Closing Date:
04/01/2024 BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
JOB TITLE: Accounts Payable Clerk - Office of General Accounting (Contractual)
LOCATION: Greenwood, Building E
DEFINITION: Performs general, complex, and comprehensive clerical duties in support of Fiscal Services. Processes system-wide financial transactions. Assists in coordinating and processing documents to support centralized procurement card and payroll functions. Confers with schools, offices, and vendors to resolve problems and answer questions regarding procurement cards, employment verification and related issues. Performs other duties as assigned
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
Performs complex and comprehensive clerical duties in support of the purchasing function. Enters, verifies and processes documents to ensure accuracy and completeness of order and financial information.
Serves as customer service representative for procurement card supervisors, procurement card users, employees and vendors.
Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education, Training and Experience:
Possession of a high school diploma or appropriate equivalent. Five (5) years of office clerical experience. Two years in customer service, fiscal or purchasing services preferred.
Note: Other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience that provide the knowledge and skills necessary to perform effectively in the class may be considered.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to complete extensive research with a high level of attention to detail. Ability to work under stress generated by high volume demands associated with the urgent nature of customer service related to sensitive and personal financial matters.
Knowledge of office practices and procedures. Knowledge of spelling, grammar, and arithmetic. Must be familiar with procurement card processes and procedures. Must be familiar with accounting procedures, such as chart of accounts and accounts payable process, and have the ability to learn employment verification processes and data. Knowledge of filing systems. Knowledge of personal computers, data entry techniques using web-based software and office software packages including Microsoft Office, Word and Excel. Knowledge of automated office systems.
Skill in maintaining databases, spreadsheets, and logs. Skill in maintaining filing systems. Skill in operating personal computers and related office equipment. Skill in providing routine information to telephone callers and office visitors.
Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to follow rules and regulations. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
SALARY: $28.85 (contractual)
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:
The work of this class is generally sedentary and performed in an office environment. Work includes the operation of office equipment, including personal computers, and occasional limited physical activities.
Persons appointed to this classification are designated as Essential-As-Needed Personnel and are required to work when schools and/or offices are closed during adverse weather conditions or any other emergency when contacted and directed to do so.
Citizenship, residency or work VISA in United States required.
Application Instructions
Please read and carefully follow the instructions provided below.

• Applicants are required to have a completed application on file for employment with Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). Each time an applicant applies to a job with BCPS, the application must be resubmitted. If an applicant started an application with BCPS in the past and at a later date decides to apply for additional positions, it is the applicant's responsibility to review the entire application and ensure that all data is up to date (for example, the applicant may need to add additional schooling or certifications, an additional work experience, or provide updated references). The applicant must remember to review the entire application each time for accuracy and submit each time for a new or different vacancy.
• Professional references must be submitted to complete your application. Examples of professional references include current and former principals, supervisors, managers, mentor teachers and university/college supervisors. Personal references from colleagues, friends, community members, etc. will not be accepted. Applicants should notify their reference proactively to inform them they will receive a form via email through a MAILBOT email address from Baltimore County Public Schools. Applicants should also inform their reference(s) of the job they are applying to.
• Be sure to account for all periods of employment and unemployment, including student teaching and internship experience, and include names, addresses, and telephone numbers of employers.
• Be sure to answer all criminal background questions. If you answer "yes" to any of the criminal background questions you must provide a written explanation. A criminal offense does not necessarily exclude an applicant from employment with BCPS. Factors such as passage of time since the offense, the nature of the violation, and the extent of rehabilitation will be taken into consideration.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• All persons employed by the Baltimore County Public Schools, regular and temporary, are required to be fingerprinted and have a criminal background investigation (per COMAR) completed. The fee charged for fingerprinting is $109. An identification card will be issued which must be shown prior to employment.
• Anyone offered employment is required to provide proper identification and documentation of eligibility for employment in the US.

Non-Discrimination Statement
The Board of Education of Baltimore County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, or veteran status in matters affecting employment or in providing access to educational programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding the Board’s nondiscrimination policies should be directed to: EEO Officer, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Baltimore County Public Schools, 6901 Charles Street, Building B, Towson, Maryland 21204 (443-809-8937). There is a compliance officer responsible for identifying, preventing, and remedying prohibited harassment concerning students. Complaints of harassment should be directed to the executive director, Department of School Safety and Security, 9600 Pulaski Park Drive, Suite 118, Baltimore, MD 21220 (443-809-4360).
Contact Information:
Office of Temporary Services
6901 Charles Street, Building E
Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 443-809-895