GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs intermediate skilled clerical and technical work involving the preparation and maintenance of fiscal or related records; does related work as required. Work is performed under the general supervision of the building Principals.

ESSENTIAL TASKS

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude other duties if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment for this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Preparingand maintaining financial systems and records; receiving, receipting, recording, disbursing, depositing and accounting for school funds in a timely manner.
• Receives, receipts, accounts for anddeposits funds.
• Receives and processes feescollected.
• Processesticket sales and prepares admission tax reports.
• Establishes bookkeeping and controlsystems.
• Maintainsfund accounts, makes trial balances and accounts for funds received.
• Verifies accountcoding.
• Preparesa wide variety of accounting, fiscal, statistical and similar reports.
• Assists with ticket sales and money collection for athletic and extracurricular activities or special events.
• Maintainsinternal audit and prepares for and assists with outside audits.
• Serves as the substitute for the school secretary as needed.
• Greets and assists parents/guardians to complete the registration and enrollment process. This will include entering the student in the student information system.
• Manages the development and maintains the student cumulative records and files documents as directed by the school counselor and/or Principal.
• Assists the Principal and STC with planning and providing appropriate training for school-based staff occurs on critical topics related to proper financial procedures, student record management, assessment protocols, and guidelines for administration of tests to support test security and reliability of results.
• Support the administration of all Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) year-end tests, and local benchmark/simulation assessments as directed by the School Test Coordinator (STC) and Principal.

Performs other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Thorough knowledge of bookkeeping terminology and methods; general knowledge of accounting theory, principles and practices and their application to a wide variety of accounting transactions; thorough knowledge of standard office methods, practices and equipment; ability to maintain complex financial or other data records and to prepare financial reports accurately; ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions; ability to deal effectively with students, co-workers and the general public.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school supplemented by courses in bookkeeping, accounting, business and similar subjects and considerable general office experience involving the maintenance of complex financial records.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

This is sedentary work requiring the exertion of up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects; work requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, and repetitive motions; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; visual acuity is required for preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operation of machines, and determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work; the worker is not subject to adverse environmental conditions.

Roanoke City Public Schools is an urban school division serving a k-12 student population of 13,800 in 17 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 2 senior high schools, Forest Park Academy, Noel C Taylor Learning Academy, and Roanoke Valley Governor's School. A staff of 2,100 is employed in the division.
RCPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs and activities. The following person(s) has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: