Financial Clerk (Grades 6-8)

• Perform responsibilities related to maintenance/reconciliation of the Principal’s and Campus’ P cards, and Activity fund including entering receipts, writing checks, balancing bank statements, counting money, and preparing bank deposits for daily pick up
• Perform responsibilities related to ordering materials including inputting orders, following up on the status of orders, receiving goods, input receipts or deductions, and filing order documents
• Travel to the administrative building to pick up or deliver documents/materials
• Maintain communication with central administration departments
• Safeguard district’s assets adhering to established policies and procedures (Board of Control, Cash Handling, Activity Fund, Cash Pick up, etc.)
• Maintain current and accurate accounting related records
• Answer office telephones
• Prepare documents for presentation to and serve as a member of the Activity Fund Board of Control
• Maintain and monitor Procurement Card transactions
• Meet with and train Procurement cardholders and Activity Fund Sponsors
• Oversees the preparation of fundraiser forms, Activity Fund P1-c’s, vendor set-up accounts and other documents related to the Activity Fund accounts
• Perform backup duties, as assigned by the Principal, during short time absences of the Office Manager
• Performs all other tasks and duties as assigned
• Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required of this job:

• High School Diploma; plus administrative technical training
• Three years of office related experience to cash handling/ accounting/bookkeeping
• Basic understanding of bookkeeping/accounting systems for revenue, expenses, and general job costing
• Basic understanding of the DISD budget cycle and line codes
• Travel to the administrative building to pick up or deliver documents/materials
• Maintain communication with central administration departments
• Demonstrated keyboarding and/or ten key calculator skills, with proficient knowledge of personal computers and software applications related to the job to support record keeping, accounting procedures and reports. (MS-Office Excel, Word, Oracle, etc.)
• Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
• Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession