Job Title:  Elementary Bookkeeper

 

Supervisor(s):  Principal

 

FLSA: Non-Exempt

 

Contract Days:  240 days

 

Job Summary:  To provide support to school administration by maintaining accurate records of accounting transactions, ensuring that financial activities comply with district policies and procedures, applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information and preparing reports for school administration and other stakeholders as required. Coordinates the implementation of accounting controls, administers school budgets and provides oversight of district systems.

 

Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in Business or Accounting; or
  • 60 hours of financial coursework
  • 5 years of successful public bookkeeping experience
• Must have typing and strong computer skills
• Detailed knowledge of bookkeeping duties and responsibilities
• Familiarity with standard office equipment
• Ability to work with students, teachers, and the general public in a courteous manner
• Strong organizational skills
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as District Administration may find appropriate and acceptable

Essential Duties:

• Performs bookkeeping responsibilities for the school keeping accounts according to Georgetown County School District policy with duties including, but not limited to, the following; counts and receipts all money collected at school which includes fundraisers, field trips, classes, and departments.
• Monitors and reconciles all aspects of financial record keeping according to GCSD policies and procedures
• Prepares bank reconciliations, prepares/makes deposits – including fundraiser monies, registration monies, concessions, etc. enters completed deposits into financial system
• Reconciles all accounts
• Processes all time sheets and makes sure they are sent to the District by the due date
• Performs clerical duties including maintaining all financial records as prescribed by district policies and procedures
• Initiates and processes appropriate forms for the ordering of instructional, office, and other supplies in accordance with district procurement policies and procedures
• Receives and verifies delivered materials and routes them appropriately
• Supervisor may assign other duties as needed

 

Physical Requirements:

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 essential functions. Must exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal workplace levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal workplaces, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds.

 

Work Environment:

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. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school.

 

Salary Scale:  Classified B11  https://5il.co/1wzny

 

Last Updated

05/2024