Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager

Reports To: Assistant Director of Business Services

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: $65,000.00- 70,000.00

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting preferred
• Knowledge of school accounting software
• Experience in a school district business office is desirable
• General office skills including the ability to operate a computer and word processing and financial software
• Knowledge of special education data collection is desirable

Core Competencies:

• Strong desire to be part of a team that puts the needs of exceptional students first
• Demonstrated organizational and leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skill
• Effective collaborative problem-solving ability and independent work ethic

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reviews and analyzes budget expenditures, makes recommendations for change in budget expenditures, and completes budget development as required
• Develops reports with historical, current, and/or projected cost data inclusive of payroll expenditures
• Assist the Business Department with accounting procedures
• Monitor payroll and salary allocations for all of SASED and provides a check and balance system
• Assist with budget preparation and tuition calculation
• Prepares the Monthly Financial Summary and Treasurer's Report for the Board of Control and the Annual Financial Statement for publication in accordance with the School Code of Illinois
• Answer employee questions regarding annuities and other relevant inquiries
• Maintain and update Skyward (yearly setup, staff management, fiscal year end)
• Monitor the student activity funds; process payments and deposits
• Complete the Monthly Revenue and expense report
• Process journal entries as needed
• Process budget transfers
• Assist member district in cost sheet calculations for claims through iStar
• Ensures compliance with federal and state requirements where applicable and in accordance with the Illinois Public School accounting principals
• Maintains an ongoing review of financial records for the Cooperative ensuring proper distribution to cost centers, reconciling all bank accounts maintained by the Board
• Manage SASED 403b/457 retirement program
• Assist with the annual audit
• Complete the transportation claim annually
• Process payroll tax returns
• Oversees community funding records and reconciliation
• Act as the Food Service Director for the Lunch Program
• Create school to school meal agreements
• Manage Food Handlers
• Manage monthly reporting
• Facilitate lease agreement with the member districts
• Complete all necessary paperwork for SASED Grants
• Monitor expenditures against the grant budgets
• Send expenditure report to grant coordinator for review
• Submit monthly expenditure reports to ISBE
• Research, compile, assimilate, support, and prepare accurate and organized documents, projects, presentations, and reports
• Attend professional development opportunities and engage in ongoing education in order to support a system of learning and improvement and the overall efficiency and functioning of the organization, including staff meetings
• Maintain confidentiality in matters of student and staff personnel information
• Other duties assigned by the supervisor

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, bend, climb stairs, write, type, speak and listen. In addition, the employee may occasionally be required to twist and reach. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, peripheral and distant vision. Ability to work in an office environment, setting, standing, light lifting, filing, operate office machines and computers, communicating with staff, visitors and others. Occasional lifting, otherwise non-demanding physical office activities. The noise level in the work environment ranges from quiet/moderate to loud. The employee is frequently required to interact with other staff and visitors. The employee is directly responsible for the safety and well-being of students.

Terms of Employment: 259-day work year at compensation set by the SASED Board of Directors. Position is eligible for flex time. Evaluation: Performance will be evaluated by the Assistant Director in accordance with the SASED Board of Directors policy on evaluation.