Director - Charter School Finance

Interested in using your financial acumen and strategic mindset to make meaningful societal impact?

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Afton Partners seeks a Director to lead strategic finance initiatives with our charter school client partners around the country. As the national leader in charter school financial planning and governance, we’ve partnered with more than 80 networks serving public school students in a wide range of communities in 30 states.

This client-facing position leads projects with charter school leaders, often resulting in financially sustainable schools, stronger financial leadership, and well-informed decision-making on facilities, growth, and operational plans.

Project teams produce these outcomes by developing financial projections and financial analysis, preparing client-facing plans, and guiding charter school leaders in their decision making. This position requires significant experience and demonstrated proficiency in financial projection modeling, financial planning, budgeting, school debt financing processes, and communication. Successful candidates will have a keen ability to turn data into intelligence for decision making. As a project leader, advanced project management and supervisory and coaching skills are critical. Other traits that are valuable in the success of this position include a strong interest in our client partners’ mission and communities, self-awareness, the ability to take ambiguous problems toward a path of solution, and strong relational skills. 

This is a full-time, remote position with geographic flexibility, requiring up to 10% travel, and offering competitive pay and benefits, including health insurance, paid time off, and 401(k) with company match. The salary range for the position is $125,000-$138,000.

About Afton

Afton Partners is an impact-driven consultancy that reimagines and implements systems, policies, and practices that improve lives. We bring technical savvy and a relational approach to partnerships with clients across the early care and education, K-12, higher education, and workforce development sectors. Since 2011, Afton has collaborated on more than 150 initiatives in 40 states, and our clients include state and local government agencies, public school systems, charter schools, and philanthropies. We’re creative, committed, and energized by complexity. Together, we can solve our toughest societal challenges and co-create a future where each person has the opportunity for growth and fulfillment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant work experience conducting financial analysis and advising leaders in education, government agencies, financial services, management consulting, or human services administration, or similar is required. 
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience in-house or consulting with charter, private, or independent schools is strongly preferred.
• A minimum of two (2) years of direct people and project management experience is required.

Afton Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. A full list of physical, mental and cognitive demands is available upon request. Candidates must be able to accomplish core tasks with or without reasonable accommodation. No visa sponsorship is available for this position. The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.