About the Role
Midland Public Schools is seeking a strategic and collaborative financial leader to serve as our next Director of Fiscal Services. This role calls for an innovative and forward-thinking professional who understands that strong fiscal stewardship is essential to sustaining academic excellence and operational integrity across our district.
Reporting directly to the Superintendent, the Director of Fiscal Services provides comprehensive leadership for all district financial operations. This includes oversight of budgeting, accounting, compliance, reporting, and long-range financial planning to ensure alignment between fiscal strategy and district priorities.
The Director plays a key role in advancing Midland Public Schools’ vision: Lead with respect, trust, and courage. Ensure an equitable, collaborative, and inclusive culture. Enable all to achieve success. Through disciplined management, transparent communication, and thoughtful decision-making, this leader ensures financial systems support innovation, equity, and long-term sustainability.
We are looking for a professional who approaches fiscal leadership as both a responsibility and a service, someone who thrives in complex environments, builds strong relationships, and leads with clarity, integrity, and purpose.
The Director of Fiscal Services will:
- Provide strategic leadership for all district financial operations, ensuring fiscal integrity, transparency, and long-term sustainability across a $113 million budget.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Superintendent and executive leadership team on budgeting, forecasting, compliance, investments, and financial planning.
- Lead the development and oversight of the annual budget, budget amendments, and multi-year financial projections aligned to district priorities.
- Oversee all accounting functions, including general ledger management, reconciliations, journal entries, cash flow, investments, and property tax coordination.
- Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, Michigan Department of Education reporting requirements, audits, and Financial Information Database (FID) submissions.
- Direct and prepare for annual financial audits and single audits, partnering with external auditors to ensure accuracy and accountability.
- Provide oversight for federal grant budgeting and expenditure monitoring to ensure regulatory compliance and responsible stewardship.
- Supervise and develop Fiscal Services staff, fostering a culture of professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Manage district purchasing systems, bids, quotes, and the purchase card program to promote efficiency and internal controls.
- Maintain oversight of payroll, benefits coordination, retirement reporting, and related financial systems.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory changes impacting school finance and proactively adapt district systems and practices.
- Communicate complex financial information clearly and accessibly to administrators, staff, and stakeholders.
The successful candidate will bring:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- Five to seven years of progressive experience in school finance or public sector financial management, with demonstrated leadership in a business office environment.
- MSBO CFO Certification (or eligibility and commitment to obtain within two years); CPA preferred.
- Deep knowledge of school finance, governmental accounting standards, state and federal compliance requirements, and public education funding structures.
- Proven experience with budgeting, audit preparation, grant management, payroll systems, and financial reporting.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial systems; experience with ERP platforms and HRIS systems preferred.
- Demonstrated success supervising and developing professional staff.
Beyond technical expertise, we are seeking a leader who:
- Communicates with clarity and purpose, translating complex financial information into accessible guidance.
- Exercises sound judgment and independent decision-making within established policies and best practices.
- Approaches financial leadership with integrity, discretion, and strong emotional intelligence.
- Thrives in complex environments, balancing multiple priorities with organization and precision.
- Leads collaboratively, builds trust, and aligns financial systems to support equitable outcomes for all students.
Why Midland Public Schools?
At Midland Public Schools, strong systems support exceptional learning. Serving approximately 7,300 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, across 12 schools and spanning 140 square miles, our district combines meaningful scale with strong community connection. We are large enough to make significant impact and small enough to truly know the families we serve.
With a $113 million operating budget and a healthy fund balance, Midland Public Schools is financially stable and forward focused. We believe responsible stewardship today creates opportunity for tomorrow. Our fiscal strength allows us to invest in innovation, talented staff, and programs that uphold high expectations for every student.
Midland is a community rooted in science, industry, and education. Located near the global headquarters of Dow and home to major employers such as MyMichigan Health, DuPont, and Corteva, our region values analytical thinking, problem solving, and skilled trades. That mindset carries into our schools and informs how we approach both operations and learning.
Beyond the workplace, Midland offers a vibrant blend of culture and community. Residents enjoy the Midland Center for the Arts, Dow Gardens, Whiting Forest and the nation’s longest canopy walk, as well as Great Lakes Loons baseball at Dow Diamond. It is a place where professional leadership and quality of life go hand in hand.
Midland Public Schools is uniquely intertwined with its community. Relationships matter here. Excellence is expected. Leadership has visible impact. If you are motivated by stewardship, service, and the opportunity to shape systems that support students at scale, this is a district where your work will truly matter.
Midland Awaits
The Future of Midland Public Schools
At Midland Public Schools, we are currently in the midst of a comprehensive strategic planning process that will define our next chapter as a district. This work is bringing together voices from across our schools and community to clarify priorities, strengthen systems, and chart a focused path forward.
It is an exciting moment to join our team. The Director of Fiscal Services will play a critical role in ensuring that our financial strategies align with emerging district goals and that the resources entrusted to us directly support student success.
We invite you to review our most recent strategic planning update to better understand the momentum underway and the opportunity ahead.