Finance Specialist

School Financial Specialist As part of the main office staff, the Financial Specialist is an integral part of the team that makes our school community feel welcome and supported. Fluency in English and Spanish is highly desirable. Primary duties include maintaining school activity accounts, making bank deposits, reconciling statements and maintaining records of balances and disbursements. The role also involves writing purchase orders and paying bills, maintaining all paperwork on file for yearly audit, and providing monthly activity account reports. The Financial Specialist will track all funds from fundraising events, class fees and building rentals, coordinate sales of activity cards and yearbooks, and process student accounts payable. Additionally, they will input and maintain data in the district financial operating system, send necessary paperwork to the district office, oversee building budgets, and manage and report absence balances for school staff. The position requires the ability to work efficiently with a service oriented attitude under stressful situations with constant interruption, perform responsible and complex clerical work, effectively manage time and multiple responsibilities, interpret and apply District policies and procedures, monitor and track budget expenditures, independently prepare correspondence and memoranda, initiate projects to improve building operations, be detail oriented, recognize and diffuse potentially hostile situations appropriately, work independently in the absence of supervision, maintain confidential records and reports, operate and use modern office equipment including a computer and various software packages, communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, and establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work. Experience: Three years of complex administrative support. Training: High school diploma or equivalent supplemented by specialized clerical training. Salary Range and Days Worked Hourly range: $23.04 to $28.54/hour, depending on qualified experience Days worked: 185 days/year (with paid personal time, paid vacation days, and paid time off for holidays and district non-work days such as during winter break and spring breaks) Benefits: The Roaring Fork School District offers full district paid employee health benefits as well as voluntary vision, dental, and dependent coverage. Other benefits include: paid personal and sick leave, paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, a robust retirement plan under Colorado PERA with a district contribution of over 21.4% of an employee's wages each month, Employee Assistance programs, a district wellness program, and access to discounted ski passes and other community benefits. For questions please contact Cora Carballeira at View email address on click.appcast.io