynamic and innovative thinker with stellar communication and organizational skills. The Director of Finance’s direct report is the Bookkeeper.

The ideal candidate is a proven leader who establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with multiple constituencies, possesses strong time-management skills, takes initiative, and is a collaborative problem solver. The Director of Finance will play a crucial role in shaping the school’s strategic vision for the future. Additionally, the ideal candidate must possess an enthusiastic commitment to the importance of building and sustaining a diverse, just, inclusive, and equitable environment.

Applications will be considered for an immediate start date.

TO APPLY

Please click on the link to submit your application. In the “Position Applying for” field, please enter: Director of Finance. Along with three professional references (please provide email address and phone number), the following attachments are required:

• Letter of interest
• Resume

Job Requirements

Human Resources

• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements with respect to labor, benefits, human resource issues, and required employee policies, as well as working with the Director of Operations on required employee training;
• Manage the school’s employee benefit program with the Director of Operations;
• Provide appropriate benchmark data and information to the Head of School and/or the Board, as appropriate, for compensation comparisons and the preparation of employment offers or arrangements;
• Review and approve the semi-monthly payroll processes ensuring timely and accurate pay, reimbursements, and deductions for all employees.

Finance/Financial Planning

• Work with the Head of School and Board of Directors on all aspects of budget and finance, including ongoing management of expenses, monthly and quarterly reporting, tuition setting, budget creation, and delivery of performance data; 
• Prepare the annual operating and capital budgets;
• Manage and track expenditures according to the budget;
• Review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports prepared by the Bookkeeper and make appropriate adjustments and changes, ensuring timely reporting;
• Manage regular and frequent communication with creditors to maintain positive working relationships;
• Lead the school’s financial planning and long-term projections in collaboration with the Board of Directors’ Finance Committee;
• Maintain ongoing awareness of the School’s financial position, opportunities, and risks.

Accounting

• Oversee the school’s accounting practices, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of recording and reporting, adherence to state and federal law, and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP);
• Oversee and approve accounts payable; 
• Oversee accounts receivables and ensure timely collections;
• Ensure adequate cash flow to meet the organization’s needs;
• Coordinate and oversee the annual audit and internal controls, annual tax filings, annual UBIT, and other required financial reports. 

Risk Management

• Oversee risk management and the renewal of the School’s property, casualty, and liability programs; 
• Lead the ongoing training of the Crisis Response Team;
• Maintain professional relationships with the School’s banks, attorneys, auditors, insurance carriers, contractors and accrediting organizations.

Advancement

• Manage the Tuition Assistance Program with the support of the Director of Enrollment;
• Work with parents on financial issues relevant to their children’s enrollment at the School.
• Collaborate with the Director of Development and Board of Directors to support individual giving and major gifts, manage the tracking, recording, and reporting of gifts, and ensure the timely acknowledgement of gifts;
• Serve as a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and attend monthly meetings, preparing relevant reports to inform conversations, decisions, and planning. 

Secondary Responsibilities

• Represent the school at various regional, state, and national associations relative to the role;
• Perform lunch, recess, arrival, and dismissal duties as requested;
• Other duties, as required and requested by the Head of School.

About Sabot School

MISSION Sabot at Stony Point is a school designed to sustain children’s quest for meaning and understanding, harness the power of their theories and ideas, and guide their inquiry and research. In an environment that supports collaboration and respectful exchange, we challenge our students to become effective communicators and disciplined thinkers, capable of solving problems in our increasingly complex world. THE SCHOOL Sabot has about 230 students and roughly 64 employees. As we grow, we are dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic team committed to working in a multicultural environment. This faculty member will join a cohesive, committed, and talented community. Our Reggio-inspired, social-constructivist curriculum is inquiry-based and driven in part by the children’s interests. We emphasize collaboration and recognize the gifts that each child brings to the group. Our approach is one that recognizes the whole child and focuses first and foremost on social and emotional learning and relationships as the necessary foundation for education. Sabot is an educational home for teachers drawn to relationships and practices that are rooted in un...ifying beliefs about children and learning, are based on current neurological and educational research, and are reliant on our teacher-researchers’ collaborative problem solving and creativity. Sabot teachers are both guides and fellow travelers in the collaborative learning process and make students’ learning visible to themselves and others. We view teaching not as a static set of skills, but as a dynamic process, manifested in our culture of research and our commitment to teacher development.

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