• Implement best practices and systems for accounting, finance, operations, human resources, compliance, payroll, development, data management, technology , and staff retention
• Recruit and train your business and operations leaders
• Guide you through deciding which business functions to keep in-house and which to outsource
• Introduce you to an established network of consultants and vendors who have a proven track record in charter schools and other non-profit organizations
• Analyze your budget in order to identify ways you can reduce expenses and increase revenues
• Get ready for your annual financial audit, by sharing best practices of organizing your hard and soft copies of documents, and prepare your depreciation, accrual, and prepaid expense schedules
• Support you through:
» The growth of your school as the number of students and staff members increase over time, which is in essence, running a new business each year
» Software implementation to automate business functions and increase productivity
» Documentation of policies, procedures and business forms
» Annual and long-range budgeting
» Completion of monthly/quarterly budget-to-actual financial reports and bank reconciliations
» Strategic planning related to capital investments and long-term financing to ensure sustainability and security
» Charter Renewal Applications and monitoring visits by your charter authorizer
