Bookkeeper

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Eight (8) hours per day. Twelve (12) months.

Secretarial/Clerical Group F

• Follow cash management procedures according to district policy.
• Use Visions software accounting program to record receipts and building account monies.
• Collect fees and charges from students in Infinite Campus system, including band, choir & orchestra fees.
• Prepare deposits for district transport and student activity fund to bank.
• Enter quotes to secure and issue purchase orders in Visions software.
• Order supplies, textbooks, and instructional materials as needed.
• Authenticate bills and enter into Visions software.
• Handle paperwork involved with bookkeeping for the activity fund and building controlled accounts including athletic, academic intramural and club funds.
• Coordinate financial activities with sponsoring teachers and coaches.
• Prepare change/start‑up cash for some events.
• Work with supervising principal on preparing next fiscal year building budget.
• Maintain accurate records of all financial transactions, including monthly reconciliations of accounts and distribution to coaches/advisors.
• Reconcile and approve purchasing card transactions on yours and others’ cards.
• Help in yearly parking signup, distribution & issuing of tags, as well as assigning tickets to student accounts in Infinite Campus.
• Participate in yearly audit as requested by district accounting department.
• Prepare year‑end documentation for collection notices on accounts.
• Communicate & maintain grant documentation along with district business services department.
• Assist in ensuring that all local and state laws pertaining to student attendance are followed.
• Provide assistance in ensuring that all attendance records and protocols are followed daily.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Accounting preparation and experience.
• Knowledge of computers – word, excel, database and e‑mail. Both Microsoft & Google systems are used.
• Knowledge of Purchasing Card and Frontline/Appli Track.
• Knowledge of Infinite Campus, Visions & Bound &  a plus.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Dress in professional manner.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and initiate responsibility.
• Ability to work under pressure with frequent interruptions.
• Willing to participate in ongoing training.
• Ability to work with limited supervision.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel objects, tools or controls;

talk and hear. The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and forward 0 to 24 inches and on occasion up to 36 inches. The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp items. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds 0 to 12 feet and occasionally up to 20 feet, such as curriculum materials, desks, chairs, and boxes. The employee will sometimes push/pull items such as tables and carts. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus while supervising students and working with computers, written materials, reports, assessment data, etc.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet. The position requires the commitment of professional working hours that may require the employee to extend beyond a typical 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. workday.

The employee…