Assistant Bookkeeper - Overland High School

Cherry Creek Schools; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health savings accounts

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

AD&D

Long term disability

Critical illness insurance

Accident insurance

Job summary

Cherry Creek Schools in Colorado is seeking an Activities Bookkeeper to maintain budgets and perform bookkeeping for building activity and athletic accounts, ensuring accurate disbursements, deposits, and journal entries.

The role requires balancing figures, managing accounts payable/receivable, and operating accounting software; attention to fees and fines, and reporting.

This non-exempt position offers comprehensive benefits and the chance to support the school community.

Qualifications

• Balance figures accurately and maintain ledgers.

Responsibilities

• Prepares disbursements, bank deposits and monthly statements for the building activity and/or athletic accounts.
• Maintains records of the building activity and/or athletic accounts.
• Collects all cash transactions and posts journal entries for each building activity account.
• Checks students in and out throughout the school year, collecting fines and fees and maintaining records.
• Reconciles and balances the books for the building activity and athletic accounts.
• Prepares and collects cash boxes used throughout the building for special events.
• Calculates debits, credits and other accounting tallies.
• Maintains records of all student fines and fees owed and collected; answers fee and fine inquiries.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Balance figures

Accounting experience

Spreadsheet creation

Accounting software

Ten key adding machine

Education

1-2 years vocational/technical/business school

Tools

Accounting software

Purchasing software

Educational software

Job description

FLSA: Non-Exempt

COMPENSATION SCHEDULE: Link to https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/2906 Educational Support Personnel Compensation

PAY GRADE: Range 8

BENEFITS: Our employee benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance. Visit our website for full details.

SUPERVISOR: Principal or designee.

SUMMARY: Maintains budget and handles business affairs while performing various bookkeeping functions. Develops and promotes good community relations among community and school clientele.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 1. Prepares disbursements, bank deposits and monthly statements for the building activity and/or athletic accounts.
• 2. Maintains records of the building activity and/or athletic accounts.
• 3. Collects all cash transactions and posts journal entries for each building activity account.
• 4. Checks students in and out throughout the school year, collecting fines and fees and maintaining records.
• 5. Reconciles and balances the books for the building activity and athletic accounts.
• 6. Prepares and collects cash boxes used throughout the building for special events.
• 7. Calculates debits, credits and other accounting tallies.
• 8. Other duties that may be performed by specific Activities Bookkeepers include: Maintains records of all student fines and fees owed and collected and answers fee and fine inquiries from students, parents, teachers and administrators.
• 9. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1. Balance figures.
• 2. Accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or bookkeeping experience.
• 3. Develop computerized spreadsheets.
• 4. Operate software packages (e.g., accounting, purchasing, educational).
• 5. Ten key adding machine.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS:

• 1. Vocational/Technical/Business school 1 to 2 years.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• 1. Occasional bending, reaching, climbing
• 2. Light physical effort (lifting under 10 pounds)
• 3. Confined sitting (limited freedom to move about)
• 4. Eye/hand coordination (e.g., typing, ten key)
• 5. Visual concentration on equipment
• 6. Concentrated reading/writing/mathematics
• 7. Working alone
• 8. Working with others
• 9. Works both indoors and outdoors
• 10. Exposure to outdoor weather conditions

Last Updated: 07/2026