Job Information
Adams 12 Five Star Schools Senior Accounting Specialist in THORNTON, Colorado
Senior Accounting Specialist JobID: 10474
Position Type:
Finance/Payroll/Purchasing/Warehouse/ Senior Accounting Specialist
Date Posted:
6/20/2024
Location:
Educational Support Center
Closing Date:
07/08/2024
GRADE: G13 (Hourly Range/Step 1 - Step 8: $22.43 - $27.65)
MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $22.43
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40
FTE: 1.0
MONTHS PER YEAR: 12
JOB CODE: 1003
POSITION TYPE: REPLACEMENT – PERMANENT/REGULAR
LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission toelevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.
SUMMARY: Responsible for assigned accounting functions for school district. Specific duties include processing account reconciliations from internal and external systems; accounts payable; processing checks; communicating with vendors and district stakeholders to resolve billing disputes and deposit discrepancies; train and support other personnel on financial systems.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Frequency and percentage of time may vary by position.
Job Tasks Descriptions
Review, analyze and process accounts payable for the district, ensuring compliance with district, state and federal policies and guidelines. Enter vouchers and deposit remittance advice into financial systems. Import daily transactions from external financial systems and maintain detailed workbooks for discrepancies between internal and external systems. Verify and validate account codes per Colorado Department of Education (CDE) guidelines.
Gather and analyze purchasing cards and various other financial transactions from schools. Validate and upload financial transactions into financial system. Track and validate all banking transactions posting to district bank accounts. Communicate and troubleshoot with vendors, parents and district stakeholders to resolve disputes, returns and credits.
Process checks twice weekly by verifying that the check information matches invoice information, date stamping and mailing to vendor. Troubleshoot any returned vendor payments, contact vendor as needed and follow up with next steps.
Provide support for internal and external customers regarding systems and processes. Find solutions and resolve concerns immediately with the customer, prioritizing and escalating issues based on the urgency/impact. Communicate status of issues to internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner.
Assist and train district staff on processing financial transactions including accounts payable and remittance advice.
Query the system, on a regular basis, to generate accounting reports to verify and validate financial data, including assisting with the annual audit. Communicate data to appropriate personnel.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned including prepare and print 1099 forms, documenting processes, attending meetings and trainings.
EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Associate degree in accounting or related field. Two (2) additional years of similar or relevant experience may be substituted for this requirement.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in accounting
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:
• Criminal background check required for hire.
APPLICATION INFORMATION:
All applicants (current district employees and external applicants) should list any and all work experience, including current district experience, when completing the employment application. Please include job titles and duties that you held while doing that job. Since the Human Resource department uses the application to screen for minimum qualifications required for each job, it is important to have a complete application so you will be considered for the position you are applying for.
SALARY INFORMATION:
The salary listed is for full time positions (1.0 FTE). This salary will be adjusted, as needed, based upon the FTE. Administrative employees' salary will be commensurate on the employees’ education and/or work experience. For additional information, please review ourAdministrative Compensation Program (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1644330247/adams12org/byozfuoccsaiwtartzju/2021-10AdminCompProgram.pdf) or review ourAdministrative Salary Schedule (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/careers/lead) .
BENEFITS INFORMATION:
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).
To learn more about our benefits, including paid time off, please see ourBenefits Overview. (https://www.adams12.org/our-district/human-resources/benefits-overview)
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