School Bookkeeper & Finance Clerk

Lexington Senior High School; Lexington (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lexington Senior High School in Lexington, NC seeks an experienced Financial Secretary to manage payroll, purchasing, and bookkeeping tasks within the school’s financial system. You will handle data entry, scanning, and use of accounting software to keep accurate records and generate required reports.

The role involves daily reconciliation, preparing deposits, processing invoices, and supporting front-office operations during peak times. Experience in public school finance is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience with payroll and multi-fund bookkeeping using computerized systems.
• Ability to generate monthly financial reports (cash flow, balance, income/expenditure).
• Enter accounting transactions accurately into the system and maintain records.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a large, multi-fund bookkeeping system using a computerized accounting program; verifies and receipts collections from teachers and other school personnel.
• Creates deposits daily, issues local requisitions for school funds; verifies invoices for payment.
• Enters accounting transactions into the system and generates monthly reports.
• Maintains accounts payable files and provides information from programs and procedures.
• Maintains absences and payroll-related records for employees; handles front-office duties during peak times.
• Maintains records for county allotments and purchase orders; oversees fund-raising records.

Skills

Data entry

Spreadsheet software

Accounting basics

Payroll knowledge

Tools

Scanner

Accounting software

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Job description

Lexington Senior High School in Lexington, NC seeks an experienced Financial Secretary to manage payroll, purchasing, and bookkeeping tasks within the school’s financial system. You will handle data entry, scanning, and use of accounting software to keep accurate records and generate required reports.

The role involves daily reconciliation, preparing deposits, processing invoices, and supporting front-office operations during peak times. Experience in public school finance is advantageous.