What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant - Exceptional Ed position at Kansas City, MO School District?
KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Job Description
Job Title : Staff Accountant - Exceptional Ed
Job Title Code : 02227
Salary Grade : S614 - $51,854 - $80,467
Department : Exceptional Ed
Reports To : Director of Exceptional Ed
FLSA Status : Exempt
Date Prepared : June 2024
PURPOSE OF JOB : Responsible for the execution of accounting functions in accordance with GAAP, applicable laws and district policies, procedures, and guidelines.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : include the following.
- Understand federal, state, and local funding for special education.
- Attend DESE financial trainings to remain current.
- Manage DESE ePeGs system for financial entry.
- Complete yearly Special Education Finance Desk Monitoring in DESE Tiered Monitoring section.
- Understand and manage Part B Entitlement Allocations
- Maintenance of Effort requirement
- Part B Payment Requests
- Final Expenditure Report (FER)
- Time management documentation
- Cash management plans
- Coordinate with district Finance Department
- Monthly tracing of special education expenditures
- Coordinate the staffing location changes with expenditures.
- Prepare Yearly proposed budgets for KCPS for Director's review.
- Determine needed costs of special education programs for the upcoming school year.
- Review contracts with outside agencies for anticipated cost changes.
- Local Tax Effort listed
- Check calculation on DESE for accuracy.
- Check billings from other educational institutions for accuracy.
- Outside Vendors
- Review billings for accuracy.
- Maintain documentation of contract limits and submit amendments as required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES : None
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :
PHYSICAL DEMANDS : 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.
This job requires that the employee be able to : sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds. Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT :
Length of work year : 12 months 7.5 hours per day / 5 days per week; 260 workdays
Benefits : Health and Dental Insurance are provided.
KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan - mandatory 9% contribution is required from employee and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.
Salary : $80,467
