Manager of Purchasing & Accounts in Denver, Colorado at Denver Language School

Overview of position:

Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Manager of Purchasing & Accounts is an important operational and problem-solving role responsible for auditing and optimising procurement strategies across both Denver Language School (DLS) campuses. The primary objective is to ensure ‘value-for-money’ within a K-8 public education environment by evaluating the efficacy and fiscal impact of vendor contracts, with a specialized focus on Educational Technology service agreements. Beyond procurement, this individual ensures the financial sustainability of DLS auxiliary programs by managing student accounts and parent payments via MySchoolBucks. This role requires a data-driven mindset, an advanced comfort level with spreadsheets, and the ability to derive actionable insights from complex datasets to identify opportunities for efficiency, program expansion, or the phasing out of underperforming services. (c. 50% of the role)

Secondarily, the Manager of Purchasing & Accounts is expected to develop a strong working understanding of Denver Language School’s revenue model with specific focus on the registration and enrollment students for which the school receives taxpayers funded resources. De facto, this will involve partnering with the Registrar at the discretion and direction of the Director of External Relations. (c. 30% of the role)

Additionally, the Manager will collaborate closely with the After-School Activities teams at both campuses, inclusive of the Athletic Directors, to maintain precise records of participation and billing. This position provides functional supervision and indirect management to the After-School Activity Lead at the Whiteman campus to ensure cross-campus alignment in auxiliary service delivery and financial record-keeping. (c. 20% of the role).

Initially, this is a funded role for two school years with the potential for continuation. The role will require frequent and regular interaction with all members of the senior leadership team and the ability to navigate complicated reporting structures within a language immersion K-8 school operating across two buildings.

The anticipated start date for this position is 07/20/2026.

The selected candidate will report, initially, to the Executive Director for a limited two year period SY26-27 and SY27-28. .

Pay and Benefits:

• Employees at DLS are compensated in accordance with other Denver-area charter schools. The annual salary of $54,666-$56.475 is the salary range for new-to-DLS employees;
• 8 days of PTO with an option to roll days to the following school year;
• Health, vision, and dental insurance subsidized by the school;
• Employee assistance program and online mental health support paid by the school;
• Early student release each Friday to offer opportunities for professional development and collaboration;
• Discounted rates for after-school Fun Clubs and out-of-state travel of employees’ children;
• Individualized coaching and support, as well as school-funded professional development;
• Employees' children get priority in student enrollment, but there is no guarantee of enrollment due to seat availability;
• Short term disability insurance, term life insurance paid fully by the school.

Essential Functions and Objectives

• The ability to produce regular reports from accounting systems and purchasing systems including, but not limited to, Google Sheets, Bill.com and MySchoolBucks;
• The ability to forecast potential revenues and expenses models year-over-year based upon multiple scenarios in order to ensure the school’s operational viability;
• Meeting with direct budget holders to audit and evaluate current spending and future spending requests against both the Mission & Vision of the school and Vision 2030;

Skills

• Highly Organized;
• Proficiency in using Excel / Google Sheets;
• Social Capital;
• Public Resource Management;
• Data Visualization

Denver Language School is committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based on race, age, creed, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or pregnancy and will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Denver Language School is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action.

Requirements

• High School Diploma Required;
• Ability to navigate a complicated reporting structure for the role; this person must report on their task directly to the Executive Director and meet with a range of other budget holders inclusive of senior leaders;
• Ability to respond to direct and timely requests regarding complicated data-sets;
• Social capital to navigate a deeply interconnected and complicated school across two campuses and multiple languages in pursuit of the operational and strategic vision of the Executive Director or their designate.