Managing Director of Fiscal Accountability and Controller

Location

Albany, NY Category: Professional Positions Job Type: Full-time Posted On: Wed Jun 3 2026 Job Description:

SUNY Charter Schools Institute seeks a dynamic and experienced financial professional to provide leadership and direction to oversee the fiscal operations of its vast portfolio of 241 authorized charter schools across New York State. The Managing Director of Fiscal Accountability and Controller ensures that SUNY upholds its fiscal obligations to the New York Charter Schools Act while operating within a highly visible and political environment. This role requires a strong understanding of non-profit finance and accounting in an educational setting, and a commitment to upholding high professional standards.

Institute Leadership

Serve as a member of the Leadership Team to support the Executive Director to establish and execute the Institute's strategic priorities.

Oversee a comprehensive fiscal monitoring program for the fiscal operations at SUNY authorized charter schools, beginning in the charter application process and continuing throughout the charter lifecycle including pre-opening and opening of schools, operating charter schools, charter renewal, and non-renewal decisions and closure procedures. This involves gathering, evaluating, presenting and reporting financial information to stakeholders and advising on progress and necessary actions.

Represent the Institute concerning all school finance matters to the SUNY Trustees' Committee on Charter Schools. Present findings, support recommendations, and respond to questions from SUNY Trustees, charter schools and boards and other parties at regularly scheduled Committee meetings, special hearings and other public meetings.

Direct the development of differentiated monitoring treatments based on organizational capacity of education corporations, and apply additional oversight requirements including corrective action plans, and investigations, as necessary.

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