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Controller, High School Position Description
 
Print Position description:      SEIU Salary Information
 

Approved:          03-28-63
Revised:          03-01-68

DEFINITION

            Under general supervision to direct and participate in operation of a financial program for a high school, involving application of bookkeeping principles in keeping specialized accounts and records of student body funds, student store monies, and other high school activity funds.

JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Employees in this class are periodically required to work overtime to supervise the collection of paid admissions at various high school activities and events, and such overtime shall be compensated for by compensatory time off at time and one-half or by overtime compensation in accordance with district policies.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

            Supervises maintenance of bookkeeping records for all cash collections at a high school; accounts for and banks all cash collections; issues checks in payment of obligations of student body funds; periodically prepares financial statements, which include trial balances, bank reconciliations, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and other financial reports; closes books at end of each year and prepares work sheets, year-end statements, and other schedules as required; acts as financial adviser to the student body; makes recommendations for revising procedures, forms, and statements; develops and installs procedures for the collection of paid admissions at athletic events, school plays, and other high school activities; supervises procurement, receipt, invoicing, and payment of all items purchased with student body funds; assists the director of student activities in preparing the annual student body budget; supervises school bookkeeper and student help; makes, subject to supervisory approval, financial decisions within school district policies and regulations; and performs related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

            Knowledge of:

            Accepted methods and principles of double entry bookkeeping and principles of fund accounting;

            Modern office procedures, practices, and management techniques;

            Principles and practices of purchasing and budgeting procedures;

            Laws and regulations governing sales, excise, withholding, and admissions taxes.

and

            Ability to:

            Learn the policies and procedures of the high school controller's office;

            Organize, assign, and supervise the work of a small staff engaged in bookkeeping operations;

            Install and maintain an accurate system of bookkeeping and financial reporting;

            Utilize modern office practices and techniques in management, accounting, purchasing, and budgeting;

            Exercise independent judgment and apply sound business practices to financial activities;

            Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, teachers, other employees of the school district, and business firms.

and

            Experience:

            Two years of increasingly responsible bookkeeping or accounting experience, preferably including one year in a governmental agency.

and

            Education:

            Graduation from high school, supplemented by courses in bookkeeping or accounting.  (Two years of college work in accounting or business administration may be substituted for one year of the required experience.)

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