Bookkeeper

Bookkeeper

Bertie County School District

Bertie High School - Windsor, North Carolina

This job is also posted in Bertie County School District

Job Details

Job ID:5711779

Application Deadline:Posted until filled

Posted:Yesterday

Starting Date:Immediately

Job Description

BERTIE COUNTY SCHOOLS

Job Description

(Class descriptions are written as a representative list of the ADA essential duties performed by the entire classification.

They cannot include, and are not intended to include, every possible activity and task performed by every specific employee)

JOB TITLE: SCHOOL BOOKKEEPER

DEPARTMENT: School-Based

GRADE: 61-63 (based on school)

FLSA: Non-Exempt

REPORTS TO: Principal

SUPERVISES: None

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 12 months

QUALIFICATIONS: __Associate's Degree preferred

__Graduation from high school and some course work in bookkeeping, with experience in data entry and bookkeeping, or

__Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Assures that all school funds are properly received and disbursed while maintaining accurate records

Prepares and maintains monthly payrolls for all school employees

Maintains a daily attendance record for all employees

Secures and assigns substitutes and maintains proper records for payroll

Verifies leave balances annually

Maintains financial records and accepts responsibility for state, local, federal and other allotments

Ensures expenditures do not exceed the school allotments

Generates requisitions and purchases orders; maintains inventory of supplies

Verifies invoices against purchase orders

Assists principal and assistant principal as necessary; assists with scheduling activities and events; prepares letters, memos, and announcements as required

Answers incoming telephone calls and routes them to the proper person or department; answers questions regarding routine matters; directs messages to staff and students

Greets visitors, parents, volunteers, etc. and directs them to their intended destinations

Completes forms, permits, reports, notices, or form letters with designated or routine information as needed

Assists with maintaining files of various information including, but not limited, to tardies, dismissals, correspondence, forms, reports and other materials

Distributes intra-office and general delivery mail

Serves as a liaison between employees and payroll specialists to help answer payroll-related questions

Performs other such tasks as assigned by the supervisor

PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the School Bookkeeper job classification for Bertie County Schools.

Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Must be able to:

Prepare, read and comprehend a variety of job related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation and correspondence in all languages required by the job

Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style

Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence

Respond adequately to inquiries or complaints

Write using standard convention in all languages required by the job

Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form

Communicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)

Use/interpret job related terminology, mathematical formulas and functions effectively and efficiently

Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions

Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations

Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons

Operate a motor vehicle

Operate/use a variety of automated office machines and other office equipment

Operate/use a variety of printing/graphic arts machines

Operate/use a variety of audiovisual/electronic machines and devices

Operate/use a variety of communication machines/equipment/devices

Operate/use a variety of job specific machines/equipment

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal. The work is performed in the school office.

Position Type:Full-Time

Job Requirements

Associate degree preferred.

Citizenship, residency or work visa required