Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 4+ years

Education Not specified

Category Consulting & Advisory

About this role

Director specializing in Strategic Finance leads client-facing projects to design and implement coherent education finance systems at scale, focusing on funding alignment, planning processes, and data-driven improvement for education agencies.

Key Responsibilities

Lead project teams and manage analysts
Define project goals with senior leaders
Draft deliverables and client communications
Facilitate client meetings
Support organizational growth

Technical Overview

Focus is on policy and finance rather than software. Knowledge areas include federal education funding requirements, state budget processes, and unified planning systems.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a senior education finance professional with 4+ years of leadership in finance or policy within education systems, strong facilitation and client-management skills, and a passion for data-driven education improvements. They should thrive in a fully remote environment and be committed to social impact.

Must-Have Skills

Deepdemonstrated expertise in education financepublic policyor a related fieldAt least four years of experience in a financepolicyor operational leadership role at the districtstateor federal levelIn-depth knowledge of federal education funding requirementsstate budget processesand/or unified planning systems

Required Skills

Education finance; Public policy; Education funding requirements; State budget processes; Unified planning systems; Data-driven improvement cycles; Project management; Stakeholder management; Relationship building; Leadership

Hard Skills

Education financePublic policybudget processesfederal education funding requirementsunified planning systemsdata-driven improvement cyclesproject managementstakeholder managementrelationship buildingcommunicationleadership

Soft Skills

Strong people skillsFacilitationRelationship buildingGrowth mindsetEntrepreneurial mindsetFocus on outcomesOrganizational skillsCollegialitySocial justice commitment

Industry & Role

Industry Education

Job Function Lead strategic finance projects for education systems as a Watershed Advisor director

Role Subtype Director

Keywords for Your Resume

directorstrategic financeeducation financepublic policyeducation funding requirementsstate budget processesunified planning systemsdata-driven improvement cyclesproject managementstakeholder managementfacilitationleadershipremotefully remotegrowth mindseteducation consultingsocial justicefederal education funding requirements

Deal Breakers

Less than four years of leadership in finance/policy, No background in education finance or public policy, Unwillingness to travel for occasional staff events

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