School Finance Accountant - Immediate Start

St. Landry Parish School Board; Opelousas (LA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Landry Parish School Board in Opelousas, LA, seeks an Accountant (Child Nutrition) to apply accounting principles to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports across accounts payable, receivable, budgeting, payroll, procurement, and grants.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in business, at least 24 accounting hours, and two years of accounting experience, with background checks. Starting date is immediate; 12-month term with salary per district schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 24 semester hours in accounting.
• Two years of accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare journal entries to the general ledger and provide various financial reports as requested.
• Gather data for budget preparation. Compile, research, and reconciles financial information on assets, liabilities, fund balance, revenues and expenditures.
• Check fiscal document for completeness, accuracy and procedural correctness and examine and check travel expense vouchers, invoices, payroll time sheets, etc. for accuracy and correctness.
• Receive payments from designated sources, prepare and issue receipts for payments received.
• Prepare checks and disburse funds to designated parties and audits and prepare vouchers for payment.
• Classify by determining the accounts affected and the appropriate accounting entries to be made; enter or code details of items to be paid.
• Calculate and/or verify employee wages and salaries and prepare withholding and similar tax reports and other standard payroll related reports such as retirement, credit union deductions, etc.
• Enter payroll work information necessary to process the payment of employers.
• Balance accounts payable and authorize data processing to write checks.
• Apply office guidelines, instructions, and precedents to the types of transactions encountered.
• Work may involve other clerical-accounting assignments.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business

Minimum of 24 semester hours in accounting

Two years of accounting experience

Job description

St. Landry Parish School Board in Opelousas, LA, seeks an Accountant (Child Nutrition) to apply accounting principles to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports across accounts payable, receivable, budgeting, payroll, procurement, and grants.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in business, at least 24 accounting hours, and two years of accounting experience, with background checks. Starting date is immediate; 12-month term with salary per district schedule.