Capital Projects Finance Manager

Position overview

Budget and fund management

• Manage voter-approved capital levy resources exceeding $4 billion, allocate funding, and deliver balanced annual and completed-program budgets.
• Lead development and adherence to the capital fund annual budget exceeding $500 million.
• Manage multiyear cash flow to align capital resources with levy initiatives and project schedules.
• Forecast financial trends, identify variances, and advise senior leaders on revenues and financial concerns.
• Guide allowable capital fund expenditures in accordance with governmental accounting principles and state law.

Accounting, systems, and reporting

• Create and maintain the capital fund project coding system in SAP with the Director of Accounting.
• Direct capital accounting operations and maintain accurate, legally compliant financial procedures and controls.
• Oversee eBuilder’s cost module, its SAP integration, and cost controls for capital projects.
• Improve capital fund financial reports and direct monthly, quarterly, annual, and special-request reporting.
• Make monthly budget and financial presentations to the BEX-BTA Oversight Committee.

Staff and project operations

• Direct capital finance, three business and management analysts, and two capital contract and invoice accounting specialists.
• Guide internal and external project teams in district financial systems, chart of accounts, budgets, contracts, and invoices.
• Manage the capital department’s annual operating budget, averaging $16.5 million, including staff, benefits, and program costs.
• Negotiate annual eBuilder software license agreements and support non-capital department staff assigned to capital work.
• Monitor project hard and soft costs against budgets and plans, identify variances, and implement budget revisions and contingency use.
• Manage cost reimbursement and revenue collection with the Grants Department; analyze capital fund interest earnings and expenditure trends.

Other assigned functions

• Review and interpret state legislation, regulations, and reports relevant to the capital projects fund.
• Support the Executive Director with Board projects and reports.

Compensation

• The listed salary is $147,826–$189,193 per year.

Requirements

• The role oversees capital finance staff and directs cross-departmental capital fund business activities.
• The position provides strategic leadership for development, implementation, and monitoring of the capital projects fund annual budget.
• The role manages the capital projects fund accounting structure and project management financial system.
• The position oversees production of capital project fund financial reports.
• The role provides counsel on capital fund financial matters to senior finance and capital projects leaders.
• Financial recommendations must account for governmental generally accepted accounting principles and procedures, and state law.