Director of Finance

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: School Principal

Standard Hours: 40

Location: 120 Dorsey Rd. Glen Burnie, MD. In-office, with the potential for hybrid flexibility at the administration's discretion and after performance review.

Position Description :

If you’re a finance professional who likes both the details and the bigger picture, this role offers

the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a close-knit school community. As Director of Finance, you’ll lead the school’s financial operations and serve as a trusted partner to the Principal, Finance Committee, and School Board. Your focus will be on creating a clear and reliable picture of the school’s finances: producing timely monthly and quarterly reporting, managing the annual budget and forecasting process, overseeing cash flow and investments, and ensuring core accounting activities such as payroll, tuition, reconciliations, and bill payment are accurate and on time.

You’ll have the opportunity to strengthen how the finance function operates by improving

processes, maintaining strong internal controls, developing and training staff, and helping

leadership understand the financial implications of decisions related to tuition, staffing,

compensation, and school programs. We’re looking for someone approachable, proactive, practical, and able to make financial information clear and useful to the people around them.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities :

Financial Management, Reporting, & Planning (40%)

• Own the school’s financial management, including monthly and quarterly reporting, budget-to-actual analysis, cash flow, reserves, and investments.
• Lead development and ongoing management of the annual operating and capital budgets and maintain multi-year financial forecasts.
• Identify financial trends, risks, and opportunities and provide the Principal and Finance Committee with clear analysis and recommendations.
• Support decisions related to tuition, staffing, compensation, programs, and long-term financial sustainability.

Accounting, Controls, & Financial Operations (30%)

• Oversee the general ledger, reconciliations, accounts payable, receivables, payroll activity, tuition revenue, and other financial transactions.
• Ensure bills, payroll, deposits, and account reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain appropriate internal controls, account access, documentation, and audit readiness in accordance with Archdiocesan requirements.
• Assess and improve financial processes, systems, and workflows to strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and accountability.

Team Leadership & Service (15%)

• Supervise, train, and develop finance staff, with clear responsibilities, cross-training, and accountability.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex financial questions while helping staff independently manage routine issues.
• Provide responsive, professional service to employees, families, teachers, and school leadership on financial matters.

Financial Partnership, Compliance & Stewardship (15%)

• Serve as the Principal’s primary financial partner and provide timely, understandable information to support decision-making.
• Prepare financial information for the Finance Committee and School Board and clearly communicate financial performance, risks, and recommendations.
• Serve as a primary liaison with the Archdiocese, financial institutions, and external accounting, payroll, and financial partners.
• Ensure financial practices, records, and controls comply with applicable Archdiocesan policies and relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
• Promote sound financial stewardship consistent with the mission and values of Catholic education.

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible finance or accounting experience, to include broad financial responsibility, including financial reporting, budgeting, reconciliations, cash management, and internal controls.
• Prior experience supervising, training, or developing staff.
• Experience working directly with organizational leadership, boards, finance committees, or similar governance groups preferred.

Required Knowledge, Abilities & Skills:

• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles and the ability to understand and oversee day-to-day accounting activity without needing to personally perform every transaction.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare, analyze, and explain financial statements, budgets, forecasts, and variance reports.
• Strong understanding of cash management, reconciliations, internal controls, payroll processes, and financial operations.
• High degree of accuracy, organization, follow-through, and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues independently and move them toward resolution.
• Strong interpersonal and customer-service skills, including the ability to work effectively with staff, families, school leadership, board members, and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, train, and develop staff and to create clarity around roles and responsibilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort learning and using financial, payroll, tuition management, and related systems. Experience with QuickBooks Online, FACTS, and UKG is preferred.
• Collaborative, approachable, and comfortable working in a highly relational school environment.
• Self-directed and proactive, with the ability to balance hands-on execution with longer-term process improvement and financial planning.
• Understanding of and support for the mission and values of Catholic education and willingness to operate in accordance with Archdiocesan policies and guidelines.

About Monsignor Slade Catholic School:

Monsignor Slade Catholic School (MSCS) is a coeducational Catholic school serving students

from Pre-K2 through 8th grade in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Founded in 1954, MSCS is one of the

larger elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, with approximately 593 students.

The school combines academic excellence, Catholic faith and values, and a close-knit community

on its 10.5-acre campus. MSCS has been recognized as a WTOP Top Workplace and currently

holds an A+ overall grade from Niche, where it is ranked the #1 private K–8 school in Anne

Arundel County.

Benefits :

Eligible employees receive a comprehensive Archdiocese of Baltimore benefits package that

includes medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; short- and long-term disability; a

403(b) retirement plan; paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave; and an Employee Assistance

Program. Full-time MSCS employees are eligible for a tuition benefit of up to 40% for their

children attending MSCS, as well as complimentary before- and after-school care and summer

camp, subject to administrative approval and applicable program guidelines.

Compensation : $85,000 - $95,000