Job Description

Job Title: Staff Accountant

Work Schedule: 12 Months/Year - 8.75 Hours/Day

Summary: The Staff Accountant role is to support the daily operations of the District’s Finance Department. 

*Salary: $55,000- 65,000 pay is dependent on experiance.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and updating financial records in an organized manner


• Reconciling balance sheet accounts and preparing basic financial statements


• Recording journal entries


• Calculating pay cheques for tax and related bills


• Completing and submitting tax remittance forms


• Performing other bookkeeping duties


• Implementing internal controls


• Other duties as assigned

Skills and Abilities:

Education and Experience: 

• Associates Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, or related field (Required)


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (Highly Preferred)


• Experience with MS Office and Google Suite applications (Required)


• Experience with Tyler Technologies IVisions system (Highly Preferred)


• Experience with governmental accounting (Preferred) 


• Experience with public school district accounting (Highly Preferred)


• Strong written and verbal communication skills to present accounting concepts to other professionals


• Excellent organization skills


• Ability to maintain confidentiality when managing company records


• Computer proficiency to work with digitalized financial records


• Strong numeracy skills


• Ability to establish and monitor financial reporting systems


• Critical-thinking and analytical skills


• Ability to prepare detailed reports and financial statements 

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Benefits include: PERA retirement, health insurance, paid time off, short and long term disability, other optional benefit elections.

Additional information: *Salary/pay rate is determined based on qualifications and experience relevant to the job description requirements. Employees hired new into a position are rarely qualified to receive the maximum of the pay range shown on the salary schedule.

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information and work positively with employees, and general public. Excellent telephone communication skills.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to organize and prioritize work assignments.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Procedure for application: Moffat County School District uses the applicant tracking system from Frontline Education to manage employment applications online.

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