Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1

Accounting Assistant

Position: Accounting Assistant

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED with two years business office experience preferred.
  • Account Payable, General Ledger, Payroll, financial reporting, and computer knowledge and experience required.

REPORTS TO: Business Manager.

JOB GOAL: Performs routine and repetitive clerical accounting and bookkeeping duties following established procedures to accomplish duties.

Performance Responsibilities

  • Maintain a complete and systematic set of records of all financial transactions of the district in appropriate journals and subsidiary ledgers such as:
    • Current computer records
    • Complete bank reconciliations
    • Record of expenditure
  • Records all cash transactions and transfers.
  • ledgers and transfers data to general ledgers.
  • All insurance benefits, assumes responsibility for insurance records and insurance accounts.
  • Receives, computes, and records all health and medical insurance for employees.
Reporting

  • Generates specialized reports as required or requested for school board, administrators, auditors, or special programs.
  • Assists with preparation of annual report.

Payroll

  • Verifies payroll run to timecards.
  • Serves as payroll backup

Audits

  • Assists the Business Manager with internal auditing.
  • Assists auditors by locating necessary information.

Budgets

  • Enters all new budget account information for the ensuing school district budget year.
  • Enters approved budget amendments and supplements, as required.

District Insurance Program

  • Maintains insurance files for staff.

Purchase Orders

  • Reviews Purchase orders for coding and available budget.
  • Records purchase orders as an obligation.
  • Verifies invoices & checks against bill listing.
  • Cross trained as Accounts Payable backup & Election duties.

Capital Assets

  • Post journal entries to record general capital assets.
  • Reconciles staff inventory to sub journal.

Journal Entries

  • Responsible for oversight and approval of journal entries along with the Superintendent.
  • Posts and maintains record of all journal entries.

Investments

  • Prepares journal entry.
  • Maintains record and physical documentation of investment.

OTHER DUTIES: All other duties may be assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Business Manager.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK: All employees in contact with children must submit to and pass the required criminal background check and drug test.

Updated: 3/25/14 Approved: 6/10/14

Edited: 10/24/2018
  • Seniority level

    Entry level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Accounting/Auditing and Finance
  • Industries

    Education Administration Programs

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