Financial Specialist V: Special Education Sr. Accountant

Financial Specialist V:
Special Education Sr. Accountant

Colorado Springs School District 11(co) Accounting/Fiscal Sv - Colorado Springs, Colorado Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Colorado Springs School District 11

Job : 5872527

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 05, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position: Educational Support Professional :
Finance Specialist V Accounting/SPED Grants

Department/School: Accounting/Fiscal Services

Reports To: Accounting/Fiscal SV

FTE: 1.0

Days/Year: 260

Salary Grade: P06

Salary

Schedule:

This position is based on the  ESP Salary Schedule, School Based Positions (Group

C)

FLSA Status: Non
- Exempt

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

If you love spreadsheets and purpose, you’ll fit right in. Our Finance Team is where analytical minds meet real-world impact—supporting schools, guiding smart decisions, and making sure every dollar works as hard as our educators do. Plus, we genuinely like solving problems together (and a good pivot table never hurts).

The Special Education Senior Accountant oversees a wide range of complex duties and responsibilities that includes budgeting, accounting, procurement and HR/payroll functions. Other roles include in-depth analysis of SPED budget trends and forecasting, interpretation of SPED fiscal policies and statutes at the local/state and federal levels and extensive tracking of the ECEA/IDEA revenues and expenditures that comprise Special Education’s State/Federal Grants and the various General Fund Programs: SPED Instruction, Speech Language Pathology, Transition, Work Study, Psychology Services, Social Work, Audiology Services, Occupational/Physical Therapy, Behavior Intervention, SPED Preschool and SPED Administration.

• Performs accounting/financial related activities for SPED’s IDEA federal grants including budget modifications and forecasts, expenditure reporting, requesting monthly funds from CDE, and writing/modifying federal narratives and performance reports
• Drafts original and amended annual and semi-annual financial reports to the Colorado Department of Education and/or appropriate federal offices
• Performs extensive accounting functions for all ECEA and IDEA revenue and expenditure accounts
• Reviews and approves SPED payroll for extra work, overtime, temporary and substitute hours
• Performs financial/budgeting related activities for SPED’s ECEA General Fund Programs including budget monitoring and modifications, forecasts, expenditure reporting, and budget proposals
• Reviews grant-funded teachers in SPED for proper CDE licensure
• Oversees and manages the financial support staff in the SPED department
• Analyzes and monitors departmental authorized FTE and performs associated budgeting for state and federal funds
• approves all District 11 P-Card statements for SPED P-Card holders
• Serves as the District’s SPED Grants Fiscal Point of Contact and assists independent auditors with grant fiscal information required for audits
• Approves invoice payments for SPED’s multiple Program expenditures
• Oversees the purchase requests/orders process for all ECEA and IDEA contracts in Business Plus.
• Approves FTE budget for all personnel requisitions for multiple SPED Support Programs, in addition to approving FTE budget for all SPED teacher and SPED Paraprofessional personnel requisitions from schools
• Maintains accounting information in accordance with applicable record retention (archive) laws, policies and regulations
• Analyzes and monitors General Fund expenditures in SPED for Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirements for Colorado Department of Education
• Manages the journal entry and budget transfer processes for the SPED department
• Prepares financial information for conversions of FTE to pay for contracted vendors
• Provides oversight of the monthly Time and Effort submissions for the federal grants’ staff
• Budgets, monitors and reports IDEA expenditures to CDE for all Charter schools
• Liaisons with Business Services, Human Resources, Information Technology, Budgeting, Procurement and other…