Job Title: Fiscal Clerk
Reports to: Director of Transportation and Purchasing
Terms and Conditions: Fulltime 12months 8 hours per day.
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Rate of Pay: Per current CPA Agreement Grade 1 $23.77/hour; subject to change based on contract negotiations. For more information aboutpay and benefits pleaseCLICK HERE
OPRF WHO WE ARE
Oak Park and River Forest High School or OPRF is a comprehensive public high school located in Oak Park Ill. a suburb eight miles due west of downtown Chicago. We are a oneschool district with the majority of our students coming from two sender districts River Forest Public Schools District 90 and Oak Park Elementary School District 97. We offer more than 200 courses a variety of programs for students with special needs 75 clubs and activities and 29 competitive sports. We prepare our students well for postsecondary success with an average ACT composite score of 24 and a 94 graduation rate.
Oak Park and River Forest are communities that highly value diversity. OPRF is a founding member of the national Minority Student Achievement Network and our school is racially and economically diverse with about 44 of our 3300 students identifying as AfricanAmerican Hispanic multiracial or Asian. Our villages have long embraced the LGBTQ community and we have a significant mix of homeowners and renters.
We seek faculty and staff who have high expectations for all students and who value student voice in education. As a school we are particularly focused on closing opportunity gaps for our students of color.
OPRF is an equal opportunity employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetics.
Position Summary:
Provide a variety of accurate confidential recording functions for the District business office. Primary highly specialized support services information gathering and recording. Provide customer support with courtesy and effectiveness in dealing with others through normal contacts and requests for or providing services/information.
Qualifications:
- Completed requirements for a High School Diploma. Successfully completed two years of collegelevel coursework in accounting or business administration or an equivalent combination of experience and training in accounts payable.
- Knowledge of accounting principles and practices financial accounting software systems and MS Windows Word Excel and Skyward.
- Experience with office practices procedures methods and a variety of office equipment.
- Ability to perform detailed work accurately as well as to initiate and maintain followup activities to project completion.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Essential Functions: Works within the policies and regulations of OPRF Illinois public acts and regulations and described by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE); and applicable Federal laws regulations and guidelines applicable to the education of high school students.
Makes decisions that demonstrate support of the mission goals and best interests of OPRF as expressed by Board of Education approved documents including the Strategic Plan and Building Improvement Plans.
Monitors and provides customer service dealing with staff students and community members with courtesy and patience.
Prepares and processes petty cash replenishments.
Sets up business office open safes sets up clip boards bus keys nightly deposits etc.
Accurately processes invoices resolves issues and provides outstanding customer service with both internal and external parties.
Reconciles all invoices to purchase orders and process for payment. Reconciles and processes all invoices for PayTo requisitions. Responsible for all PayTo requisitions being properly authorized with proper documentation budget code and remaining budget balance.
Inputs computer data for check writing by others for Food Service Student Activities and the Imprest Fund.
Prepares prepayment vouchers. Prepares and prints reports and checks for each accounts payable run.
Balances input of accounts payable check run to the computer system. Responsible for filing check and vouchers in the department accounts payable files. Balances invoices to purchase orders.
Responds to telephone calls or personal contacts in a professional and businesslike manner providing information and assistance as needed responding to questions directing calls or taking messages.
Balances prepares and documents deposits on a daily basis including nightly deposits.
Communicates with vendors and resolves billing discrepancies.
Backs up Director of Transportation and Purchasing to hand out keys money and paperwork.
Prepare entries and assist with audits.
Performs other related duties may be assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities: There are no supervisory responsibilities associated with this position.
Skills Physical Demands and the Work Environment: In order to perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform all essential duties and responsibilities. The requirements listed below are representative of the skills physical demands and work environment required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
The employee in this position must have the ability to
Read analyze and interpret documents including correspondence in print or electronic formats.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all members of the school community.
Communicate clearly and concisely in verbal or written form.
Write reports as needed. The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions is required.
Complete mathematical operations and concepts of algebra and statistics.
Solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables where limited standardization exits.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to
Onsite presence is required.
Sit stand talk and hear for extended periods of time operate electronic equipment and reach with hands and arms and will repeat actions with the same hand arm or finger motion.
Have vision abilities required include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. (The ability to withstand longterm use of computer devices is required.
To have occasional lifting carrying pushing and/or pulling and dexterity actions within job standards and to meet deadlines with severe time constraints interact with the public and staff within regular or extended work hours.
Work Environment:
The noise level in the work environment is usually low. However on occasion the noise level will be is usually conducted indoors. This work could be conducted at any assigned school district location.
Fiscal Clerk
