ADMINISTRATOR
Company: St. Matthew's Parish School
Role summary
ADMINISTRATOR is a role at St. Matthew's Parish School in Los Angeles, California, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-09-07. Experience level: 10+.
- Job title
- ADMINISTRATOR
- Company
- St. Matthew's Parish School
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Category
- Administrative
- Experience level
- 10+
- Date posted
- 2026-09-07
St. Matthew's Parish School is seeking an organized and proactive Administrator to join their team. This role offers a stable work environment and the opportunity to contribute to the smooth operation of a community-focused educational institution. If you have strong administrative and communication skills, this could be a great fit for you.
Job description
Description
ST. MATTHEW'S PARISH SCHOOL
Position: Chief Financial Officer (title commensurate with experience)
Reports to: Head of School
Serves on: Senior Administrative Team
Status: Full-time, exempt, on site
Start date: October 15, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter
Priority deadline: September 18, 2026; open until filled
Position Summary
St. Matthew's Parish School seeks an experienced, mission-driven Chief Financial Officer to lead the School's financial strategy at a defining moment in its history. Reporting to the Head of School and serving on the Senior Administrative Team, the CFO is the School's senior financial leader, a trusted partner to the Board of Trustees and its Finance and Investment Committees, and a key collaborator with the Parish of St. Matthew.
In January 2025, the Palisades Fire destroyed the School's Lower School campus, library, administration building, portions of the Early Childhood campus, and rectories. The School evacuated every student and staff member within 50 minutes and reestablished classes at temporary locations within 21 days. On September 9, 2026, St. Matthew's will welcome more than 220 students back to its Bienveneda Campus in temporary classrooms while planning a full campus rebuild. The next CFO will help lead that rebuild: serving as a strategic partner alongside Church and School leadership on potential FEMA recovery, building the financial model for the new campus, partnering with the capital campaign, and strengthening the business office for the School's next chapter.
About St. Matthew's Parish School
St. Matthew's Parish School is a co-educational Episcopal day school serving students from age 2 through eighth grade and an integral part of the Parish of St. Matthew, serving children and families throughout Pacific Palisades and the surrounding community. The School provides a challenging, caring, and balanced educational program designed to foster academic excellence while nurturing students' intellectual, creative, spiritual, and ethical development. Grounded in community and faith, St. Matthew's celebrates childhood, empowering every student to challenge their mind, grow in character, and lead with courage.
As the educational outreach of the Parish of St. Matthew, the School is united with the Parish in spirit and purpose. Within the broad context of the values, traditions, and tenets of Christianity, St. Matthew's nurtures an appreciation of the dignity and worth of every member of the community and encourages parents to work in partnership with the School. The School is affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Throughout the recovery, St. Matthew's has linked arms with families of the past, present, and future to build the next chapter of its campus, and it remains committed to its students, families, faculty, staff, and community as Pacific Palisades rebuilds.
The Opportunity
The next CFO will join a leadership team and Board that have navigated extraordinary disruption with resilience and clarity. Over the coming years, the CFO will:
• Rebuild finance. Lead the financial dimension of the campus rebuild, including construction cash flow, project budgeting, financing options, and coordination with the School's Campus Development Partner, architects, construction partners, and the Church.
• Continued recovery. Serve as a strategic partner alongside Church and School leadership on the potential FEMA Public Assistance process, including documentation, reimbursement tracking, and any appeal or arbitration work.
• Long-range financial modeling. Build and maintain a multi-year financial model that integrates enrollment, tuition, financial aid, philanthropy, and campus costs, and use it to guide Board decision-making.
• Capital campaign partnership. Partner with the Head of School, Chief Advancement Officer, Campaign Consultant, the Parish, and Campaign Leadership on the capital campaign, including pledge accounting, cash flow forecasting, and donor reporting.
• Business office excellence. Modernize business office systems, policies, and internal controls so that the School's financial infrastructure is as strong as its community.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Finance and Board Partnership
• Serve as the primary financial advisor to the Head of School, Board of Trustees, Finance Committee, Investment Committee, and senior administrators on the financial implications of all institutional decisions.
• Lead the annual budget process and tuition recommendation, and develop and maintain the School's long-range financial model, including enrollment and financial aid scenarios.
• Collaborate with the Board and Head of School to translate the School’s Strategic Plan into multi-year resource plans.
• Prepare and present clear, timely budget-to-actual analyses, forecasts, and dashboards for the Senior Administrative Team and the Board, explaining complex financial information in plain terms for non-financial leaders.
• Collaborate on long-range campus plans with the Head of School, Board of Trustees, and Church as they relate to the financial standing of the School.
• Serve as staff liaison to the Finance Committee and Investment Committee, and attend Board of Trustees meetings.
Accounting, Compliance, and Controls
• Oversee all aspects of the Business Office, including accounts payable/receivable, payroll, procurement, tuition billing and collections, student re-enrollment contracts, and capital asset lifecycles, including capitalization and depreciation policies; direct all monthly/annual closes, journal entries, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Oversee the annual financial audit and the retirement plan audit, serve as primary liaison to external auditors, and