Financial Manager

FINANCIAL MANAGER – NUTRITION CENTER

Bridgeport Public Schools – Human Resources Department – 45 Lyon Terrace, Room 324 – Bridgeport, CT 06604

NAGE Job Code 0221

Starting Salary: STEP 1 $ 68,998 – 35 hour work week

Clerical, account keeping and posting work of more than ordinary difficulty and responsibility in connection with the maintenance of journal and ledger controls, pre-auditing, general hand and automated bookkeeping. Related work as required performed under general supervision.

• Maintain a variety of appropriation ledgers, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll controls.
• Posts to general ledger accounts.
• Prepares end of year records for closing.
• Prepares monthly trial balances for all accounts for which responsible.
• Performs invoice control duties.
• May be assigned specific clerical and other administrative duties of an accounting nature for the Director.

• High School Graduate
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible clerical and account clerical experience, of which three years shall have been at or equivalent to an Accounting Clerk I.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Considerable knowledge of the fundamental principles of bookkeeping and accounting as practiced in Government.
• Ability to prepare standard financial reports from accounting data and to maintain standard municipal accounting control records.
• Skill and accuracy in arithmetic computation.

Current members of NAGE, Local R1-200 will be given the first opportunity to fill the position.

This job description is not, nor is it intended to be, a complete statement of all duties, functions, responsibilities, qualifications, physical, and cognitive, which comprise this position. The above is intended to be a fair representation of the "typical" demands of the position. In all cases, these relationships, functions, and their applications are subject to change by the Superintendent.

* This position, salary and step are in accordance with the Agreement between the City of Bridgeport and Local R1-200, National Association of Government Employees (NAGE).

It is the policy of the Bridgeport Board of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, present or past mental disorder, mental retardation, or learning ability, in any of its education programs, activities, or employment practices. The Bridgeport Board of Education is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.