Accounts Payable

Reports To

Chief Financial Officer/Director of Finance

12-Month Position

Business Department

Union

District Office

Districtwide

According to the  OPESP Contract

August 1, 2026

OPESP & Classified

None

• Insurance - medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance are available
• Leaves - paid sick, personal, and vacation days provided
• Retirement - IMRF Board Contribution available

The ideal team member in District 97 is a visionary and equity-centered leader who inspires excellence and fosters collective responsibility for student success. This individual:

• Champions the district's vision and drives forward-thinking, innovative practices that anticipate future educational needs.
• Stewards public trust and resources with fiscal responsibility and ethical transparency.
• Demonstrates relentless commitment to student success, ensuring that every decision supports equitable opportunities and outcomes for all learners.
• Organizes and empowers teams to work collaboratively toward shared goals, recognizing the interdependence of roles across departments and schools.
• Fosters a culture of care, learning, and service, grounded in authentic engagement with students, families, staff, and community members.
• Models integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality, serving as a role model for ethical and respectful conduct at all levels.
• Thrives in a culturally, racially, and linguistically diverse environment, showing a deep passion for inclusive practices and building belonging for all team members.
• Seeks and embraces feedback, especially when it challenges them to grow and improve in service of students and colleagues.
• Understands the powerful intersection of leadership, learning, and equity, and aligns their work to dismantle systemic barriers.
• Courageously addresses unprofessional behavior, holding self and others accountable to high standards in service to the community and students.

The Accounts Payable position supports student learning by ensuring the District's financial operations run accurately, efficiently, and on time. As a key member of the district's Business Office, this role manages the full cycle of accounts payable, processing requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and check requests, maintaining vendor records, preparing year-end tax filings, and administering the District's Procurement Card and Amazon Business programs.

The position also serves as a primary point of contact for vendors and staff, resolving invoice and account inquiries and supporting the annual external audit.

The accounts payable position will ensure that equity is at the center of the district's Business Office services to positively impact student learning and employee practices as expressed in Board Policy 7:12:
Ensuring Racial and Educational Equity.

• Processes all requisitions, purchase orders, check request, invoices, and vouchers for the district and ensures they are properly coded in the financial software to align with the district's budget and follow ISBE reporting requirements
• Handles the printing and mailing of all accounts payable checks.
• Ensures IRS Form 1099 is prepared for all appropriate vendors at year end.
• Maintains the vendor permanent files which include IRS Form W-9 and ensures vendor addresses and contact information are up to date.
• Handles all employee and vendor correspondence via phone or email.
• Investigates and resolves problems associated with processing of invoices with all parties including district employees and vendors.
• Receives, researches and resolves a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons.
• Files, maintains, and distributes accounting documents, records and reports both electronically and in hard copy form.
• Assists in compiling information and preparing responses to auditors during the annual external audit.
• Manages the District's Procurement Card program which involves distribution of monthly statements to cardholders, gathering required supporting documentation for charges, and reconciliation of the monthly statements to amounts posted in the district's financial software.
• Manages the District's Amazon Business account and ensures timely payment of invoices.
• Performs other duties as required to support the Business Office.

• Ability to communicate and interact with individuals from varied educations and social backgrounds.
• Ability to work in a confidential business atmosphere.
• Exhibit accomplished office equipment operator skills, e.g., computers, printers, fax, copiers, and phone system.
• Highly skilled in development and use of complex filing systems, both hard copy and database related.
• Ability to work effectively in a constantly changing…