Position Title: Accountant
Assignment: District Office
FTE: 1.0 (261 days)
Salary Range: $64,800 – $76,128 (salary placement dependent upon experience)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Description:
Under general supervision, responsible for moderately complex accounting activities. This position applies principles of accounting to maintaining reports, assisting in annual audits and related work in conformity to generally accepted accounting principles.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Maintains and reconciles general ledger accounts, bank statements, and fixed assets. Assists in compiling and analysis of district’s expenditure budgets.
- Provides assistance with Special Education Tuition Billing.
- Prepares, posts, and verifies the accuracy of journal entries. Analyzes general ledger accounts and records entries in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Prepares and files required reports to ensure compliance with tax, grant and audit requirements.
- Facilitates all local, state and federal financial compliance reporting.
- Completes moderately complex accounting assignments and ensures that comprehensive accounting records are maintained in an organized manner.
- Prepares monthly reports reflecting spending versus budget. Assists with year-end and monthly reporting functions.
- Assists with the budget development process including monitoring of the budget, preparing work papers for the audit and monitoring district cash flow and investments.
- Assists in the collective bargaining process. Position is required to access and use labor relations information to cost contract and proposals during the collective bargaining process which includes gathering, compiling and collecting economic and noneconomic items that have not been presented during the collective bargaining process, including information specifically collected or created to assist in preparations for negotiations.
- Reconciles bank accounts, charge cards, district deposits, grants, district liabilities and district benefit liabilities.
- Assists in the coordination with other departments to gather information for year-end audit.
Interprets state and federal funding regulations and ensures all revenue and expenses are reported consistent with UFARS and GASB accounting guidelines. - Assists in implementing operations recommendations from the Controller.
- Performs other duties as assigned.