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Accounts Payable Specialist

Dickinson ISD
Dickinson, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 1/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/16/2025
Position: Accounts Payable Specialist

Department: Business Office/ESC

Wage/Hour Status: Non-exempt

Immediate Supervisor: Executive Director of Business Operations

Pay Grade: Per Compensation Manual

Days Employed: Per Compensation Manual

Position Summary

  • Perform the duties of maintaining the district's financial records in a manner as prescribed by the Texas Education Agency and as required by standard accounting principles
  • Perform the duties for the efficient processing of purchase orders and paying of the district's accounts

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Certification

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Have thirty (30) semester hours of college credit with some business/accounting training

Special Knowledge/Skills:

  • Advanced knowledge in accounts payable process
  • Knowledge of basic accounting principles
  • Knowledge of District policy and procedures
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
  • Ability to be organized and produce accurate results while meeting established deadlines
  • Demonstrate advanced skills in computer literacy in the area of word processing, spreadsheets, and data entry
  • Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written communications
  • Proficient in maintaining auditable file records according to guidelines and content
  • Proficiency in the use of a ten-key calculator
  • Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with all District employees and vendors
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously with frequent interruptions and without supervision

Experience:

  • Minimum of five years (5) experience of accounts payable experience preferred
  • Minimum of two years (2) experience in a school-related environment preferred

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Keep the Executive Director of Business Operations informed on the business affairs of the district
  • Responsible for entering and balancing accounts payable disbursements for assigned departments/campuses in the Districts Financial Accounting System
  • Distribute and file accounts payable disbursements for assigned departments/campuses according to the current process
  • Assist departments/campuses on inquiries concerning the purchasing process
  • Respond to inquiries from vendors on various aspects of the district's accounts payable disbursements
  • Post deposits for assigned departments/campuses
  • Maintain all outstanding encumbrances
  • Process tax-exempt requests
  • Maintain a continuous internal control for accounts payable
  • Monitor department mail and email
  • Maintain all vendor payment options
  • Maintain confidentiality of employee information
  • Maintain regular and reliable attendance
  • Maintain an accurate track of hours worked through the District software
  • Maintain professional, ethical use of district network resources
  • Monitor and maintain a department filing system
  • Complete special projects
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Equipment used:

  • Computer, printer, copier, telephone, fax machine

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors

  • Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, climb, talk and hear
  • Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms
  • May require the employee to travel between sites independently and to work at various sites
  • Ability to perform a variety of duties concurrently
  • Light to moderate lifting
  • Lengthy sessions working on a computer
  • Occasional stresses caused by deadlines
  • Frequent interruptions
  • Occasional long hours
  • Regular Attendance
  • Maintain emotional control under stress

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