What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bookkeeper - Central Office position at Madison City Schools?
Bookkeeper - Central Office
Job Goal: To perform general professional level accounting duties involved in reporting of financial transactions for the Board’s operations, purchasing, insurance and payroll services.
Qualifications:
- Preferred- Associate degree in accounting, finance or business
- Preferred- BS degree from four year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance or business related field
- Previous work experience in accounting or finance, preferable in the governmental environment
- Working knowledge of general office computer software including Microsoft word, Excel and Access
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and procedures and their application to basic accounting transactions
FLSA Status: Non- Exempt
Reports To: Payroll Supervisor
Background Check Required: (Ala. Code §§ 16-22A-5 ) Upon offer of employment, employees will be required to submit legible fingerprints for a background review by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Background checks may not be more than ten (10) years old.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare requests for bid documents; mail to appropriate vendors; receive and account for bids; assist in bid openings and prepare contracts.
- Maintain all non-personnel contacts for Madison City Schools to include local schools.
- Maintain and reconcile a variety of ledgers, reports and account records.
- Verifies general ledger coding, bid information and backup documentation.
- Complete Employment Verifications.
- Assist Payroll as required to include: monthly and semi-monthly payrolls.
- Assist in the preparation of the Board’s annual budget.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements.
- Research and analyze transactions to resolve problems.
- Perform daily backup procedures for financial software.
- Perform Accounts Payable Transactions.
- Maintain insurance policies, claims and procedures to file and manage the specific claims.
- Other general accounting duties as assigned.
- This position will be subject to the Students First Act of 2011. Madison City Schools reserves the right to fill this position by transfer of a qualified applicant who is already employed by Madison City Schools.
- Under the Students First Act of 2011, no credit toward tenure or non-probationary status is earned in the initial school year of employment if the date of hire occurs after September 30.
Expected Employment: 240 days/ 8 hrs. (full year)
Evaluation: According to established Board policies and administrative procedures and guidelines.
Salary Range: According to Madison City Schools Salary Schedule (Salary based on employment for complete year). Up to 10 years experience will be counted for new employees who provide documentation of full-time experience in the area of concentration.
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