Job Title: Assistant to the Manager of Business Affairs

Salary Range: $70,000-$80,000 a year

Job Details: 12 Month Position with a comprehensive a benefits package

This positions performs a variety of professional accounting functions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Business Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years related to accounting experience.
• Knowledge of governmental accounting principles and practices, including fund accounting.
• Experience preparing timely and accurate accounting reports.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft products, including Word and Excel, and other financial software packages. Ability to acquire proficiency in department-specific computer applications.
• Ability to work within difficult time constraints.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of applicable payroll laws, including employer’s responsibilities to the Internal Revenue Service, Connecticut Wage and Hour laws, Teachers’ Retirement Board, and COBRA.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of administration.
• High degree of honesty and integrity to be demonstrated through references.
• Demonstrated initiative.
• Ability to use good judgment and employ reasoning skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to be flexible.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Ability to work both independently and with others.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education finds appropriate and suitable.
  
  

Reports To: Manager of Business Affairs

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation and presentation of the annual budget, and implementation and monitoring following adoption.
• Assist accounts payable and payroll functions, when needed serve as backup.
• Assist in oversight and monitoring of the Food Services department and management contract.
• Assist in grant cash management.
• Assist in year-end closeout.
• Assist in preparation for the annual audit.
• Reconcile bank accounts, provide oversight of school activity accounts, prepare financial statements and various reports.
• Assist in performing a variety of accounting and analytical tasks including, analyses, projections, and forecasts, as requested.
• Assist in maintenance of the financial accounting system to ensure proper and accurate accounting.
• Assist in preparing financial reports, including the annual EFS (Education Financial System) report and grant expenditure reports.
• Assist in purchasing, in compliance with Board policy, by informal quotations, negotiation, and competitive bidding, items of supply, equipment and services necessary for the operation of the school system.
• Perform other duties/functions as assigned.
  
  

The Killingly Board of Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer

KILLINGLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BELIEVE ALL STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THE TALENTS OF STAFF FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, RACES AND ETHNIC GROUPS