Director of Finance

TITLE: Director of Finance
Classification: Director

Who We Are: Tri County Tech is a high-performance organization that strives to hire the best and brightest talent. The ultimate goal is to find the perfect candidate for the position itself and for someone who will meld naturally into the TCT culture. Every educator at Tri County Tech helps us further our vision of inspiring success through life-changing learning experiences. 

Tri County Tech isn't just a place where we work. It's a mindset we embody. We thrive on challenges, innovate through constraints, and do it all with the student in mind. Whether you're called to create exciting content, help students with financial assistance, or keep a budget in check, you'll need a commitment to the culture we've built and a strong desire for continuous improvement. Successful Tri County Tech employees are here to give everything they've got to serve something bigger than themselves. 

Who You Are: The Director of Finance is a strategic and detail-oriented leader who oversees all Finance Office operations, ensuring accurate budgeting, forecasting, cost controls, revenue management, and compliance with policies and procedures. You collaborate closely with the Chief Financial Officer on financial planning, investments, grants, and reimbursements, while serving as the primary finance lead during Program Plan of Excellence meetings. As a collaborative leader, you develop and coach finance staff, communicate financial insights with the leadership team, and drive continuous process improvement to achieve departmental goals. You also ensure operational continuity by supporting key treasury functions and contributing wherever needed to advance District priorities.

What You'll Possess
Qualified Candidates Will:

• Possess a Master's Degree or be willing to obtain.


• Have five years of recent related experience.


• Have a background in bookkeeping and/or school finance. Project management experience preferred.


• Have familiarity with operational budgeting, accounts receivable/payable, billing, cash management, and other financial affairs.


• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and organization while managing multiple tasks and deadlines.


• Provide excellent customer service, striving to exceed expectations while communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.


• Take the initiative, seek out projects, and openly accept other duties as assigned.


• Demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement, professional development, and openness to feedback.

What You'll Do
Directors provide overall direction and supervision of a single department with ultimate accountability and oversight. They provide leadership by motivating others to implement change initiatives efficiently and effectively. Directors are highly engaged in all aspects of the organization with complete autonomy and cross-functional responsibilities. They manage multiple projects with self-directed, deadline-driven accountability, combining a present and future focus. With a moderate mix of transactional and transformational work, Directors are high-functioning professionals who consistently apply discretion and independent judgment. Exempt

Essential Functions:

• Oversee all Finance Office functions, including budgeting, forecasting, cost controls, monthly close, revenue cycles, and compliance with policies and procedures to ensure accuracy and effectiveness.


• Partner with the CFO on budget development, financial planning, investments, grants, and reimbursements.


• Lead finance representation during Program Plan of Excellence meetings and serve as backup to the assistant treasurer and encumbrance clerk to ensure continuity.


• Supervise and develop finance staff by aligning responsibilities with strengths, coaching for performance and growth, and promoting a positive, accountable team culture.


• Communicate financial information and initiatives to the leadership team while driving continuous process improvement and achieving workgroup financial goals.


• Other Job-Related Duties as Assigned by the Supervisor: The omission of duties does not exclude them from the position if similar, related, or a logical assignment to the job. In other words, you'll be helping out on spontaneous projects and opportunities not listed above.
  

Benefits & Perks
You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, disability, Teacher's Retirement Pension, and 403B matching. You will also enjoy an outstanding work-life balance with abundant paid time off, including 12 paid sick days, 10+ Vacation Days, and over 24 paid holidays. Tuition Reimbursement and free access to our on-site fitness center are additional perks, and half-price tuition for your children in our child development center. 

What You'll Also Get:

• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you'll have unlimited access to professional development, including our TCT culture courses and over 5,000 on-demand courses through LinkedIn Learning.


• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being a Great Place to Work. We respect and embrace differences because that's how the best work gets done. You'll find we like to have fun here, too.


• Purpose-Driven Company: You'll help us continue to make positive changes in our local communities through volunteerism, giving back, and producing life-changing learning opportunities.

Terms of Employment: Twelve months; salary to be established by the Board of Education.
  
Evaluation: Performance evaluated by the Chief Financial Officer per Board policy.

Status: Exempt
Salary: $85,000 annually

 There will be no discrimination in the technology center because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender expression or identity, national origin, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, age, or genetic information in its programs, services, activities and employment. The following individual is designated to handle inquiries regarding the technology center’s non-discrimination policies, including Title IX: Tara Stevens, Director of HR & Compliance Officer  |  6101 Nowata Road, Bartlesville, OK 74006  |  918-331-3248  |  [email protected]. According to the State of Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act, registered sex offenders must self-disclose their status before admissions. View our . View our full non-discrimination policy. Title IX Training provided by: OSSBA Workshop Resources