Description
Who we are:
Living Sky is a progressive and innovative school division that employs over 800 professional and support staff. It offers a wide variety of programs and services to approximately 5,500 students. The division’s 28 schools are in 19 communities located throughout west central Saskatchewan. The main office is in the city of North Battleford. North Battleford serves as a local center for health, retail, education and commercial services. The city offers easy access to several beautiful lakes, and together with the town of Battleford, is home to about 18,000 people.
The Position:
The greatest responsibility of the superintendent of business is to leverage resources to meet strategic and operational goals. They serve as a catalyst, executing strategic and financial objectives; a strategist, providing financial leadership in determining strategic business direction; a steward, protecting and preserving the critical assets of the organization and accurately reporting on the financial position and operations to internal and external stakeholders; and an operator, balancing cost, risk and service levels when meeting the organization’s responsibilities.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Leading System Growth and Change
Accountabilities:
Oversee the development and implementation of the financial strategy of the organization. This includes long term financial planning, forecasting, risk management and investment strategies.
Advance priorities included in the financial area of a balanced scorecard approach to strategic planning.
2. Developing and Supporting Leaders
Accountabilities:
Provide high-level oversight of functions performed by staff in the management of financial and capital assets.
Work with budget holders (at Central Services and in schools) to understand the risks, rewards, and processes in leveraging financial and capital assets to achieve operational and strategic goals.
Provide professional development and training as required.
3. Ensuring Core System Functions are Performing Effectively
Accountabilities:
Oversee and lead the full financial function including budgeting, forecasting and auditing.
Ensure that financial systems, policies and procedures meet the short and long term needs of the organization.
Oversee and lead the preparation and communication of timely and accurate financial statements and KPI's to key stakeholders across the organization. Present key financial information to the Senior Leadership Team, Board and other any key stakeholders.
Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions.
The Right Person:
Can work with others and bring them along, communicate clearly to diverse audiences, coach to grow others and offer sound advice are important.
Must be humble enough to know when they are wrong and courageous enough to do the right thing, even when it is unpopular.
Is a change agent with a vision for moving the division forward, while being attentive to the unique contexts within the various communities that make up Living Sky School Division.
Utilizes a broad vision, infused with creativity, a future focused approach, and calculated risk-taking when developing and implementing both short and long term plans
Must be able to have difficult and productive discussions with people as well as provide positive and constructive feedback.
Education and Experience:
This competition will be of interest to those with a bachelor’s degree in business (accounting or finance major preferred), a master of business administration, or equivalent training and experience.
Experience with a school system is an asset.
This position operates largely at the strategic level, working on site at the North Battleford Division Office.
How to Apply:
If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for driving organizational excellence, we invite you to apply to this posting.
Applications will be accepted until 12:00 pm on October 7th, 2024
Living Sky School Division offers a highly competitive wage, benefits and retirement plan. For more information, please review our Superintendent of Business information package here, or contact Director of Education, Brenda Vickers at brenda.vickers@lskysd.ca
Living Sky School Division is proudly located on the shared territory of Treaty 6. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that empowers all employees to reach their full potential and encourages applications from those who will contribute to the diversity of Living Sky School Division. Qualified applicants who are of First Nations or Métis ancestry are encouraged to consider joining our team.
