Bookkeeper - Hightower High School 2026 -27

Job Overview

Maintain required financial controls and serve as advisor to principal or other school administrator regarding procedures, practices, record keeping, and reporting requirements of all finance and accounting activities related to campus.

Position Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Carry out the finance and accounting activities related to student activities, appropriated and special funds, utilizing manual processes and computer technology
• Code and classify transactions involving distribution of expenditures among classes of accounts
• Process supplemental payroll records for both district and non district staff
• Analyze and interprets relatively complex rules and procedures for other employees and the general public
• Prepare required accounts payable documents
• Receive receipts and deposit funds from various sources
• Summarize and balance entries recorded in individual journals and ledgers, and transfer data to general ledgers

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the above essential duties satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities, required unless otherwise stated as preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials functions.

• High School Diploma or GED
• Business training and/or experience in assigned area
• Proficiency in finance and bookkeeping, preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to make decisions in accordance with school policies and procedures; to maintain clerical accounting records and to prepare reports
• Ability to understand in accordance with school policies and procedures; to maintain clerical accounting records and to prepare reports
• Ability to work harmoniously with students, administrative, and instructional staff
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good knowledge of general bookkeeping practices, business English and modern office practices
• Some knowledge of school bookkeeping/ accounting procedures
• Skill in the operation of a microcomputer, keyboard, and peripheral equipment

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is performed in classrooms, offices, work stations and meeting rooms.

The position requires occasional walking, standing, sitting, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting/carrying work related items weighing less than 40 pounds, such as books, papers and presentation materials. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Attendance at conferences and professional development is required. Work involves everyday risks and discomforts which require normal safety precautions when operating equipment or performing job duties. May work prolonged or irregular hours and must be able to maintain emotional control under stress.

Additional Information

• Work is performed in an office and is subject to frequent interruptions. Some assignments involve contact with disruptive students; most activities only involve exposure to normal, everyday risks involved in contact with children and young adults. Some assignments are subject to completion within strict time constraints and involve the potential stress associated with time-sensitive completion of tasks. Tasks involve maintaining security of funds at all times.